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Into Action
Fetal Alcohol / neurobehavioral conditions: FA/NB
A brief introduction to a brain-based approach
For parents, professionals and community partners
A programme designed by
Diane V. Malbin, MSW
Alan [email protected]
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Logic model:
Is FA/NB a physical condition?
1. Alcohol, drugs, other teratogens and trauma kill cells
and cause physical changes in the brain
2. Physical changes affect the structure and function of
the brain
3. Behaviors are usually the only symptoms, most
people have no physical features.
4. FA/NB is an invisible physical disability with
behavioral symptoms
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Photo courtesy Sterling Clarren, M.D.
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Behavioral techniques based on
learning theory are used in all
systems:
Parenting
Education
Justice
Mental health
Addictions treatment
Social services
Others
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Four points
1. FA is an invisible, brain-based physical
condition with behavioral symptoms
2. Standard behavioral strategies target
symptoms; a Neurobehavioral approach
recognizes aetiology, their source
3. Reframing behaviors and shifting from
symptoms to source redefines problems and
solutions in a manner consistent with research
4. Dysmaturity is also a factor
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Uneven development 6-year-old
Actual age of person: 6
Developmental age---3
Strengths (art, sports)----------------10
Expressive language------------8
Receptive language-2
Reading ------------------4
Comprehension ----3
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Uneven development adolescent
Actual age of person: 18
Developmental age--------9
Strengths (art, sports)--------------------------------24
Expressive language--------------------------20
Receptive language----8
Reading ---------------------------14
Comprehension ------7
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Conceptual framework:
If FA/NB is an invisible
physical disability
Then Providing accommodations for
people with FA/NB is as appropriate and
effective as providing accommodations
for people with other physical disabilities
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Effects of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Everyday difficulties for a child with FASD
• Problems with memory
• Problems with everyday language
• Thinking at a slower pace
• Trouble in taking what is learned from one
situation and applying it to another
• Trouble paying attention and organising self
• Acting before thinking
• Trouble thinking in abstract terms
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Dan Dubovsky, 2008
•-
Oppositional
Defiant Disorder
ADHD FASD
Do not complete
tasks
Do not complete tasks Do not complete tasks
Do not complete
tasks
-takes in information
-can recall information
when needed
choose not to do what
they are told
-takes in information
-can recall information when
needed
-get distracted
-may or may not take in
information
cannot recall information when
needed
cannot remember what to do
Provide positive
sense of control;
limits and
consequences
Limit stimuli and provide cues Provide one direction at a time
and give time to respond
Comparing FASD, ADHD and
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
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Neurobehavioral screening tool
Common behavioral symptoms
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Definition:
Primary characteristics
Behavioral symptoms associated with
differences in brain structure and function
Strengths are also primary characteristics
Source: Ann Streissguth, 1996
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Primary characteristics
1. Developmental level of functioning
2. Sensory systems
3. Nutrition
4. Language and communication
5. Processing pace: How fast the brain works
6. Learning and memory
7. Abstract thinking
8. Executive functioning
9. Strengths
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Learning strengths
• Relational: 1:1
• Visual
• Auditory
• Hands-on
• Kinesthetic -- see, touch, move
• Experiential -- learns by doing
• Multimodal -- uses all senses
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Definition:
Secondary characteristics
Secondary defensive behaviors develop
over time when there is a “poor fit”
Defensive behaviors are normal
reactions to pain and are preventable
Adapted from: Ann Streissguth, 1996
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Secondary behavioral symptoms
• Easily tired, fatigued
• Anxious
• Lonely, isolated
• Shut down; flat affect
• Fearful, withdrawn
• Depressed
• Frustrated, short fuse, angry
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Fit between technique and ability
Strategy example: Talking
Assumptions about
Brain function:
Store information……………….
Retrieve information……………
Form associations………………
Abstract………………………….
Generalize……………………….
Predict……………………………
Conceptualize…………………..
Process quickly………………….
Research on FA/NB has
Found brain differences:
Difficulty with memory
Difficulty retrieving information
Difficulty forming links
Concrete
Difficulty generalizing
Difficulty predicting
Gets piece, not picture
Processes slowly
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Poor fit = Problems
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Tertiary symptoms
Are the net result of a chronic poor fit,
failure, isolation and alienation ?
• Trouble in school
• Social services involvement
• Involvement with justice
• Homelessness
• Addictions/ mental health issues, suicide
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Good fit: Accommodations
FA/NB Characteristic
Visual learner………........
Processes slower………..
Needs external support…
Difficulty organizing……..
Concrete……………........
.
Strategy
Provide visual cues
Allow adequate time
Provide supports
Provide structure
Teach experientially,
build on strengths
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Application: Functional
Neurobehavioral Assessment
A systematic approach to developing person-
specific accommodations in all settings and
managing the complexity of FA/NB
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Application: Functional Neurobehavioral Assessment
Setting:____________________ Age: ___ Developmental age: ___
1
Task or
Expectation
2
Brain has
to
3
Primary
symptoms
FA/NB
4
Devel. Age
(estimate)
5
Secondary
behaviors
6
Strengths
7
Accommodations
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Application: Functional Neurobehavioral
Assessment
Setting: ___School___________ Age: _6_ Developmental age: _3_
1
Task or
Expectation
2
Brain has
to
3
Primary
symptoms
FA/NB
4
Devel. Age
(estimate)
5
Secondary
behaviors
6
Strengths
7
Accommodations
Sit still and
listen
Process
fast
Slow
processing
pace
3 Frustration Visual
learner
Provide visual
cues, use fewer
words
Be age-
appropriate
Develop
“on time”
Dysmaturity 3 Isolation
Depression
Willing,
relational
Adjust
expectations,
“Stretch toddler”
Sit and
learn, paper
and pencil
Ability to
abstract
Concrete,
difficulty
with
abstraction
2 Anger,
frustration,
avoidance
Learns by
doing
Hands-on
Kinesthetic
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Starter strategies for accommodations:
Home, School and Community
1. Think brain: Reframe perceptions
2. Observe patterns of behaviors
3. Identify, build on strengths
4. Write the IEP for the environment:
Modify environments for a good “fit”
5. Collaborate, coordinate
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Additional starter strategies
Stop fighting
Ask: What if?
Think younger
Give time
Recognize strengths
Breathe
Be gentle with yourself
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Review
1. FA/NB is a brain-based physical
disability
2. Reframe behaviors: Neurobehavioral
Screen -- primary, secondary and
tertiary symptoms
3. Application: Fit and accommodations
Functional neurobehavioral assessment