Healthcare Solutions for FASD
Healthcare practitioners who focus on physical and behavioral health, including doctors, nurses, medical assistants, psychiatrists, and psychologists, provide an essential pathway to appropriate diagnostic and intervention services for individuals suspected of or who have an FASD. Having FASD-informed healthcare practitioners is crucial to connect families and self-advocates to supportive contexts that can help mitigate symptoms of the disorder and support development across the lifespan.
Below are resources to help health practitioners increase their knowledge of FASD and understand best practices in diagnosis and intervention within a healthcare model.
New to FASD?
FASD Basics
Jeffrey Wozniak, Ph.D., LP
Please make sure you also check out the following pages on our website with lots of resources and information:
Information Specific to Healthcare Practitioners
Prevalence
Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in 4 US Communities (May et al.; JAMA)
Screening and Diagnosis
CDC’s Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Efforts (Centers for Disease Control)
Updated Clinical Guidelines for Diagnosing FASDs (Hoyme et al.; American Academy of Pediatrics)
Diagnosing FASD More Easily (Mattson)
4 Digit Diagnostic Code (University of Washington)
General Practice Models and Toolkits
FASD Toolkit (American Academy of Pediatrics and Centers for Disease Control)
American Academy of Pediatrics FASD Webinar Series (AAP)
FASDs: What Pediatric Providers Need to Know (Nash & Davies)
Managing Children and Adolescents With FASDs in the Medical Home (Senturias & Burns; .pdf download)
Adoptive Medicine (Minnesota Medicine, focused on FASD in the adoption community)
Prevention
FASD Prevention Program (ACOG/American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
CHOICES: Preventing Alcohol Exposed Pregnancies (Centers for Disease Control)
Videos
FASDs: Screening, Assessment, and Diagnosis
Carol Weitzman, M.D., FAAP
Treatment Across the Lifespan for Persons with FASDs
Yasmin Senturias, M.D., FAAP
Neurobehavioral Disorder Associated with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (ND-PAE)
Doug Waite, M.D., FAAP
FASDs: Myth, Media, and Medical Home
Renee Turchi, M.D., MPH, FAAP
FASDs: Detection, Discovery, and Diagnosis
Yasmin Senturias, M.D., FAAP
FASDs: Communication, Case Coordination, and Co-Management
Philip Matthies, M.D., FAAP and Ira Chasnoff, M.D.
Diagnosis and Assessment of FASD
David Wargowski, M.D.
Disorder with 1,000 faces: The Calgary clinic diagnosing patients with FASD
FASD Diagnostic Supplement
4 Digit Diagnostic Code
David Wargowski, M.D.
Mental Health Disorders and FASD
Dan Dubovsky, MSW
FASDs: Roles, Referrals, and Reimbursement
David Wargowski, M.D.