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Reach to Teach: Educating Elementary and Middle School Children with Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorders
Reach to Teach
is an invaluable resource for parents and teachers to use in educating elementary
and middle school children who have an FASD. The guide provides a basic introduction
to FASD, along with tools to enhance communication with the child and between parents
and teachers.
Parents with a child identified as having an FASD can reach out to teachers, school
principals, special education professionals, religious school personnel, and camp
counselors by passing along copies of the guide. Teachers and other staff, in turn,
can use the guide to quickly learn specific classroom strategies to assist learning
for a child with an FASD, including structuring a caring and consistent environment,
shifting attitudes and improving understanding, learning to translate misbehavior,
and restructuring the physical space in the classroom. The guide also contains forms
that parents and teachers can use to better communicate about schedules, strategies,
and problem-solving. There is also a list of available FASD resources on the Web,
on video, and in print.
Since its publication in 2007, Reach to Teach has been one of the most popular products
available through the SAMHSA FASD Center for Excellence. Click here
to download it, or click here to order your free copy online from SAMHSA today!