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Understanding fetal alcohol spectrum disorder : a guide to FASD for parents, carers and professionals

Maria Catterick

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Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers,

Publish date: 11 August 2023

Summary

"This is the essential guide to FASD - the most common non-genetic learning disability, which is caused by alcohol consumption during pregnancy. It explains how FASD affects individuals at different stages of their lives, how you can identify it, and gives advice on how to support children, young people and adults with FASD." - PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE

“[This book] is a useful introduction to the most common non-genetic learning disability, which is caused by alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Written by two FASD experts, it describes how alcohol can harm the fetus and disrupt development, and explains how FASD affects individuals at different stages of their lives. With the aid of simple, illustrative diagrams, photographs and charts, it shows how you can identify FASD and gives guidance on how mothers at risk can be helped. It also provides advice for parents or carers on how children, young people and adults with FASD can be best supported.

Accessible and informative, this is the essential guide to FASD for social workers, family placement teams, child protection workers, foster parents, adoptive parents, midwives and teachers.”

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Updated: 11 August 2023

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