As I walk into the classroom as a newly graduated teacher, I see children—each with unique abilities, interests and an ...

A new safe space to help with sensory regulation for people living with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and prenatal alcohol ...

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), a leading cause of neurodevelopmental disorders, may affect as many as 1 in 20 school-aged children in the United States. Despite its prevalence, the exact ...

Neurobehavioral disorder associated with prenatal alcohol exposure (ND-PAE) is a mental health condition that results from exposure to alcohol before birth. It is a type of fetal alcohol spectrum ...

In 1968, researchers at the University of Washington discovered the link between prenatal alcohol exposure and birth defects. A few years later, two of those researchers coined the term to diagnose ...

Thames Valley District school board supervisor Paul Boniferro has approved a motion that will provide “specific practices to identify and support students with FASD and provide training to staff to ...

A new study addresses the puzzle of why heavy drinking throughout pregnancy leads to widely varying outcomes for children.

Out of 206 fourth-grade students, 19 met criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, according to a pilot study at the University of Gothenburg. The results indicate that birth defects caused by ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Gov. Henry McMaster has officially made September Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Month. Two state agencies want to get the word out about this 100 percent ...

Four renowned Canadian puppeteers are in London this week shooting a video series aimed at raising awareness about fetal ...

Fetal alcohol syndrome occurs when a baby comes into contact with alcohol before birth. While male sperm cannot cause fetal alcohol syndrome to occur, the health of sperm can make a child more at risk ...