FASD Education Materials

"When I learned about my child’s FASD it made my life so much easier! We still have behaviors to deal with, but I understand them now. I know why. And that made all the difference."
~parent of a child with FASD

It is critical to the MOFAS mission that we work together with the families in our state to raise awareness and understanding about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, a set of physical, behavioral and cognitive disorders that can result when a woman drinks alcohol during pregnancy. You will find in this Library of the Virtual Family Center educational material that you are welcome to browse, print and share.

The educational materials in this section of the Virtual Family Center Library include national and internet based resources, books and videos, articles and handouts.

• Overlapping Behavioral Characteristics & Related Mental Health Diagnosis in Children
• Parenting Children Affected by Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Guide for Daily Living (pdf) a guide for parents from British Columbia's Ministry for Children and Families
• The Arc Family Resource Guide Minnesota (pdf) a guide to benefits, supports and services for families raising children with mental retardation and related developmental disabilities
• Born on the Bottle...Drunk for Life six part internet articles from Arizona's Tucson Citizen newspaper on the affects of FASD
• FASD in Minnesota (pdf) provides information on the state of FASD in Minnesota
• Definition of FASD (pdf) provides the working definition of FASD
• Did You Know? (pdf) Facts and comparisons of birth defects and costs relating to FASD in Minnesota 
  Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (pdf) effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on the brain, abilities, and behavior
• Developmental Age and FASD (pdf) research showing the developmental versus actual age in individuals with FASD
• Issues Related to FASD (pdf) lists the different issues by age that can develop with FASD
• Eight Essentials for Success (pdf) provides information on developing successful interventions for students with FASD
• Understanding Behaviors (pdf) age-related information on understanding the behavior of individuals with FASD
•  Living With an Individual with FASD (pdf) provides valuable insight on the key to living with someone who has FASD
• Preparing for an FASD Assessment (pdf) list of how to get prepared for a FASD assessment
• Prevention and Intervention Related to FASD (pdf) gives list of needs and solutions when dealing with prevention and intervention
• Adults with FASD (pdf) explains the challenges of being an adult with FASD and parenting children when the parent has FASD
• http://www.education.gov.ab.ca/fasd/ website of the government of Alberta, Canada that has workbooks and manuals about teaching to FASD students available to download
• What Alcohol Does to a Child (pdf) TIME Magazine, Sunday, May 28, 2006 
• Positive Indian Parenting (pdf) explains the value of traditional parenting concepts among Native Americans.
• Reframing the Challenges of FASD (pdf) is a useful tool for understanding the behaviors of a person who was prenatally exposed to alcohol, as they relate to the brain.
• Kenny Kids Fact Sheet (pdf) article that describes what Sensory Integration Disorders are.