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Recognizing and Managing Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Free: A Guidebook

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As the adoptive mother of a child with FASD I have read many books on this subject looking for guidance. This is the best book I have found. First it describes the behaviors my daughter has and then gives us clearly explained ways to help us learn to manage them as well as train our daughter how to manage them. There is help for every stage of their childhood as well as help for the classroom teacher. It doesn't sugar coat the issues and say it will be easy but gives you practical ways to manage these difficult issues. I was relieved to learn my stress and exhaustion are typical for mom's who deal with this and that there is hope. This book has been an answer to my prayers!

THIS BOOK WAS VERY INFORMATIVE GUIDEBOOK TO READ AND OWN FOR LATER USE WHEN DEALING WITH AN ADOPTED CHILD WHO HAS FETAL ALCOHOL EFFECTS AND WE ARE DEALING WITH SEVERE EMOTIONAL, BEHAVIORIAL AND LEARNNG DISABILITES.

For anyone raising a child with FASD this is the book for you! It is full of information and ways to use them. Down to earth ideas that are useful and easy to do. Great book! We even purchased one to donate to the local Library. Signed Fasdaware

When I leant this to our first grader's teacher I expected a little hesitance, a little procrastination. But instead I was greeted with a request to keep the book longer so she could make more notes. I've now purchased two more copies of the book to share with family and others and would highly recommend this as a resource for anyone coping with the devastating diagnosis of FASD. Extremely highly recommended.

As an adoptive parent of a toddler with suspected FAS/FAE, I could relate to the author's own experiences and emotions dealing with her son's disabilities. And I appreciated the way she explained and framed the disabilities is a way that allowed me to understand them at a deeper level and empathize with our daughter. While her initial 3-step advice to managing the day-to-day was good albeit at a high level, the author simply repeated this advice for every life stage. And the book was very light on practical techniques and examples for implementing this framework during early stages (my interest area) though there was more "meat" in the chapters on adolescence.

I have read several books on this topic and this one fills a niche. For a parent or caregiver dealing with a FAS/FAE child, you should also read "Fantastic Antone Succeeds" or "Trying differently" by Diane Malbin. This is a short read and does a good job explaining the disabilities from the perspective of the child as well as the emotional needs at different life stages, I would recommend this book for teachers or relatives who need to develop a dose of understanding and empathy for a child with invisible disabilities. This would be a good addition to the library of any parent, teacher or caregiver who cares for FAS kids.