This section focuses on best practices in prevention and intervention currently recognized in the field. These are strategies, activities, approaches, or programs which have been shown through research and evaluation to be effective. Please click the below headings for more information on:
- Types of Prevention Strategies
- Cultural Competency
- CSAP Prevention Strategies
- Evidenced Based Programs
- Screening and Brief Clinical Interventions To Reduce (Prevent) Alcohol Use
- Interventions and Improving Functioning
FASD Generalist Training (Power Point Document) 51 megs
- Ohio’s Model of System’s Integration
- Learn about FASD including terminology; facts; and effects on the body and brain
- Understand primary and secondary disabilities resulting from FASD
- Learn about strategies and recommendations for problems associated with FASD
FASD-The Basics, an educational presentation, can be viewed at the FASD Center Web site (fasdcenter.samhsa.gov). Available in PDF, PowerPoint, and HTML, FASD-The Basics can be downloaded for use at workshops, meetings, and other settings. The slide presentation covers terminology, FASD and the brain, prevention and risk reduction, symptoms and difficulties of FASD, diagnosis, treatment, and strategies to improve outcomes for persons with an FASD.
The SAMHSA FASD Center for Excellence has a new resource available entitled "Tools for Success: Working with Youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) in the Juvenile Justice System" and it is now available at NCADI. Ordering information for the publication can be accessed at http://ncadistore.samhsa.gov/catalog/productDetails.aspx?ProductID=17760.