CDC FASD Training Website
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/fasd/training.html
CDC is committed to improving practice, education, and awareness to prevent alcohol-exposed pregnancies and to help individuals living with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. CDC supports the following activities:
American Academy of Family Physicians (family medicine); American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (obstetrics-gynecology);
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) CDC continues to collaborate with AAP through a new project funded in 2018. AAP works to develop and implement educational and capacity-building resources for the prevention, early identification, and care of children with FASDs and their families. For example, they maintain the FASD Toolkit —a comprehensive, web-based resource for the management of a child with an FASD and their family.
National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS)
CDC continues to work with NOFAS to raise awareness about the risks of prenatal alcohol exposure through a new cooperative agreement. NOFAS strives to promote the prevention of FASDs and to improve the understanding of individuals living with FASDs and their families. Some of the activities funded in 2018 include maintaining a national resource directory, developing and disseminating information and resources, building the capacity of state and local affiliates, and conducting media outreach and training. In addition, NOFAS will be supporting a speaker’s bureau of birth mothers, family members, and affected individuals for enhanced FASD prevention and awareness efforts.
Collaboration with the Administration for Children and Families
CDC and the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Children’s Bureau are working together to improve the identification and care of children who were exposed to alcohol and other drugs during pregnancy. The focus of this work is the Prenatal Alcohol and Other Drug Exposures in Child Welfare project.
There are approximately 3.4 million children in the U.S. child welfare system, with 415,000 of these children in foster care. ACF estimates that 6 out of 10 children in foster care come from homes where alcohol and/or other drugs are misused.
For more information on children who were exposed to alcohol during pregnancy, visit https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/fasd/facts.html.
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/fasd/index.html