Building FASD State Systems: Third Meeting Moves States Forward

SAMHSA's FASD Center for Excellence convened its third Building FASD State Systems meeting in San Antonio, Texas, in June 2005. Attendees came from all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. State representatives set goals for their States and met to brainstorm components of an ideal comprehensive system of care for FASD prevention and treatment. Participants included FASD State coordinators; staff from public health, maternal and child health, mental health, substance abuse, and developmental disabilities agencies; and family members.

2005 Building FASD State Systems Meeting Proceedings

South Dakota Approach to FASD

Powerpoint presentations from the 2005 BFSS Meeting are listed below.

New Estimates of the Economic Costs of FASD (updated) (Rick Harwood, Vice President, The Lewin Group)

Implementing the CDC Guidelines: Challenges and Issues for the Future Panel

The Science of FASD
- Screening for FASD: What, Why and How (Larry Burd, PhD, Director, North Dakota Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Center)
- Four Digit Diagnostic Code (Susan Astley, PhD, Director, FAS Diagnostic and Prevention Network, University of Washington)
CDC/National Task Force on FAS/FAE Diagnostic Criteria Guidelines
- FAS Screening and Diagnostic Guide (Jacquelyn Bertrand, PhD, Psychologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

FASD and Behavioral Disorders in Context: Understanding Behavior of Alcohol-Affected Children

(Claire Coles, PhD, Director, Fetal Alcohol Center, Emory University School of Medicine and the Marcus Institute)

Addressing Child Welfare and Mental Health Issues for Individuals With an FASD and Their Families

(Dan Dubovsky, MSW, FASD Specialist, FASD Center for Excellence, and Eileen Lally, EdD, LCSW, Program Manager, University of Alaska)

FASD Prevention: Implementing Project Choices

(Kirk von Sternberg, PhD, Senior Research Associate, University of Texas Medical School at Houston)

FASD Center for Excellence: Accomplishments since May 2004 and Future Directions

SAMSHA FASD Center for Excellence Project Officer, Ammie A. Bonsu, welcomes participants to the 2005 BFSS meeting.	Participant views the FASD Center exhibit.
Faye Calhoun, Deputy Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, delivers the keynote.	Native youth talk about their peer mentoring program.
Family members talk about life with FASD.	Participants brainstorm ideas for a comprehensive system of care.