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Santa Clara County Leads Charge in FASDs Awareness and Prevention Efforts

By Nina Singh-Hudson Hoodline on October 3, 2023 Santa Clara County has been making strides in tackling Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders...

UNDERSTANDING CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE §56332: A GUIDE FOR SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES

On January 1st, 2023, California’s Senate Bill 1016 became CA Education Code §56332. This law includes Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders...

Autism: When Genes Hold No Explanatory Power

Personal Perspective: What my brother taught me about the etiology of autism. When I was a doctoral student in developmental psychology...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

American Academy of Pediatrics – CA2 Peds@CA2 eNews – May 2023 Danielle Shaw, MD, FAAP, FAPA April showers bring May flowers. For those...

FASD AND THE NEED FOR EARLY AND EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS

For centuries we have known about the impact prenatal alcohol exposure can have on a child’s development (1), yet the predominate culture...

There’s A New Pathway to Special Education for Up to 300,000 California Children

By Roxanne Chang and ChrisAnna Mink • Dec 20, 2022 Photo by aldomurillo/iStock. When Maria and her husband adopted their 2-year-old about...

SB1016 Is Signed Into Law

FASD Now celebrates the passage of Senator Portantino’s Special Education Bill to support students with FASD FASD Now celebrates the...

FASD Network of Northern California Makes Education Webinar Available for All.

The FASD Network of Northern California opened up their most recent training, FASD in the Classroom, to the general public. Originally...

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