1. Students Living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

2. Early Years Sensory and motor deficits Increased or decreased muscle tone Difficulty with motor development

3. Preschool Years Slow to acquire language Delayed walking, running or riding Difficulty with fine motor skills Difficulty focusing Dressing and brushing teeth Regulating emotions

4. School Years Adaptive skills and social emotional functioning show the greatest decline as individuals with FASD age

5. Language May express themselves very well “Talk better than they understand” Lead to difficult social situations

6. Memory Short rote memory Difficulties with long term retrievals Source memory deficit

7. Cognitive Functioning Think concretely and literally Difficulty linking more than one idea Difficulty grasping complex concepts Difficulty planning and organizing Difficulty with time concepts Difficulty with math

8. Behaviour Mood swings Volatile, angry behaviour or shut down Difficulty focusing or shifting focus Diagnosed ADD or ADHD Obsessive, repetitive actions

9. Physical Difficulty with fine motor skills May have a high pain threshold Higher incidence of difficulties with vision, hearing, heart, growing deficiencies and neurological conditions

10. Social/Emotional Difficulties making and keeping friends May be overtly friendly and affectionate Often feel more comfortable with younger students

11. Secondary Disabilities Frustration Fatigue Anxiety Depression Poor self concept Low self esteem Drug and alcohol abuse

12. Talents and Strengths Positive, committed and persistent Explorative, visual, good verbal fluency High energy Good with animals Loyal, fair and trustworthy Spontaneous, curious and have a great sense of wonder