http://www.orble.com/fetalalcoholchild/ Welcome to Fetal Alcohol Child. A blog for birth, adoptive and foster parents raising children with FASD. As much as they are a blessing to our lives children effected by fetal alcohol exposure can be a huge challenge to parent. I hope to help you find information, insight, hope and maybe a few laughs as we raise our kids to the best of our ability. en Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:52:00 GMT Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:52:00 GMT info@orble.com info@orble.com http://www.orble.com/images/untitled105.54467825883812.jpg http://www.orble.com/fetalalcoholchild/ http://www.orble.com/lies-confabulations-and-allegations/ A few days ago I posted about confabulations and lies in FASD. A topic many of us are all to familiar with. Some of the stories our children come out... http://www.orble.com/lies-confabulations-and-allegations/#comments http://www.orble.com/lies-confabulations-and-allegations/ Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:52:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/fasd-video-series/ Invisible Children and Families of FASD is probably one of the best series of videos I have seen describing the family life of those coping with fetal alcohol exposure. It... http://www.orble.com/fasd-video-series/#comments http://www.orble.com/fasd-video-series/ Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:41:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/fasd-lies-and-confabulations/ What is Confabulation? Have you ever had a dream so vivid, so plausible, that you thought it might be real? I have woken from dreams where my children had broken... http://www.orble.com/fasd-lies-and-confabulations/#comments http://www.orble.com/fasd-lies-and-confabulations/ Sun, 10 Jul 2011 08:02:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/fasd-should-we-try-medication/ I'm beginning to think of medicating a fetal alcohol effected child like playing Wheel of Fortune. Open the new medication package, spin that wheel and see where we land. Occasionally... http://www.orble.com/fasd-should-we-try-medication/#comments http://www.orble.com/fasd-should-we-try-medication/ Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:26:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/can-exercise-improve-the-fasd-brain/ This is what researchers are hoping to prove. In two separate studies Dr.Brian Christie and Dr. Chris Bertram are hoping to prove that exercise and use of motor skills strengths... http://www.orble.com/can-exercise-improve-the-fasd-brain/#comments http://www.orble.com/can-exercise-improve-the-fasd-brain/ Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:12:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/fasd-and-violence-part-2/1/ In a recent study in Canada it was discovered that as many as 80% of repeat violent offenders had a background consistent with FASD. This has led to a dialogue... http://www.orble.com/fasd-and-violence-part-2/1/#comments http://www.orble.com/fasd-and-violence-part-2/1/ Wed, 08 Jun 2011 06:01:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/fasd-and-violence-part-1/ Are our FASD children dangerous? This is a question I don't like to face as a parent, but it is one I face every day. Since she is so young... http://www.orble.com/fasd-and-violence-part-1/#comments http://www.orble.com/fasd-and-violence-part-1/ Fri, 03 Jun 2011 05:22:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/fasd-parenting-overcome-exhaustion/ If there is something FASD parents seem to share in common, it is exhaustion. Raising a child with FASD is exhausting. We wake up tired. We spend the day tired... http://www.orble.com/fasd-parenting-overcome-exhaustion/#comments http://www.orble.com/fasd-parenting-overcome-exhaustion/ Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:32:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/welcome-to-fetal-alcohol-child/ Welcome to Fetal Alcohol Child. I started this blog for parents and helpers of children effected by fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), and for the... http://www.orble.com/welcome-to-fetal-alcohol-child/#comments http://www.orble.com/welcome-to-fetal-alcohol-child/ Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:58:36 GMT