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Teaching Students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Teaching Students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Building Strengths, Creating Hope (2004)

Book 10 in the Programming for Students with Special Needs series, this resource includes:

  • background and terminology that will help educators understand the current diagnostic definition of FASD. It also explains the diagnostic process, primary and secondary disabilities, and the strengths and protective factors often seen in students with FASD
  • key considerations for planning effective education programs
  • suggestions for how to build a positive classroom climate and maintain a supportive learning environment
  • overarching strategies on how to structure the learning environment, develop effective routines, build skills for whole class instruction, teach social and adaptive skills, and help students generalize new skills and concepts
  • strategies related to specific areas of developmental functioning. The strategies are organized by domain, including attention, memory, language and communication, and academic skills
  • an appendix of reproducible blackline masters to use with students, parents and other educators.

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Teaching Students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder by sections:

Title Page (675 kb)
Introduction (42 kb)
Appendix A (117 kb)
Appendix B (565 kb)
Appendix C (64 kb)

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