Fetal+Alcohol+Syndrome

**Fetal Alcohol Syndrome [[image:Fetal-Alcohol-Syndrome.jpg width="137" height="178" align="left"]] **
Kids Health Website is a useful resource for all teachers and parentsas not only it tells you in simple turns about particular health issues butalso brings to light a syndrome that most teachers aren’t evenaware of - fetal alcohol syndrome. “When a woman drinks alcohol during pregnancy, she risks giving birth to a child who will pay the price in mental and physical deficiencies —for his or her entire life.” (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) Knowing the signs and symptoms of FAS can often help the diagnosis and will allow you as the teacher to become better equipped when teaching these students. By reading this website not only are you more aware of the consequences of drinking alcohol while pregnant but can also offer insight to other teachers as to how they can adapt their lessons to suit these students and to keep in mind things that could develop as the student progresses in their education.

Strategies include, giving the students with FAS more time to complete work, making simple adjustments to assignments - including giving more examples on how to complete the work correctly, pairing students up and getting them to help each other complete work. Something else would include working with the all key stakeholders and setting up an ILP for these students so they can get the most out of their education. These strategies could be used in any classroom situation no matter the age of the student or their educational level.

= Reference = //Fetal Alcohol Syndrome//. (n.d.). Retrieved July 20th, 2011, from Kids Health: http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/brain/fas.html#

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