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| UCLA offers FAS course - Thursday, August 21, 2008Attendees will learn how to implement the Children’s Friendship Training (CFT) program (Frankel & Myatt, 2003), an evidence-based, parent-assisted intervention for children who have social skills deficits. Attendees will also learn how to train other mental health professionals in this approach to social skills training. The CFT intervention has been adapted for use with children with FASDs and it has been demonstrated to be effective in both university and community settings.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
9:00am – 5:00pm Registration form or read more ...
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| Prenatal Effect on Neurotropins Independent of Environment - Monday, August 18, 2008Prenatal alcohol exposure causes abnormal brain development, leading to behavioral deficits, some of which can be ameliorated by environmental enrichment. As both environmental enrichment and prenatal alcohol exposure can individually alter neurotrophin expression, we studied the interaction of prenatal alcohol and postweaning environmental enrichment on brain neurotrophin levels in rats. read more ...
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| Substance Abuse Care in Pregnancy Helps Mom and Baby - Monday, July 14, 2008NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Infants born to women with substance abuse problems will fare better if their mothers undergo treatment for these problems early in pregnancy, according to the largest study to date to investigate this issue. read more ...
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| Does a Pint a Day Affect Your Child's Pay? - Friday, June 06, 2008The results of this Swedish study indicate that investments in early-life health may have far reaching effects on economic outcomes later in life. read more ...
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| High School Graduate with FAS - Thursday, June 05, 2008Tyler was diagnosed at birth with FAS, but at age 18 has already put out more personal fires tha most adults. read more ...
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| Early Alcohol May Fuel Heaving Drinking in Rats - Thursday, June 05, 2008NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a study of adolescent rats, scientist saw that early alcohol exposure led to a tendency toward heavy drinking later on -- and the same might be true for humans. read more ...
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| African-American Women Least Likely to Reduce Drinking During Pregnancy - Wednesday, March 26, 2008New article published in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. read more ...
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| Reduction in Newborns With Discharge Coding of In Utero Alcohol Effects in the US - Monday, January 08, 2007Has the use of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification ( ICD-9-CM) code for fetal alcohol effects declined during the past 10 years among hospitalized newborns in the United States. read more ...
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