Western Regional Training Center for FASDs
Semel Institute
760 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles CA 90095

Support for the WRTC for FASDs has been provided by the CDC

SEEDS Program for Children with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and their parents/caregivers

Project summary

The goal of the SEEDS Program (Strategies for Enhancing Early Development Success) is to implement and evaluate a three-part intervention to promote the ability to control emotions and behavior in foster and adopted infants and toddlers with prenatal alcohol exposure or a diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

Aims:

To pilot an intervention to improve infants and toddlers ability to control their emotions and behavior

To pilot an intervention to improve parenting knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in foster and adoptive parents of infants and toddlers with prenatal alcohol exposure

To examine parent satisfaction with various components of the intervention and the intervention as a whole

Investigators

Primary Investigator:

Blair Paley

Co-Investigators:

Mary O'Connor