Tag: fetal alcohol syndrome
Partners play pivotal role in pregnant women’s alcohol use, which affects their babies’ development
Rochester psychologists say successful intervention efforts need to include partners of mothers-to-be.
Finishing doctoral work, nurse practitioner Lynn Cole juggles many roles
A doctor of nursing practice degree is a capstone to a career of helping kids with special needs get better access and care.
Expert team creates training manual to help providers recognize fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
University of Rochester experts have helped develop a handbook for health care providers to recognize and diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
Alcohol during pregnancy—September is FASD awareness month
A research team at the University of Rochester’s Mt. Hope Family Center has been working for years to find ways to improve the lives of people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and their families.
Researchers, engineers team up on app for caregivers facing FASD
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $1.5 million grant to support the development of a mobile app providing peer-to-peer interventions for parents of children with fetal alcohol syndrome disorders (FASD).
Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders lag in emotional understanding
Even in children with an average IQ, researchers found that emotional understanding lags by two to five years behind typically developing peers.