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Educating
Families, Professionals, and the Public
Prenatal exposure to alcohol is known to be harmful to
the developing fetus, resulting in severe and lifelong negative
consequences. While surveys indicate that people have heard the term fetal
alcohol syndrome (FAS), reports from parents, school staff, and health care
providers indicate that the general level of understanding about the
condition and the needs of children who have it are not well understood.
Improvements in screening, identification, and
treatment of children with FAS and other alcohol-related disorders can be
enhanced through systematic efforts to educate health professions students
and practitioners about these disorders. Such efforts will contribute
toward the goal of better identification, diagnosis, and referral for
treatment for individuals with prenatal alcohol exposure.
Parents, caregivers, school staff, and others who are
with children with FAS every day, can benefit from learning more about the
syndrome, how it affects the child, strategies for working with the child
to best enable him or her to meet his or her full potential, and how to
locate appropriate services for the affected child and his or her family.
CDC is committed to the education and awareness of
those who care for and work with individuals affected by prenatal alcohol
exposure. CDC supports the following education activities:
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