Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders


Websites

National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS)

Sections on professional curricula, strategies for working with FAS children, and FAS resources.

SAMHSA's Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Center for Excellence

Provides information and resources, plus materials to raise awareness about FASD. Fact sheets.

Center for Disease Control

FAQ's, prevention programs, links

Alcohol-Related Birth Defects: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Fetal Alcohol Effects

From Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies at UNC at Chapel Hill. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome "Better Safe Than Sorry" Curriculum Slides and Videos may be viewed online. Links to further resources.

FAS Family Resource Institute

An organization serving individuals and families affected by prenatal alcohol exposure

Family Empowerment Network (FEN)

FEN is an organization serving families affected by Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and related conditions (collectively called Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders--FASD) as well as the professionals involved in their lives.

FASworld

An alliance of parents and professionals dedicated to the prevention of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

March of Dimes

Health before and during pregnancy; what to avoid.

Publications

Understanding fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Getting a diagnosis pdf file (SAMHSA)

FAS FAQs (NOFAS)

Fetal Alcohol Exposure and the Brain (NIAAA)

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - fact sheet from Booze News

Alcohol and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects (NCADD)

Drinking and your Pregnancy pdf file (Espaņol pdf file) NIAAA Publication

Fetal Alcohol FAQ's (CDC)

Fetal Alcohol Information (CDC)

Drinking Alcohol During Pregnancy (March of Dimes)

Risk and Reality: The Implications of Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol and other Drugs (USDHHS)

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