FASD and trauma

Secondary School Resources

This video explains the co-occurrence of FASD and trauma and explores how this can affect young people with FASD in the school environment. If you would like to learn more about this topic, ‘FASD and complex trauma: A resource for educators’ is a detailed resource designed to support schools, educators, and community members to recognise, understand, and work effectively with students with FASD and complex trauma.

References

Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation. (2020). Trauma-informed practice in schools: An Explainer. NSW Department of Education. https://education.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/main-education/about-us/educational-data/cese/2020-trauma-informed-practice-in-schools.pdf

Flannigan, K., Kapasi, A., Pei, J., Murdoch, I., Andrew, G., & Rasmussen, C. (2020). Characterizing adverse childhood experiences among children and adolescents with prenatal alcohol exposure and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Child Abuse & Neglect, 112, 104888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104888

Kambeitz, C., Klug, M. G., Greenmyer, J., Popova, S., & Burd, L. (2019). Association of adverse childhood experiences and neurodevelopmental disorders in people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and non-FASD controls. BMC Pediatrics, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1878-8

Koslouski, J. B., Stark, K., & Chafouleas, S. M. (2023). Understanding and responding to the effects of trauma in the classroom: A primer for educators. Social and Emotional Learning Research Practice and Policy, 1, 100004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sel.2023.100004

McLachlan, K., Flannigan, K., Temple, V., Unsworth, K., & Cook, J. L. (2020). Difficulties in Daily Living Experienced by Adolescents, Transition‐Aged Youth, and Adults With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research, 44(8), 1609–1624. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14385

Popova, S., Temple, V., Dozet, D., O’Hanlon, G., Toews, C., & Rehm, J. (2020). Health, social and legal outcomes of individuals with diagnosed or at risk for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: Canadian example. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 219, 108487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108487

Price, A., Cook, P. A., Norgate, S., & Mukherjee, R. (2017). Prenatal alcohol exposure and traumatic childhood experiences: A systematic review. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 80, 89–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.05.018

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