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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777479903321

Titolo

The challenge of fetal alcohol syndrome : overcoming secondary disabilities / / edited by Ann Streissguth and Jonathan Kanter ; foreword by Mike Lowry ; introduction by Michael Dorris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University of Washington Press

Seattle : , 1997

ISBN

0-295-80332-0

0-295-98067-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (279 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Jessie and John Danz Lectures

Altri autori (Persone)

KanterJonathan

StreissguthAnn Pytkowicz

Disciplina

618.3/268

Soggetti

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders - Complications

Children of prenatal alcohol abuse - Services for

Children of prenatal alcohol abuse - Development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-234) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Title ; Copyright ; Contents ; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Neurobehavioral and Neuroanatomical Effects of Heavy Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol; Children of Alcoholic Mothers: Results from Goteborg, Sweden; Primary and Secondary Disabilities in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Development of the FAS Diagnostic and Prevention Network in Washington State; Assessment and Treatment of an Adult with FAS: Neuropsychological and Behavioral Considerations; A Study of Stimulant Medication in Children with FAS; A Demonstration Classroom for Young Children with FAS

A National Survey of State Directors of Special Education Concerning Students with FAS; Case Managers and Independent Living Instructors: Practical Hints and Suggestions for Adults with FAS; An Advocacy Program for Mothers with FAS/FAE; FAS and the Social Security Disability Process: Navigating the System; Representing the FAS Client in a Criminal Case; A Judicial Perspective on FAS: Memories of the Making of Nanook of the North; Legal Issues and FAS; FAS: Preventing and Treating Sexual Deviancy; Parent Advocacy in FAS Public Policy



Change

Spider Web Walking: Hope for Children with FAS Through Understanding; Residential Programs for Persons with FAS: Programming and Economics; Public Health Implications of FAS; Rapporteur's Report: A Summary of the Conference; References; Authors' Affiliations; Author Index; Subject Index