Books, Parenting & Families, Pregnancy & Childbirth, Fetal Drug & Alcohol Syndrome

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Michael Dorris
The Broken Cord (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)
by G. K. Hall & Company (Hardcover)

Bonnie Buxton
Damaged Angels: An Adoptive Mother¿s Struggle to Understand the Tragic Toll of Alcohol in Pregnancy
by Da Capo Press (Paperback)

Part heartfelt memoir, part practical guide, Damaged Angels recounts Bonnie Buxton's struggles to raise an adopted daughter whom she didn't realize was afflicted with fetal alcohol disorder. Her book also offers guidance to parents who have children with FASD. By the time Bonnie’s daughter Colette hit first grade, her parents were coping with her frequent stealing and lying, and the necessity of special education. At fourteen, she discovered drugs and sex; by eighteen, she was a crack addict living on the streets. After many frustrating years consulting numerous therapists, a TV news story gave Bonnie the answer she was looking for — and sent her on a quest for a diagnosis and help for Colette. Damaged Angels can aid and comfort all those affected by FASD — the most common cause of intellectual impairments in most industrialized nations — and reduce the number of babies born with this disorder in the future. The most important book on fetal alcohol disorder since Michael ...

Jodee Kulp
The Best I Can Be: Living with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome-Effects
by Better Endings New Beginnings (Paperback)

A young teen with Fetal Alcohol Effects challenges the world to peer inside her life and brain. Through her own writings the reader is taken on a life changing journey that will impact their thinking about how to help and understand children with brain damage due to Fetal Alcohol.

Elizabeth M. Armstrong
Conceiving Risk, Bearing Responsibility: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the Diagnosis of Moral Disorder
by The Johns Hopkins University Press (Hardcover)

In American society, the consumption of alcohol during pregnancy is considered dangerous, irresponsible, and in some cases illegal. Pregnant women who have even a single drink routinely face openly voiced reproach. Yet fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) in infants and children is notoriously difficult to diagnose, and the relationship between alcohol and adverse birth outcomes is riddled with puzzles and paradoxes. Sociologist Elizabeth M. Armstrong uses fetal alcohol syndrome and the problem of drinking during pregnancy to examine the assumed relationship between somatic and social disorder, the ways in which social problems are individualized, and the intertwining of health and morality that characterizes American society. She traces the evolution of medical knowledge about the effects of alcohol on fetal development, from nineteenth-century debates about drinking and heredity to the modern diagnosis of FAS and its kindred syndromes. She argues that issues of race, ...

Jodee Kulp
Our FAScinating Journey: Keys to Brain Potential Along the Path of Prenatal Brain Injury, Second Edition
by Better Endings New Beginnings (Paperback)

Our FAScinating Journey will introduce readers to another winding path in working with prenatally exposed children. Jodee illuminates this path with lights that shine the hope of possibilities for these special kids. On your journey through these pages you will: • Discover creative approaches in reaching and loving children with attachment issues. • Understand how alcohol affects the growing brains of children. • Become familiar with brain terminology. • Uncover ideas to help a child nutritionally. • Wade through school and behavior issues with tears, laughter and strategies you may not have tried. • Meet professionals who have helped the Kulp family help Liz grow. • Loose yourself in a myriad of ideas within the appendix. • Smile as you get to know Liz, a very real teen who is determined to be the best she can be inspite of FASD. Our FAScinating Journey: The Best We Can Be, Keys to Brain Potential Along the Path of Prenatal Brain Injury is written ...

Ann Pytkowicz Streissguth
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Guide for Families and Communities
by Brookes Publishing Company (Paperback)

Compelling and easy to understand, this book explains the medical and social issues surrounding fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and fetal alcohol effects (FAE). Compassionately written by the expert psychologist who conducted some of the earliest examinations of chidren with FAS and FAE more than 20 years ago, this guidebook explains how to identify and work with children and adults who have the disorder and how to educate prospective mothers and society at large. Photographs, illustrations, and case studies reveal the physical and behavioral manifestations of FAS and FAE, particularly in children. For parents, educators, pediatricians, psychologists, adoption workers, social workers, nurses, and child care providers, this timely book speaks to everyone seeking an understanding of the challenges faced by children who have these entirely preventable disabilities.

Kathleen Hockey
Raising Depression-Free Children: A Parent's Guide to Prevention and Early Intervention
by Hazelden (Paperback)

Childhood depression is on the rise and increasing faster than the rate of adult depression. The problem is so serious that the World Health Organization has predicted that by the year 2020, when today's children reach adulthood, depression will rank as the second leading cause of "lost years of healthy life" --behind only heart disease. In spite of these predictions, most books and articles emphasize identification and treatment, not prevention. But, there is hope. Researchers have documented the reality of depression prevention in fields such as Resiliency Parenting, where the research actually suggests that depression in children can be prevented. Hockey suggests that reducing the anticipated numbers of depressed adults means we must begin with children who can be taught from a very young age how to live hopefully and optimistically. Depression is not, solely, a matter of genetics and biology; there are very specific things that parents can do to reduce their child's risk ...

Michael Dorris
The Broken Cord: A Family's Ongoing Struggle With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
by Harpercollins (Hardcover)

A skilled writer and expert on Native Americans tells the deeply moving story of his adopted son Abel, who suffers from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.

DREW HUMPHRIES
CRACK MOTHERS: PREGNANCY, DRUGS, AND THE MEDIA (WOMEN & HEALTH C&S PERSPECTIVE)
by Ohio State University Press (Hardcover)

In Crack Mothers, Drew Humphries asserts that medicine and criminal justice have always been at odds on the subject of drug use. One treats drug users as patients, the other as criminals. However, beginning in the late 1980s, the "crack mother" scare led to an unprecedented alliance between doctors and prosecutors in same states, where doctors turned addicted pregnant women over to the police for arrest, trial, and incarceration. Humphries analyzes the public reaction to crack cocaine and the policies instituted to combat it. She shows us that more often than not, policies were generated by the fears that crack mothers were harbingers of even more serious social problems. The media's construction of the crack mother as a model of depravity is, she argues, a reflection of mainstream desires and fears, not a reflection of the truth. Humphries offers a more balanced view of the women who use crack and the policies that have been adopted to stop them.

Ernest L. Abel
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
by CRC (Hardcover)

About 25 of every 1,000 children born to alcoholic women have fetal alcohol syndrome. This is the first annotated bibliography that documents research into the effects of alcoholism on the developing fetus. This valuable reference contains abstracts from original scientific articles and reviews dealing with fetal alcohol exposure and its implications for public health policy. Topics covered include: maternal characteristics that may contribute to alcohol's impact on the developing fetus; the role of the father as a transmitting agent in these effects; biological and pharmacological mechanisms responsible for alcohol's effects in utero; and recent attempts to reduce the incidence of alcohol-related defects. Defects resulting from fetal alcohol syndrome are: pre- and postnatal growth retardation, physical anomalies of the face and vital organs, and central nervous system dysfunctions including hyperactivity and mental retardation. All entries are arranged alphabetically by topic ...

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