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Legal Advocacy in New York –Accessing Services and Supports for Children and Adults with FASD

By |2019-10-25T13:17:20-04:00October 10th, 2018|

Disability Rights New York is the statewide Protection and Advocacy System and Client Assistance Program DRNY advocates for New Yorkers with disabilities to enable them to Exercise their own life choices, Fully participate in their communities, Enforce their civil and legal rights.

Reach to Teach Children FASD

By |2019-10-25T13:17:20-04:00August 15th, 2018|

Reach to Teach is a valuable resource for parents and teachers to use in educating elementary and middle school children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). It provides a basic introduction to FASD, which results from prenatal alcohol exposure and can cause physical, mental, behavioral, and/or learning disabilities, and provides tools to enhance communication between parents and teachers.

Parenting Tips: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

By |2019-10-25T13:17:38-04:00October 18th, 2017|

A child who has FAS is very likely to steal from the parents, lie to them, and sneak around. The parents have to understand that the child is not doing these things to them. He is simply getting through his day in the way in which his mind allows him to. He is not actively trying to harm the parents or destroy his relationship with them.

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