Diagnosis

• The FASD Canadian Guidelines for Diagnosis and Identifying Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Primary Care
  http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/172/5/628
• Socioemotional Functioning in Children Diagnosed with Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND): Profile on the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL
  http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ53470.pdf

Alcohol & Pregnancy Research Articles

• The Addiction Technology Transfer Centre - taken from the journal, Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, these cutting-edge research articles are read and interpreted by a science writer, and then rewritten in lay terms.
  http://www.nattc.org/asme/keyResults.asp?keyword=pregnancy&btnKeyword=G
• FASD Connections – animal research - http://www.fasdconnections.ca/id54.htm
• The 6th Annual Fetal Alcohol Canadian Expertise (FACE) Research Roundtable - This webcast includes videof presentations by leaders in FASD research with downloads of their powerpoint slides. http://www.knowledgenetwork.ca/fasIV/

For Parents/Carers/Teachers

• FAS Community Resource Centre – USA site but heaps of information specifically for parents/caregivers http://www.come-over.t/FASCRC/
• Baby Steps – Caring for Babies with Prenatal Substance Exposure http://www.aidp.bc.ca/babysteps.pdf
• Fas Tool Kit – A project by the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse in collaboration with the Breaking the Cycle Program and funded by Health Canada and the Office of Learning Technologies. This kit addresses all aspects of diagnosis, intervention and management of FASD. http://www.ccsa.ca/toolkit/Introduction.htm
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders – Information, Support and Communications Link http://www.faslink.org/
• Parenting Children affected by Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - A Guide for Daily Living – a downloadable manual http://www.fasaware.c.uk/fas_guide1.pdf
• FASD – Strategies not Solutions – a downloadable manual http://www.region6fasd.ca/pdfs/FASD%20Region%206%20-%20Strategies%20Not%20Solutions.pdf
• Teaching Students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Building Strengths, Creating Hope, 2004 - a downloadable manual http://www.learning.gov.ab.ca/k_12/specialneeds/fasd.asp
• Positive Behaviour Supports – strategies on this site can be adapted for children with FASD http://www.nau.edu/ihd/positive/ovrvw.html
• FAS and the Brain - http://www.come-over.t/FAS/FASbrain.htm
• Brain Information www.brainconnection.com
• Executive functioning Information http://www.aspennj.org/executive.html
• Central Auditory Processing Disorders Information http://home.iprimus.com.au/rboon/CAPD.htm
• This site for Aspberger Syndrome has many appropriate interventions suitable for FASD http://www.aromacaring.c.uk/as_contents.htm
• Fetal Alcohol & Drug Unit Washington
  http://depts.washington.edu/fadu/
• FASD – Centre for Excellence http://www.fascenter.samhsa.gov/

Support Groups

• Australian Support Group – - National Organisation for FAS & Related Disorders (NOFASARD) - advocacy, telephone & email support available http://www.nofasard.org.au

Online Mail Lists and Chat Rooms

• http://www.come-over.t/FAS/fasonline.htm

Working with Adolescents and Adults

• Neurobehaviour in Adolescents & Adults – http://come-over.t/FAS/Neurobehavior.htm
• FASD Connections – Serving Adolescents and Adults with FASD – for Adolescents and Adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), their families, those whprovide them services and those whlove them - links teverything you need tknow about FASD http://www.fasdconnections.ca/id25.htm
• FAS Tool Kit - A resource primarily for professionals working in community-based agencies wh, in the course of their work, may have contact with women with substance use issues and children whmay be affected by prenatal substance use. http://www.ccsa.ca/toolkit/introduction.htm
• We care: facilitators' manual - practical skills for front-line workers working with adults affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorder : specially designed for those working with people whare homeless or at risk of homelessness
  http://www.annewright.ca/workshops_training/documents/weCARESFacilitatorsManualSeptember3.pdf
• New perspectives on transitions & fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
  http://www.calgaryfasd.com/files/fasd_final_report.pdf

Criminal Justice System

• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in the corrections system : potential screening strategies http://www.motherisk.org/JFAS/pdf/Corrrections_Screenings.pdf
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs) and the justice system http://www.justicereformcomm.sk.ca/volume2/12section9.pdf
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder – Guidebook for Police Officers http://www.asantecentre.org/_Library/docs/latestfasguide.pdf

Books & Journals

• Alcohol & Pregnancy - No Blame, No Shame New Australian Book - Available Now!!!

  This book is the sequel to Alcohol and Pregnancy – A Mother’s Responsible Disturbance, by Elizabeth Russell (NOFASARD Qld Rep). Along with a short history of the author and her family it explores how prenatal alcohol exposure has affected the lives of sixteen Australians. Stories range from a mother challenged by symptoms consistent with FASD who has given birth to a baby, now a teenager, who was prenatally exposed to alcohol; to the exasperation of a young woman with pFAS trying to live her life based on the values with which she was raised, but falling short of her goal again and again. These stories highlight how they coped, strategies they used, mistakes they made, their pain and heartache—and their triumphs and tragedies.

  Click here to go to Elizabeth's web site and purchase the book

• Alcohol & Pregnancy - A Mother's Responsible Disturbance

  Author, Elizabeth Russell (NOFASARD Qld Rep) This book is a must-read for parents and health professionals, and is an account of how prenatal alcohol exposure can have dramatic affects on children’s health and wellbeing. Elizabeth Russell uncovers the circumstances that lead to both her children being diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, (FASD), a condition that occurs when a pregnant woman consumes alcohol.

  Click here to go to Elizabeth's web site and purchase the book

• Journal of FAS International http://www.motherisk.org/JFAS/

Online Bookstore – to order books shown below

http://www.fasbookshelf.com/ or try www.Amazon.com

• Streissguth, A. (1997). Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Guide for Families and Communities. Paul Brookes. Paperback. 224 pages.
• Streissguth, A. (1997). The Challenge of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Overcoming Secondary Disabilities. University of Washington Press. Paperback. 256 pages.
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Society Yukon (FASSY). (2002). Trying Differently: A Guide for Daily Living and Working with FAS and other Brain Differences. 2nd Edition. FASSY. Paper booklet (8.5 X 4 inches).
• Damaged Angels: A Mother Discovers the Terrible Cost of Alcohol in Pregnancy Written by Bonnie Buxton, the c-founder of FAS world Canada. Knoft Canada, March 2004
• Our FAScinating Journey - The Best We Can Be Keys tBrain Potential Along the Path of Prenatal Brain Injury - 2nd Edition by Jodie Kulp Filled with practical ideas and stories thelp you help a FAS individual become the best he or she can be.