Research projects

The Alcohol and Pregnancy & FASD Research Team brings together the strengths and specific interests of all members into projects to achieve our goals of:

developing prevention strategies
building the capacity of health, justice and other professionals
implementing and evaluating programs for children and young people with FASD and their families

Contact us

For general inquiries, call us on (08) 6319 1824, or send us an email to fasd@telethonkids.org.au.

PREVENTION

Current projects

Pilbara FASD Project

Determinants of prenatal alcohol exposure among Aboriginal women in the Pilbara (PhD project)

The psychosocial determinants of alcohol use in pregnancy: Implications for health messages in Western Australia (PhD Project)

Previous projects

Making FASD History: A multi-site prevention program

Working towards a best practice framework for FASD prevention in Australia

Estimating the economic burden of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Australia (Submitted and passed Masters Project)

Hedland FASD Project

NHMRC Alcohol and Breastfeeding

3M FASD Prevention Strategy: Marulu, Mass Media, and Midwives

Alcohol, Pregnancy and FASD: Midwives, Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice

Midwives and Women Audit C Intervention Project

'GPaskthequestion' Information about alcohol and pregnancy for General Practitioners

DIAGNOSIS

Current projects

Normative eye tracking data for Australian children on four tasks

Previous projects

Working towards a shared framework in the diagnosis of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Australia: A Gap Analysis

Development of a Diagnostic Instrument for FASD in Australia

FASD Diagnostic Instrument Trial and Implementation

Dissemination and evaluation of the Australian Guide to the diagnosis of FASD and eLearning modules

Marulu School Clinics

Prevalence of FAS in Western Australia

THERAPY AND MANAGEMENT

Current projects

Previous projects

Precision pathways for young children at risk of Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Early identification and adaptive intervention starting from the prenatal period

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in the Australian education system: Knowledge, attitudes, needs and practices

The Alert Program Study: development and evaluation of an intervention to improve self regualtion and executive functioning skills of Australian Aboriginal primary school children with a focus on FASD (Submitted and passed PhD project)

Evaluation of information and support for parents and carers of children with FASD

FASD AND JUSTICE

Current projects

Communication, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, and youth justice (PhD project)

Previous projects

Improving the management of young people with FASD in detention (Submitted and passed PhD project)

Talking, Hearing, Understanding, Knowing: A qualitative exploration of the experiences of justice-involved youth undergoing assessement for FASD in a juvenile detention centre (Submitted and passed PhD project)

Banksia Hill Detention Centre Project

Young people in detention in Western Australia: An examination of motor skills and the effect of prenatal alcohol exposure

FASD: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice in the Justice System

Understanding FASD: A Guide For Justice Professionals