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FASD Resources and Supports services

• Our Children Are Sacred
  The Our Children Are Sacred app is designed for professionals and caregivers of individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
• Alaska Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Strategic Plan 2017-2022
  
• Alaska FASD Partnership
  The mission of the Alaska FASD Partnership is to promote awareness, prevention, and effective life-long interventions for people affected by prenatal exposure to alcohol and their families.
• Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority | Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
  The purpose of this statewide multimedia campaign is to raise awareness about FASD and its lifelong effects, and to motivate women to know their pregnancy status before consuming alcohol. The intent is to inform, move and motivate Alaskans in an effort to prevent occurrences of FASD in Alaska.
  
• Collaborative for Alcohol-Free Pregnancy
  Healthcare professionals play a crucial role in the prevention, identification, and management of FASDs. CDC’s PICs and Partners is a collaborative of national partners, medical societies, university centers, and a variety of practitioners from six health disciplines who work together to prevent FASDs and risky drinking.
  
• An Alcohol-Free Pregnancy Is the Best Choice for Your Baby
  These organizations and resources can provide you with more information on FASDs, drinking and pregnancy, and how to get help if you are pregnant or trying to get pregnant and cannot stop drinking.
  
• The Alaska Center for FASD
  We seek to reduce alcohol-exposed pregnancies, promote successful outcomes for affected individuals and families, and act as a catalyst for creating FASD-informed communities of care.

• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Training And Resources (CDC)
  Free, online trainings are available for healthcare providers who care for women at risk for an alcohol-exposed pregnancy, and for those who work with individuals living with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs).
  
• Families Affected by FASD
  Families Affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder seeks to spread information, awareness, and hope for caregivers of people with FASD.
  
• National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
  NOFAS works to prevent prenatal exposure to alcohol, drugs, and other substances known to harm fetal development by raising awareness and supporting women before and during their pregnancy, and supports individuals, families, and communities living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs) and other preventable intellectual/developmental disabilities.
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder - 8 magic keys
  View a video developed by Deb Evensen and Jan Lutke for the Anchorage School District.
  
• The Hidden Disability
  A report on FASD from Healthy Child Manitoba (HCM), Canada.
  
• The Faces of FASD, presented by FAFASD (YouTube video)
  

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