Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Assessment

Has your loved one been assessed for the implication of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)? Do you have a therapeutic plan for your child that has been diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome? Have you been referred to us to undergo neuropsychological testing for your child or loved one that has been diagnosed with FAS?

Thoughtwise in Tallahassee is a mental health therapeutic service provider and diagnostic center that can provide diagnostic services, intervention, comprehensive testing for individuals that are affected by fetal alcohol syndrome and other neurocognitive, neurobiological, or neurodevelopmental disabilities.

What are the complications of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)? What is the meaning of FAS?

Fetal alcohol syndrome is defined as a disorder due to “malnutrition” or damaging exposure to alcohol while the child was still developing in the fetus. Fetal alcohol syndrome fits under a range of other “fetal alcohol disorders.”

FAS may affect your loved one’s cognition, brain functioning, physical attributes, and many other areas of health.

Mental Health and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Mental health is definitely a large factor when a person is living with FAS.

Some of the disorders that may cooccur with FAS can be tested for, diagnosed, and treated by Thoughtwise, a mental health, and diagnostic service provider in the Tallahassee area.

Some of the disorders that may cooccur with FAS are:

• Hyperactive behavior.
• Memory difficulties.
• ADHD.
• Depression.
• Different types of anxiety.
• Alcohol or substance abuse related disorders, among many others.

There are also a wide variety of interventions and treatments that a person with FAS can partake in throughout their life, to improve their life and functioning. Early intervention is an effective approach to offer a child when they have been diagnosed with FAS.

Some of the other interventions that Thoughtwise can offer you, your family, and your loved one that has been diagnosed with FAS are:

• Psychological and neuropsychological testing and monitoring, to determine the child’s underlying health and functioning.
• Family involvement and family counseling interventions.
• Behavioral and counseling treatment modalities in which treat behavioral skills, coping skills, and skills in interpersonal relationships and self-regulation.
• Support groups.
• Cognitive-behavioral training or therapies in which teach executive functioning skills.
• Specialized psychological or therapeutic interventions.
• 1:1 talk therapy.
• Group therapy.

What can Thoughtwise do to help me or my loved one?

When a child is diagnosed with FAS, there is often further psychological or comprehensive tests and evaluations that must be done for the child and family to receive the benefits and services that they need, from the government or from their school.

We can offer these kinds of assessments to help you, and to help determine the severity of FAS on your loved one’s functioning. We offer many other services to you that you or your family may need when your child has been diagnosed with FAS. Please contact us about what we can provide for you now to benefit you and your loved one’s future.