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Building bridges with understanding: foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) project
- Author:
- BLACKBURN Carolyn
- Publisher:
- Sunfield
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 49p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Clent
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is a general umbrella term describing the range of birth defects that can occur in an individual whose mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy. Foetal alcohol exposure is the leading known cause of intellectual disability in the Western world. More than 6000 children are born each year in the United Kingdom with FASD which means 1 in 100 children born are affected. The aim of this project was to enhance practitioner knowledge and understanding of the issues pertaining to FASD and its implications for the child as a lifelong learner. This report does not aim to equip practitioners diagnostically, but rather to give them a repertoire of early interventions to use when working with children they think may be affected by FASD. The report concludes that best practice in supporting children with FASD in their early years would seem to rest on the basic principles of consistency, simplicity, structure, repetition, routine, constant supervision and valuing the child for their achievements and strengths.