Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder An Overview of Deficits

This 40 slide material provides an overview for speech-language pathologists regarding how alcohol consumption during pregnancy affects the structure and function of a child’s developing brain. It also describes symptoms of alcohol-related speech/language deficits in children of varying ages from infancy through adolescence, as well as lists challenges with reliable identification and diagnosis of alcohol-related deficits.

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• FASD Overview
• Types of Damage
• List of Current FASD Terms
• Updated FASD Guidelines for Identification
• FASD Related Statistics US
• Misdiagnosis and Missed Diagnoses in Foster and Adopted Children With Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
• The Toll of Misdiagnosis
• FAS related diagnostic challenges
• Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in 4 US Communities
• The “Controversy of Visibility”
• Structural Damage
  •  Oral Cavity
  • Hearing Mechanism
• Alcohol Related Cognitive-Linguistic Deficits
• Genetics and FASD
• FASD Related Brain Damage
  • Frontal Lobes
  • Prefrontal cortex
  • Corpus Callosum
  • Basal Ganglia
  • Hypothalamus
  • Amygdala
  • Hippocampus
  • Cerebellum
• Alcohol Related Damage Summary
• Infants with alcohol related deficits
• Toddlers with alcohol related deficits
• School Aged Children and FASD
• Adolescents with FASD
• Secondary Conditions and FASD
• Conclusion
• References