Creating a Family Launches Prenatal Substance Exposure Training
Creating a Family | 2/4/2026
Creating a Family offers evidence-based, trauma-informed workshops and training for foster, adoptive, and kinship parents and professionals to understand and learn strategies to support children exposed prenatally to alcohol and drugs.
American Academy of Pediatrics Virtual Learning Collaborative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
American Academy of Pediatrics | 2/1/2026
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) program is launching a Virtual Learning Collaborative (VLC) funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
State Mapping Tool Now Available
FASD United Policy and Training Center | 1/28/2026
This tool is a Google Sheet meant to help state advocates and coalitions organize outreach to state agencies, track interactions, and turn one-time emails into relations that will support FASD-informed systems.
Caregiver-Reported Evaluation for and Diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in the United States
ScienceDirect | 1/28/2026
In-person, active case ascertainment studies suggest the prevalence of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), lifelong disorders caused by prenatal alcohol exposure, in selected communities ranges from 11.3 to 71.4 per 1000.
Prenatal Exposure to Low Alcohol and Alcohol Motivation in the Offspring
Springer Nature Link | 1/2/2026
Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), even at low doses, has been linked to long-term alterations in alcohol-related behaviors, particularly increased alcohol consumption and preference in offspring.