What Educators Need to Know About FASD: Working Together to Educate Children in Manitoba with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Contents

9 chapters:

• Introduction: explains purpose for the guide
• What is FASD?: provides a definition of FASD and an explanation of the four medical diagnoses that fit under the umbrella term of FASD
• Understanding the Needs of the Student with FASD:
  • Physical Motor Skills
  • Sensory Processing Skills
  • Cognition
  • Communication
  • Academic Achievement
  • Memory Skills
  • Executive Functioning and Abstract Reasoning
  • Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity
  • Adaptive Skills
• What Students Want their Teachers to Know: provides a presentation by Joe, a middle school student with FASD, who tells what works for him
• What Parents Want Teachers to Know: provides a list of tips from parents of children with FASD to teachers
• The Paradigm Shift: explains the shift from “won’t” to “can’t”
• Secondary Disabilities: provides a definition and examples
• What Educators Need to Know: provides a process for planning and working with a student with FASD
• Teaching FASD Prevention: provides a listing of resources for educating students about FASD
• Appendices and Resources

Comments

Adapted from Teaching Students with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Effects: A Resource Guide for Teachers (B.C. Ministry of Education). Many strategies, case study type stories. Manual format.

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