current and past newsletters

volume 20 - the final issue

number 1, mar 2010

• birth and life of an iceberg
• psychiatry and fasd
• dsm-v:  making the case for an fasd behavioral phenotype
• dotting our i’s, crossing our t’s
• one brief moment in the life of a parent with a fas adolescent
• telling the stories, interpreting their meaning
• looking back: highlights from 20 years of iceberg

volume 19

number 4, nov 2009

• iceberg�s�farewell
• fasd’s impact on sleep patterns
• review of stephen neafcy's "the long way to simple"
• review of "teaching the moving child: ot insights that will transform your k-3 classroom," by sybil m. berkey

number 3, sept 2009

• the abc’s of parenting a child with an fasd
• book review: the fatal link: the connection between school shooters and the brain damage from exposure to alcohola>
• poem: i will
• submit an article to iceberg

number 2, jun 2009

• the growing problem of cognitive disorders in corrections
• poem: fasd parents daily dilemmas
• fasd funding cuts will be felt by all of us
• submit an article to iceberg

number 1, mar 2009

• the mile program: helping with math achievement and behavior
• a medical student addresses fasd among rural women
• canadians in planning for adult fasd assessment networks
• submit an article to iceberg

volume 18

number 4, dec 2008

• awareness travels the globe on fasday
  • new zealand kicks off fasd awareness day
• pregnant men pose in london’s victoria station
• how ireland marked international fetal alcohol awareness day 2008
• national organization on fetal alcohol syndrome—washington dc
• arizona rings in fasday
• fasday events sweep canada
• recipe highlights from the mocktail events
• knot to be silent

number 3, sept 2008

• book review: the moon children
• preventing an alcohol exposed pregnancy
  through preconception care
• you are invited to attend the fetal alcohol
  awareness candlelight vigil

number 2, june 2008

• through the lens of a child psychiatrist: the need to distinguish fasd from other neurodevelopmental disorders in the dsm-v
• poem: who i am
• fasd experts: multidisciplinary forensic assessment for a multidimensional condition
• 6th annual fasd family summer camp
• submit an article to iceberg

number 1, april 2008

• fasd leadership conference on the next challenge: intervention and treatment for alcohol-affected individuals
• from tragedy to triumph
• thinking of kirt
• fasd conference, in seattle
• submit an article to iceberg

volume 17

number 4, january 2008

• an approach to psychotherapy for individuals with fasd
• update from ireland
• sinja update
• ireland to introduce warning lables on containers containing alcohol

number 3, september 2007

• fasd no obstacle for german horse rider
• dvd review - recovering hope: mothers speak out about fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
• alcohol and drug hotline extends beyond the phone line
• a new service opens in seattle to assess for fasd in adults and late adolescents

number 2, june 2007

• global conference strikes personal note
• from research to practice: fasd and the king county courts
• moving abroad with fasd: an interview with sidney guimont
• the invisible disability

number 1, march 2007

• fetal alcohol spectrum disorders - a judge’s perspective
• beyond a diagnosis
• rules for living with adults with fasd

volume 16

number 4, december 2006

• the current state of fasd intervention: an overview to spark debate and new ideas
• sandy mcauliff – a presence larger than life
• book review—hard to place: a crime of alcohol

number 3, september 2006

• roberta wright remembered
• a new concept of mental health
  part a: a focus on strength
• new neuropsychological assessment service offered to adults with suspected fasd
• a new concept of mental health
  part b: grants seek transformation of mental health care

number 2, june 2006

• social skill development in children with fasd: a pilot program to enhance friendship building
• cj’s words
• david’s words
• ireland’s trouble with alcohol
• i have fas
• our lives with fasd
• book review: “alcohol and pregnancy – a mother’s responsible disturbance”

number 1, january 2006

• a great voice of fasd retires
• karli’s artwork (completed in 2005)
• save this date: the 2006 northwest regional fasd conference
• the families moving forward project: promising research helps families raising children with fasd

volume 15

number 4, november 2005

• lessons of camp resonate beyond summer
• faslink: celebrating 10 years online
• bringing a research network to life

number 3, august 2005

• getting fasd in the dsm: the work of a few good doctors
• prenatal alcohol exposure research in the early 1900s
• response to "getting fasd in the dsm: the work of a few good doctors"
• what you can do to support students with fasd

number 2, april 2005

• here we come again—the third annual fasd family summer camp
• nofas washington: a work in progress
• fast friends meeting schedule
• reunion island’s pioneer health network for the prevention of fasd

number 1, january 2005

• reaching out and “recovering hope”
• new book explores our “damaged angels”
• chipping away at preconceptions in a small town
• recovering hope: mothers speak out about fasd
• my story from fas to reunisaf

volume 14

number 4, november 2004

• a tapestry of memories and connections
• an adult reflects on his life with fasd
• fasd center for excellence trains thousands
• group therapy for youth with fasd
• mother to 13 children

number 3, august 2004

• building fasd state systems: second annual meeting
• the ongoing evolution of a social skills group
• discussion of adolescent therapy groups
• fasd resources for the classroom
• brewers in japan will start using warning labels

number 2, april 2004

• families moving forward: promoting confident, creative parenting of challenging children
• prison: a warehouse for individuals with fasd
• sneaking in the back door—basic strategies for developing social skills in teens
• poem: can't stop me
• in time we are unveiling more of the iceberg
• press release
• parent support group advances fasd advocacy in ann arbor, michigan

number 1, january 2004

• parents become fast friends
• fast friends network members gain strength from collaborating
• fasd management: a work in progress
• meet the fasis board of directors

volume 13

number 3, october 2003

• "rabbits, wolves, eagles, deer and bears, oh my!" a report from family camp
• letter: still euphoric after family camp
• nofas awards recognize outstanding leadership
• poem: short stuff
• fas day 2003
• national fasd biological parents gathering
• rap song: learning to spread your wings

number 2, june 2003

• fas/fae community loses pioneer advocate
• from the editor: a change for iceberg
• welcome: new editorial board members
• the fasd center for excellence: fasd momentum at the national level
• the value of psychotherapy for adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

number 1, march 2003

• family stress in parenting a child or adolescent with fasd
• poem: sit and watch
• successes: grant develops free computer games and songs to help children with fas

volume 12

number 4, december 2002—pdf includes

• system of care reform: implications for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
• mo'angels is makin' a difference
• song: fas affects

number 3, september 2002—pdf includes

• parenting tips after nineteen years on the job (part ii)
• matrices track problems and interventions
• examining canada's community support to young adults with fasd

number 2, june 2002

• parenting tips after nineteen years on the job (part i)
• poem: being a kid is tough
• longtime advocate receives nichols leadership award
• successes: yukon's programs for adults with fas—a model for small communities
• here are the stars

number 1, march 2002—pdf includes

• updates from fas communities worldwide
• a letter edged in black
• successes: finding support for fas treatment

volume 11

number 4, december 2001

• using brain imaging to track fas
• 24/7 vs. letting go
• using active imaging to unlock the secrets of fasd
• new book offers insights

number 3, september 2001

• researching the effects of alcohol in utero
• recent research highlights
• screams: a parent's sweet sound of success
• book & video: journey through the healing circle
• dr. sterling clarren honored for fas research
• grant aims to "prevent double jeopardy"

number 2, june 2001

• effective advocacy is a complex task
• why i bother (to treat adolescents with fas and sexual offending behaviors)
• long journey to opening a clinic
• adolescents' substance use affected by prenatal alcohol/drug exposure
• more drug courts should address fas

number 1, march 2001

• substance abuse prevention for high-risk children: perspectives from adoptive parents
• happy ten year anniversary, iceberg
• my daughter is doing well now, but she still has fas/e
• how i spent my summer vacation