Lending Library > Fetal-Alcohol-Spectrum-Disorders
Status:Available Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Effects: Strategies for Professionals
Published: 1993
Provides professionals & clients w/ info on how alcohol effects unborn children, the difference between FAS & FAE, the importance of aftercare resources, means of prevention, and resources for people w/ FAS/FAE and their families. Offers a message of hope.. Details >>
Status:Available Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Guide for Families & Communities
Published: 1998
Drawing on her life's work, the author addresses these FAS topics: diagnosis, services for high-risk mothers, teratology & brain damage, employment & advocacy, physical & behavioral manifestations, education, and public policy. For professionals and famil.. Details >>
Status:Available The Challenge of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Overcoming Secondary Disabilities
Published: 1997
Twenty-two experts on FAS/FAE describe the secondary disabilities people face, such as mental health & drug and alcohol problems, inappropriate sexual behavior, trouble w/ the law, homelessness, disrupted school experience, and difficulty caring for their.. Details >>
Status:Available The Best I Can Be: Living with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Effects
Published: 2000
Liz, a teen with Fetal Alcohol Effects, describes what it's like to have brain damage from her biological mother's prenatal drinking. Her adopted mom, Jodee, is a leading advocate for those w/ FAS, and shares her story as well. A fascinating & poignant st.. Details >>
Status:Available Our FAScinating Journey
Published: 2002
Activist & parent of a daughter w/ a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, Jodee takes us through the roller coaster ride that was raising Liz. She focuses on neurodevelopmental tactics to help the FAS brain to thrive. Packed with stories, contacts, resources,.. Details >>
Status:Available The Recovery Book
Published: 1992
An indispensible road map to every step of the process of becoming clean & sober. Covers withdrawal & detox, raising drug-resistant kids, temptation & how to thwart it, staging an intervention, sexuality, preventing and surviving relapse, quitting smoking.. Details >>
Status:Available Drugs, Alcohol & Pregnancy: What You Should Know
Published: 1992
This video reinforces that any drugs or alcohol a pregnant woman consumes go directly to the fetus, where consequences range from low birth weight to serious heart disease, physical deformities, and even mental retardation. .. Details >>
Status:Available Substance Abuse and Pregnancy: The Effects and Management, Part 1
Taped seminar: part 1 of 2... Details >>
Status:Available Substance Abuse and Pregnancy: The Effects and Management, Part 2
Part 2 of 2... Details >>
Status:Available Innocence Betrayed: The Long-Term Effects of Prenatal Substance Exposure
Explores the devastating impact on society of a growing population of children and adolescents permanently disabled by prenatal substance abuse. Shows how children and parents attempt to cope with baffling learning and behavioral disabilities... Details >>
Status:Available Adolescence and the Future
Published: 1991
Focusing on 2 young people w/ Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, this film describes the special attention these kids need in school and at home. Addresses foster care & adoption... Details >>
Status:Unavailable (Estimated Availability: 03/08/2010) Alcohol and Human Physiology
Published: 1984
Explains the ill effects of alcohol on the digestive, circulatory, muscular, skeletal, urogenital, and nervous systems are demonstrated, and are interwoven with interviews with 6 recovering alcoholics who briefly recount the physiological damage to their.. Details >>
Status:Available The Physician Does Make a Difference: Recognizing the Faces of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
Published: 1991
Physicians discuss ways to diagnosie D&A abuse in hospitalized & emergency room patients, & to take an active role in the education of their patients. Covers barriers to diagnosis, signs to look for, interviewing techniques, info on FAS, & importance of.. Details >>
Status:Available Alcohol: Crisis for the Unborn
This video, by the March of Dimes, depicts children with the effects of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)... Details >>
Status:Available Drugs, Alcohol and Pregnancy: What You Should Know
Published: 1992
This video reinforces that any drugs or alcohol a pregnant woman consumes go directly to the fetus, where consequences range from low birth weight to serious heart disease, physical deformities, and even mental retardation... Details >>
Status:Available The Broken Cord
Published: 1992
Based on Dr. Michael Dorris' book, this film tells the story of Dorris'(Jimmy Smits) adoption of a Native-American baby, his shock at discovering his son has birth defects, and how he struggled to face the reality that fetal alcohol syndrome would always.. Details >>
Status:Available One For My Baby
Published: 1983
Film does an excellent job of defining dangers of maternal alcohol consumption for unborn child; interviews with parents of FAS children, physicians and other health care professionals... Details >>
Status:Available If You Change Your Mind
Presents unique perspective on drug use and abuse; how is abuse different from addiction? Can an addict ever be rehabilitated? Just exactly how do drugs and alcohol affect body and mind? Touches on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and nicotine. Ending hopeful and p.. Details >>
Status:Available Pregnancy on the Rocks
An excellent film which discusses deformity and mental retardation of a baby that can result from drinking during pregnancy. It leaves viewers with a strong positive motivation to avoid drinking during pregnancy... Details >>
Status:Available Recovering Hope: Mothers Speak Out About Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Published: 2004
In two parts; 8 women tell poignant stores about their children w/ FASD & how they're learning effective new ways to parent. Also, researchers clinicians explain the physical, mental, behavioral & learning disabilities associated w/ FASD, & discuss evalua.. Details >>
Status:Available Can't, Not Won't: A Christian Response to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (DVD)
Published: 2005
*DVD* These compelling stories offer congregations the tools to learn about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders(FASD). Two families share their stories about what it's like to live with FASD. Includes a 6 week study guide for Sunday school or group sessions... Details >>