Families often struggle parenting a child with a neurodevelopmental disorder associated
with prenatal exposure to alcohol or other substances.
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Referring individuals for possible diagnosis if there is evidence of
prenatal exposure to alcohol at levels associated
with adverse brain function
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A Review of the Neurobehavioral Deficits in Children
with Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome or
Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol
Even when biological tests are available
to assay
exposure, they often provide no information regarding quantities or timing of
exposure and are most useful in conjunction
with a maternal report.1, 2 The question as
to how best and when
to interview the mother regarding
prenatal alcohol and drug use, therefore, remains of critical importance.
The growth in research on the effects of
prenatal exposure to alcohol and drugs on infant and child development has led
to an increased concern
with how accurately
alcohol and drug
exposure can be ascertained by maternal report.
Risk factors lead
to developmental delays: Children
with risk factors, such as living in low - income households, abuse or neglect,
prenatal exposure to alcohol or other substances, and low parental education, have a higher incidence of developmental delays and disabilities than the general population.