Health Watch Table
(Printable PDF version can be found at the bottom)

Considerations Recommendations
1. Head, eyes, ears, nose, throat
Children and Adults:
Vision:

  • 1%-3% of children have cataracts; 16% of adults have cataracts
  • 36%-80% have significant refractive errors
  • Adults have an increased incidence of keratoconus

Hearing:

  • 50%-80% have a hearing deficit
  • 50%-75% experience otitis media with effusion
  • Specific
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Adults:
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  • facial
  • In addition
    • mental health issues
    • parenting issues

Individuals norms.11

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2. Cognitive Function/Communication
Children:

  • Intel
  • Refer
Adults:

  • Cognitive
  • Refer
3. Adaptive Daily Living Skills
Children and Adults:

  • Support
  • Invite
4. Physical Health Issues1
Children and Adults:

  • Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss and vision abnormalities are common in FAS.5
  • Dental
  • Screen for hearing and vision problems at time of diagnosis.  Follow-up should be guided by clinical findings.
  • Brain
5. Mental Health and Behavioral Issues
Children:

  • Att
  • Evaluate
Adults:

  • Psychiatric disorders occur in a large percentage of cases. Mood, anxiety and conduct disorders are common.22
  • Under
  • Monitor
6. Sleep
Children and Adults:

  • Sleep
  • Consider
7. Sensory Issues
Children and Adults:

  • May.24
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Professional Resources
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Caregiver Issues and Resources
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Additional Websites of Interest
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Original tool: © 2013 Surrey Place Centre.

Developed by Tao L, NP; Temple V, psychologist; Casson I, MD; Kirkpatrick SML, MD

Expert Clinician Reviewer
Thanks to the following clinician for review and helpful suggestions.

Albert

Modified with permission of Surrey Place Centre. This tool was reviewed and adapted for U.S. use by physicians on the Toolkit’s Advisory Committee; for list, view here.

References

  1. Abele-Webster LA, Magill-Evans JE, Pei JR. Sensory processing and ADHD in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Can J Occup Ther. 2012 Feb;79(1):60-3.
  2. Chudley AE, Conry J, Cook JL, Loock C, Rosales T, LeBlanc N, et al. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: Canadian guidelines for diagnosis. CMAJ. 2005 Mar 1:172(5 Suppl):S1-S21. Available from: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC557121/ Accessed March 2025.
  3. Chudley

Download: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) as PDF file

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