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Curated OER

Kids Health: Autism

For Students 9th - 10th
People with autism can often feel isolated or somewhat helpless. This site provides background information about this condition, treatments, behaviors it illicits, and ways in which people cope with it. Links to related sites are...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Community Resource Center

Fas: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Prevention, and Treatment

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about a 1996 study on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). Learn about how FAS is caused and detected, and how this disease can affect one's physical and cognitive development. Included, are recommendations for preventing FAS through...
Handout
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Community Resource Center

The Adverse Effects of Alcohol on Reproduction

For Students 9th - 10th
This article, in which the author discusses how, by consuming alcohol, a pregnant woman can harm her unborn child, provides information on specific deformities associated with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) as well as overviews of how...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Managing Anger

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Reflect on what makes one angry and how one responds to anger. Practice anger management and conflict resolution through the "I-Message" communication technique and other group activities.
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Community Resource Center

And the Beat Goes On

For Students 9th - 10th
In this article, the author talks about her adopted son, John, who has Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). Read about the struggles she has experienced in raising him and learn about the problems John has overcome, despite his physical and...