The CDC’s Drink Less, Be Your Best Campaign helps encourage adults to consider the benefits of drinking less alcohol. The campaign also provides a tool to check your alcohol use and some helpful tips for drinking less.

CDC’s Check Your Drinking. Make a Plan to Drink Less

The CDC’s alcohol screening tool that allows adults to anonymously check their drinking, identify barriers and motivators for drinking less, and print or save a personalized change plan. This evidence-based tool is a free resource that can be used by individuals or institutions to reduce excessive alcohol use. The tool is also available in Spanish.

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 How Alcohol Affects the Adolescent Brain: A Resource for Parents and Teachers

Explore a diverse array of resources that teach students the impact of alcohol on the developing brain – all while building kids’ confidence in their knowledge and providing them with tools to say "YES" to a healthy lifestyle and "NO" to underage drinking. 

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Online registration is now open for National FASD Impact Week, hosted by FASD United.  Register now to start your journey to join advocates, clinicians, researchers, and professionals from around the country for four days of advocacy, action, collaboration, and community. Impact Week is FREE for all attendees. Impact Week will take place September 27-30, 2026, in Washington, DC and is your opportunity to raise your voice to give FASD a seat at the table. Through workshops, advocacy, symposiums, a poster exhibition, and more, we will empower the community, leading to a brighter future for people with FASD.

Register today and get ready to connect with leaders in the FASD field, learn about the latest FASD research, make your voice heard to national policy makers, and be part of the incredible FASD community.

Register HERE, to join us this September!

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“A new issue paper from the Canada FASD Research Network (CanFASD), FASD and Siblings: A Review of Current Knowledge, explores the unique experiences of siblings and highlights why they should be recognized as an important part of the family support system. Drawing on both research and lived experience, the paper sheds light on the challenges siblings face, as well as the strengths they develop.”

 Learn more, HERE!

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 “On this episode host Sandra Flach talks with returning guest favorite, Dr. Jerrod Brown. Dr. Brown has 6 PhD’s and specializes in topics related to autism spectrum disorder (ASD), fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), confabulation, suggestibility, trauma and other life adversities, alexithymia, executive dysfunction, criminal recidivism, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and youth firesetting. Dr. Brown unpacks the prevalence of migraine headaches among children with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).

Podcast, HERE!

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 AAP 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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