Implications of FASD for the Adoptive Family

Topics: Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder or pre-natal exposure to drugs

format: Video

Learn about the structural and functional changes that occur in the fetal brain due to prenatal exposure to alcohol, how those changes interact with environmental issues to affect the child’s ability to attach to their primary caregiver, and how the exposure impacts the child’s long term behavior, learning, and social outcomes.

  • Presented by Dr. Ira J. Chasnoff M.D.
  • Format: self-study via video
  • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour

 

Learn about the structural and functional changes that occur in the fetal brain due to prenatal exposure to alcohol, how those changes interact with environmental issues to affect the child’s ability to attach to their primary caregiver, and how the exposure impacts the child’s long term behavior, learning, and social outcomes.

  • Presented by Dr. Ira J. Chasnoff M.D.
  • Format: self-study via video
  • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour

 


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