Links to FAS Articles

Article, "Dads and Birth Defects: The Inside Story ," by Christina Jeffery
http://fasalaska.com/DadsBirthDefects.html
A well-documented article about how alcohol and other drugs can affect the future offspring of men.

Article, "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome," by Anuppa Caleekal, B.A., M.Sc.
http://www.digitalism.org/hst/fetal.html
Very extensive and well-written article about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE), including information on how women metabolize alcohol and also consumption and risk levels.

Northeast Training & Consultation Center, FAS Information
http://www.taconic.net/seminars/fas02.html
Lots of useful information here, the section for educators is particularly well-written.

Foresight Research Summaries, Alcohol
Adverse Effects of Alcohol on Reproduction, by Tuula E. Tourmaa
http://www.surreyweb.org.uk/foresight/alcohol.html
Article on FAS/E starts with the history of drinking and pregnancy and moves on to detail the growth, craniofacial and musculoskeletal abnormalities involved and much more. It's all one long page and may be hard to read on screen.

Teaching Students with FAS/E, A Resource Guide for Teachers
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/fas/contents.htm
An in-depth handbook on line developed by the British Columbia Ministry of Education, Skills and Training, in 1996.

A New Look at Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, by George Gallepp
http://www.cals.wisc.edu/media/news/09_96/996fetalalcohol.html
Article details how children with FAS may not be receiving the diagnosis and care they need due to mistaken assumptions about the symptoms.

Fetal Alcohol Effected Student Checklist For Educational Programming
http://www.faslink.org/k.htm
Adapted by Spira & Evensen from The Autism Behavior Checklist. A checklist for educators, an abstract follows.

Active Learning: Bridging the Gap for FAE Children, By Debbie Evensen, Fall 1991
http://www.faslink.org/j.htm
Articles explains the aspects and common frustrations of FAS.

Reference Shelf, Articles on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
http://www.sesa.org/sesa/newsltr/insertf96/fastoc.html
A series of articles on FAS/E on the Special Education Service Agency's Web site from the Fall 1996 newsletter.

Incidence of Birth Defects
http://www.come-over.to/FAS/USbirths.htm
This page compares the incidence of FAS as compared to other birth defects.

Costs to Society
http://www.come-over.to/FAS/WhoseBabyIsThis.htm
This page shows the cost to society of caring for children born with FAS/E.

"Lecture 3.5" on FAS
http://www.uaf.edu/psych/psyc240/exam1/04_fas/index.htm
Dr. James R. Allen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, has posted lecture information on FAS/E on the Web. Pages are short, easy to read PowerPoint slides.

Information on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
http://www.come-over.to/FAS/
A short list of facts about FAS and its related disorders, page includes links to other Web sites with more detailed articles and information.