Resources

• South Dakota Kids Mental Health Website - Developed by South Dakota Voices for Children and reviewed by mental health professionals across the state, the Guide was created to help parents learn about mental health disorders that can affect children, the latest treatments, available services and how to get help...

• FASD Training Opportunities: Understanding the Lifespan - The purpose of the FASD Center is to improve long-term social, emotional, academic, and health outcomes for individuals with FASD and their families...

• Birth to 3 Connections - Birth to 3 Connections, provide screening and early intervention services for children ages 0 to 3 that have a developmental delay or disability.

• National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome-South Dakota - National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome-South Dakota, provide services to persons and families affected by Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Services include clinical consultation, diagnosis, training and technical assistance and family support.

• South Dakota Advocacy Services - South Dakota Advocacy Services, provide services to protect and advocate the rights of South Dakotans with disabilities through services like legal representation, education and training.

• South Dakota Parent Connection - a resource to connect families caring for children (birth to 26) with the full range of disabilities or special health care needs to information, training and resources in an environment of support, hope and respect.

• South Dakota Voices for Children - South Dakota Bridge to Benefits, provide links for families and individuals to public benefit programs and tax credits.

• Western Resources for dis-Abled Independence - provide supplemental services to children under age 14 with disabilities to enhance learning and ability to function independently. Also provide support to individuals with disabilities in their effort to live independently.

Links

• A Parents’ Guide to Caring for a Child Diagnosed with FAS - provides an overview of what is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Provides a guide on the developmental problems of a child with FAS and tips on how to advocate and care for a child with FAS.

• The FASD Center for Excellence – Fact Sheets and Brochures - provides a variety of easy to read fact sheets and brochures on FASD information.

• The Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Handbook - provides an overview of FASD that includes history of FASD, incidence and prevalence of FASD, characteristics and developmental challenges faced by FASD children, and tools for caregivers and educators working with children affected by FASD.

• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: When your child faces the Juvenile Justice System - is a fact sheet that gives information on your child’s rights when she/he faces the Juvenile Justice System.

• Not a Single Drop - provides strategies for parents dealing with children with FASD

• Online Resources for Parents, Mentors, and Professionals Who Provide Care and/or Services to Teens or Adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders - provides a variety of websites written by parents, persons with FASD, and professionals.