A S K   T H E   E X P E R T S

Ideas for Creating Compassion
for those Frustrating FASD Behaviors

The burden of the effects of FASD on the child, caretakers and teachers in great. 

Create your own FASD paradigm shift. 

Is this child truly a burden, or simply an incredible opportunity for you to use your knowledge and skills to help them find a way to survive in a world that has many barriers to success?

BEHAVIORS MISINTERPRETATION ACCURATE   
INTERPRETATION
Non-compliance
  • Attention seeking  
  • Stubborn  
  • All kids do this at times
  • Willful misconduct  
  • Difficulty translating verbal directions into action.
  • Does not understand  
  • Pattern & frequency of  behaviors denote organicity
Repeatedly making the  
same mistakes
  • Willful misconduct
  • Manipulative
  • Can not link cause to effect 
  • Can not see similarities 
  • Difficulty generalizing
Often late  
or does not attend at all
  • Lazy, slow 
  • Poor parenting 
  • Willful misconduct  
  • Lots of kids are late
  • Can not understand the abstract concept of time  
  • Needs assistance organizing  
  • Needs ongoing support/reminding
Not sitting still/  
fidgeting
  • Bothering others  
  • Normal for this ageSeeking attention 
  • Willful misconduct 
  • Neurologically based need to move while learning/listening 
  • Sensory overload  
  • Pattern and frequency of behaviors denotes organicity
Poor social judgment
  • Neglected/abused childPoor parenting 
  • Willful misconduct  
  • Can not control impulses
  • Unable to interpret social cues from peers  
Overly physical
  • Deviancy
  • Willful misconduct 
  • Can not understand social cues regarding boundaries
  • Hyper or hypo sensitive to touch and environment  
Does not work problems  
independently
  • Poor parenting
  • Willful misconduct 
  • Can not translate verbal directions  
    into action
  • Chronic memory  
Source:  Debra L. Evensen, M.A., About FAS/E, Surrey, B.C. 1996.

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