The staff of Proof Alliance NC is saddened to share the following official announcement from NIAAA.  

“With great sadness, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) shares the news that Kenneth R. Warren, Ph.D., passed away on August 21, 2024.

Dr. Warren was a foremost research expert on FASD.  He was appointed NIAAA Deputy Director in 2008 and also served as NIAAA Acting Director from 2008 to 2014.”

In Memoriam:

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 “Social workers across practice settings provide services to individuals, including pregnant people, who are consuming alcohol at risky levels. This FASD Awareness Month, social workers can deepen their understanding of FASDs and how to prevent them.”

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 FASD United is excited to mark the start of FASD Awareness Month.  Look through our comprehensive toolkit for ideas, resources, and guidance for this September.  The toolkit contains an advocacy guide, social media guide, new resources, proclamations/press releases and more

Learn more, HERE!

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School is just around the corner and FASD United has a great resource to help parents introduce their child to new teachers!

Check out this great resource!

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FASD United is proud to feature key research advances from NIAAA. 

Learn more about this study, published in Developmental Neuropsychology, which compares the Behavior Assessment System for Children-Third Edition (BASC-3) to the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-Third Edition (VABS-3) in children with and without histories of prenatal alcohol exposure.

Read more, here!

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“This review assesses both the international prevalence of PAE obtained using meconium biomarkers in general maternity populations and, when feasible, the level of agreement between meconium biomarkers and self-reported PAE.”
- Alcohol: Clinical & Experimental Research

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