Official Conference Syllabus
Plenary Video Presentations
Presentation Slides
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All sessions are in chronological order from the official program.
Pre-conference 1, April 18: Improving the School Experiences and Educational Outcomes of Students with FASD
- A Neurobiological Approach to Supporting Individuals with FASD in Educational Settings (Collins)
- Supporting Behavior in Schools (Iacobacci)
- Caregiver Presentation (Lesic)
- Caregiver Presentation (Shulman)
- Caregiver Presentation (Byrnes)
- Educational Advocacy Strategies for Families, Educators & Service Providers (Collins & Iacobacci)
Pre-conference 2, April 18: Living With FASD Over Time: Sleep, Aging, and Unanswered Questions for Research and Daily Life
- Sleep in FASD Across the Lifespan (Ward)
- Choline and Sleep: Can Nutritional Supplementation Improve Sleep? (Thomas)
- Impact of Low to Moderate Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Sleep in Adolescents: Findings from the ABCD Study (Devine)
- FASD in Midlife: Overview of the Multisite Adult Health Study (Coles)
- Brain Structure and Function in Midlife: MRI Findings in Adults with FASD (Stoner)
Main Conference: April 19
- A1i) Identifying the Brain Areas and Neural Circuits Regulating Learning and Memory in a Mouse Model of FASD
- A1ii) Discovery and Characterization of Epileptiform Discharges in Essential Memory Circuits in a mouse model of FASD
- Aiv) New Imaging Approach to Evaluate the Effects of Developmental Alcohol Exposure on Brain Grey and White Matter and Intervention Outcomes
- A1v) Comparing Stressor and Resource Domains Across Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Groups: Implications for Intervention
- A2ii) Caregiver Contributions to Development and Trial Implementation of a Relationship-Based Early Intervention for Young Children With or at Risk for FASD: Families Moving Forward Bridges
- A2iii) Utilizing the Behavior Dysregulation Program with Children and Adolescents Affected by FASD
- A2iv) “Perseveration: ‘Danger Zone Cycles’” Family Interventions & Epigenetic Insights
- A2v) An Educational Intervention to Improve Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge, Beliefs and Attitudes about FASD
- A3) From Science to System: Updating the FASD Model Forensic Assessment Protocol for Justice, Clarity, and Change
- A4) The Medicine Wheel Sleepy Bear Cards: A Holistic, Culturally-Grounded Sleep Screening Tool for Youth & Video
- B1i) A Virtual Interprofessional Collaborative to Improve FASD: Recognition and Management in Child Welfare Populations
- B1ii) A Participation-Focused Approach for Children and Adolescents With FASD: A Research and Practice Priority
- B1iii) A Practical Guide for Designing and Implementing FASD Diagnostic and Clinical Care Practices
- B2i) Hidden in Plain Sight: The Urgent Need to Recognize and Respond to FASD in Foster Care Systems
- B2iii) An Exploration of Alcohol Screening Practices among Pregnant People in a Perinatal Care Hospital in Mexico
- B3) Population-Based FASD Screening, Diagnosis, Surveillance, Intervention, Prevention, and Policy Development: Statewide Sustainable Success Stories From Washington State and Alaska
- B5) The Joys and Challenges of Long Term Personal Relationships
- B6) FASD in Incarcerated Individuals: Can We Change Their Course?
- B7) Coming Together to Weave and Fill the Basket: A Collaborative Circles of Care Approach to Supporting Individuals and Families with FASD
- High Prevalence of Prenatal and Postnatal Risks Among 2,652 Patients With Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Evaluated for FASD at the Washington State Fetal Alcohol Diagnostic & Prevention Network (Hemingway)
- Beyond the Diagnosis: Introducing a Functional Classification Model for FASD Intervention and Support Proposal for a Functional Classification Model (Senturias)
- Disentangling Diagnostic Overlap: A Hybrid Scoping Review of Neurodevelopmental Profiles in FASD and Autism Spectrum Disorder (Myers)
Main Conference: April 20
- C1ii) Social Engagement and Challenging Behaviors in Children with FASD
- C1iii) Learning With FASD: Evaluation of a Research Translation Initiative to Disseminate Evidence-Based Resources on FASD for Secondary School Teaching and Support Staff
- C1iv) Enhancing Educators’ Capacity to Support Students with FASD: A Participatory Program Evaluation
- C1v) Taking FASD-Informed Care from Research to the Real World: Disseminating, Implementing and Expanding the Families Moving Forward Program
- C2i) Bridging Care Models: Exploring an FASD-Informed Therapeutic Assessment Model in Inpatient Psychiatric Care
- C2ii) From Awareness to Action: Immersive Community-Based FASD Training for Pediatric Care Teams
- C2iii) Advancing Pediatric Care: Successful Strategies for Supporting Children with FASD
- C2iv) Australian Occupational Therapists’ Awareness, Knowledge and Practice of FASD
- C2v) Building Better Pathways to FASD Care: National Insights on Clinician Readiness, Cultural Safety and Barriers to Early Identification in Canada
- C4) FASD and Autism Across Development: Distinguishing Social Profiles From Childhood to Adolescence — A Conversational Roundtable (Chang) & (Senturias)
- D1i) A Neurodevelopmentally Informed Probation Framework: The Collaborative Support Supervision Triad (CSS-T) Model for Individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Employing the Nash Theory of Equilibrium
- D1ii) Reflecting on Prenatal Marijuana Exposure: Why Monitoring for Prenatal Ethanol Exposure Is Essential
- D1iii) Stronger Than Stigma: What People with Living Experience Have Told Researchers Over the Past 20 Years
- D2i) Association Between Paternal Alcoholism and Adverse Outcomes Observed in Individuals With PAE Receiving an FASD Diagnostic Evaluation at the Washington State Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Diagnostic & Prevention Network Clinic
- D2ii) Impacts of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Neurobiological, Psychopathological, Behavioural, and Cognitive Outcomes Across Adolescence: An Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study
- D2iii) Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Nailfold Capillary Morphology in Children Aged 3–17 Years: Preliminary Results
- D5) The Animation Curriculum: Acceptability, Feasibility and Engagement of a Specifically Designed FASD Educational Intervention in Two Mainstream Classroom Settings
- Half the Equation: Why Fathers Matter in FASD Risk (Rouzer)
- Expanding FASD Prevention: Combined Parental Alcohol Use Shapes Offspring Aging and Chronic Disease Risk (Golding)
Main Conference: April 21
- Addressing Mental Health in Teens with FASD: Building Accessible and Community-Informed Treatment Approaches (Delage)
- E1i) Navigating Young Adulthood with FASD: Goals, Challenges, and Role of Social Support Networks
- E1ii) Cardiovascular Disease in a Retrospective Cohort of Adults with FASD
- E1iii) Prenatal Alcohol-Exposure and Perinatal Alcohol-Use by Mothers Enrolled in the Parent-Child Assistance Program in Washington State, 2006-2021
- E2i) The changing presentation of neurodevelopmental impairments with age in Australian adolescents living with FASD
- E2ii) Early-Life Exposures, Lasting Imprints: Gut Microbiota-Metabolite Alterations Linking Prenatal Alcohol and Cannabinoids to Adult Addiction Risk
- E2iii) Predictors and Opportunities for Prevention of Mental Health Disorders in Remote-Dwelling Australian Aboriginal Adolescents With FASD: The Bigiswun Kid (Adolescent) Project
- E7) Translating Brain Science into Practice: Neurobehavioral Interventions for FASD
- E8) Designing Dignity: Self-Advocates on Successful Housing for Adults with FASD
- F1i) Prenatal Alcohol and Cannabinoid Exposures Disrupt Acetylcholine Receptor Subunit Expression in Adult Mouse Offspring
- F1ii) Bridging the Gap: Behavior Parent Training for Caregivers with Children with Childhood Adversities
- F1iii) Adaptive Function Outcomes in FASD: Comparing Facial Phenotype and Associated Risk Factors
- F2i) Supporting the Mental Health of Students with FASD: POPFASD On-Demand Course FASD 103
- F2ii) From Clinic to Classroom: Investigating IEPs and Diagnostic Clinical Evaluation Recommendations for Students with a FASD Diagnosis
- F3) Tribal Therapeutic and Problem-Solving Courts: A Collaborative Team-Building Approach to Responding with Care for Individuals with FASD in the Justice System
- F5) Hope Rising Clinic, A Model for Therapeutic Intervention for Children and Families Affected by FASD and Prenatal Substance Exposure (PSE) (Lundy) & (Conley)
- F6) Prevent Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking for Clients with FASD
- F7) Trauma-Informed, Family-Centered Care for Children with Polysubstance Exposure and FASDs
- From Momentum to Systems Change: What the FASD Respect Act Teaches Us About Building Policy
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Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by 5R13AA028176-05 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the
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