AAP's FASD Virtual Learning Collaborative participants and other FASD allies can use the resources in this toolkit to increase their capacity to screen, treat, and refer children with FASDs, as well as to support their families. This toolkit includes links to professional and community resources, supplemental security income and disability guidance, support groups, parenting resources, books, and podcasts.

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Neurodiversity Celebration Week, recognized March 17-23, is about challenging stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences.  Embracing neurodiversity includes Giving FASD a Seat at the Table and amplifying the voices of the FASD community.  We can apply the attitudes and the lessons from the neurodiversity movement to how we think about FASD.

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“Researchers in the Family Medicine field share their perspective on strategies for reducing stigma in primary care when addressing unhealthy alcohol use, and discuss insights gained from their own work and from other authors in this field.”  The authors highlight the significance of collaborative care in reducing stigma. 

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 This video from Medscape features alcohol expert Dr. George Koob, PhD, Director of NIAAA (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism). Medscape’s Neha Pathak, MD, and Dr. George Koob break down the latest guidance on alcohol intake and address some of the public’s misconceptions about the risks.

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Dr. Wozniak discusses the value of the CIFASD initiative in building collaborations and his latest research on brain stimulation as an intervention for children and adolescents, MRI as a diagnostic tool, and the role of white matter in FASD. 
 
Dr. Wozniak has been a leading researcher on FASD for over 20 years and has for many years been deeply involved in CIFASD (the Collaborative Initiative on FASD), which is a project of NIAAA (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) that is designed to bring researchers from different specialties who work on FASD together to work in collaboration.

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Proof Alliance is featured on MPR News on their radio program Minnesota Now with Nina Moini. 

“A Minnesota-based organization called Proof Alliance is working around the country to raise awareness of FASDs and support people who are impacted by them.”

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