Center Publications

The following publications have been developed as part of the Western Regional Training Center Information for Health Care Professionals.  These materials have been published in peer-reviewed journals with the objective to provide information for health care professionals interested in FASDs.

• Baillie, S., Paley, B., Guiton, G., O’Connor, M.J., Stuber, M.  (2005).  Weaving in important curricular topics:  Using Fetal Alcohol Syndrome as an integrating theme in medical education.  Medical Education, 39, 505.
• Bertrand, J., Floyd, R.L., Weber, M.K., O’Connor, M.J., Riley, E., Johnson, K.A., & Cohen, D.E. (2004). National Task Force on FAS/FAE. Fetal alcohol syndrome: guidelines for referral and diagnosis. Screening and brief intervention. Atlanta, GA:  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• FASD Regional Training Centers Consortium.  (In press).  Educating health professionals about fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.  American Journal of Health Education.
• Floyd, R.L., Ebrahim, S., Tsai, J., O’Connor, M.J. & Sokol, R.  (2006).  Strategies to reduce alcohol-exposed pregnancies.  Maternal Child Health Journal, 10, 149-151.
• Floyd, R.L., O’Connor, M.J., Bertrand, J., & Sokol, R.  (2006).  Reducing adverse outcomes from prenatal alcohol exposure:  A clinical plan of action.  Alcoholism:  Clinical and Experimental Research, 10, 1-5
• Floyd R.L., O'Connor M.J., Sokol R.J., Bertrand J., Cordero J.F.  (2005).  Recognition and prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome.  Obstetrics and Gynecology, 106, 1059-64.
• Frankel, F., Paley, B., Marquardt, R. & O’Connor, M.J.  (2006).  Stimulants, neuroleptics and children's friendship training in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.  Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 16, 777-789.
• Gahagan, S., Sharpe, T.T., Brimacombe, M., Fry-Johnson, Y., Levine, R., Mengel, M., O’Connor, M.J., Paley, B., Adubato, S., Brenneman, G.  (2006).  Pediatricians’ knowledge, training, and experience in the care of children with fetal alcohol syndrome.  Pediatrics, 118, 657-668.
• Laugeson, E.A., Paley, B., Schonfeld, A., Frankel, F., Carpenter, E.M., & O’Connor, M. J. (2007).  Social skills training for children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders:  Adaptations for manualized behavioral treatment.  Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 29, 57-69
• O’Connor, M.J., Frankel, F., Paley, B., Schonfeld, A.M., Carpenter, E., Laugeson, E. & Marquardt, R.  (2006).  A controlled social skills training for children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74, 639-648.
• O’Connor, M.J, Paley, B.  (2006).  The relationship of prenatal alcohol exposure and the postnatal environment to child depressive symptoms.  Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 31, 50-64.
• O’Connor, M.J., McCracken, J., & Best, A.  (2006).  Under recognition of prenatal alcohol exposure in a child inpatient psychiatric setting.  Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities, 9, 105-108.
• O’Connor, M.J. & Whaley, S.E. Health care provider advice and risk factors associated with alcohol consumption following pregnancy recognition.  (2006).  Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 67, 22-31.
• O’Connor, M.J. & Whaley, S.E.  (2007).  Brief intervention for alcohol use with pregnant women in the WIC setting.  The American Journal of Public Health, 97, 252-258
• O’Connor, M.J., & Whaley, S.E. (2003).  Alcohol use in pregnant low-income women in WIC, Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 64, 772-783.
• Paley, B. & O’Connor, M.J.  (In press).  Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders:  Neurocognitive and neurobehavioral impairment.  In L. Sher, b I. Kandel, J. Merrick (Eds.) Alcohol-related cognitive disorders:  Etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestation, treatment and prevention. Victoria, BC: International Academic Press.
• Paley, B., & O’Connor, M.J.  (2007).  Neurocognitive and neurobehavioral impairments in individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders:  Recognition and assessment.  International Journal on Disability and Human Development, 6, 127-142.
• Paley, B., O’Connor, M.J., Frankel, F., & Marquardt, R.  (2006).  Predictors of stress in parents of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.  Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 27, 396-404.
• Paley, B., O’Connor, M.J., Kogan, N. & Findlay, R.  (2005).  Prenatal alcohol exposure, child externalizing behavior, and maternal stress.  Parenting:  Science and Practice, 3, 29-56.
• Paley, B., O’Connor, M.J., Stuber, M., Guiton, G., & Baillie, S.  (In press).  Integrating case topics in medical school curriculum to enhance multiple skill learning: Using Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders as an exemplary case.  Academic Psychiatry.
• Paley, B., Schonfeld, A., & O’Connor, M.J.  (In press).  Evaluation of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.  FASD curriculum framework and instructional resource guide.  Atlanta, GA:  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Schonfeld, A.M., Paley, B. Frankel, F., & O’Connor, M.J.  (2006).  Executive functioning predicts social skills following prenatal alcohol exposure.  Child Neuropsychology, 12, 439-452.
• Schonfeld, A., O’Connor, M.J.,  Paley, B., & Frankel, F. (In press).   Behavioral regulation as a predictor of response to Children’s Friendship Training in children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.   The Clinical Neuropsychologist.
• Sharpe, T., Alexander, M., Hutcherson, J, Floyd, L, Brimacombe, M. Levine, R., Mengel, M, Stuber, M. (2004).  Physician and allied health professionals’ training and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.  Journal of Women’s Health, 13, 133-139.
• Sowell, E.R., Lu, L.H., O’Hare, E.D., McCourt, S.T., Mattson, S.N., O’Connor, M.J., Bookheimer, S.Y.  (2007).  FMRI of verbal learning in children with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure.  NeuroReport, 18, 635-639
• Walthall, J. C., O’Connor, M.J., Paley, B.  (In press).  A comparison of psychopathology in children with and without prenatal alcohol exposure.  Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities.
• Whaley, S.E. & O’Connor, M.J.  (2003).  Increasing the report of alcohol use among low-income pregnant women.  American Journal of Health Promotion, 17, 369-372.
• Whaley, S.E., O’Connor, M.J., & Gunderson, B.  (2001).  Comparison of the adaptive functioning of children prenatally exposed to alcohol to a nonexposed clinical sample.  Alcoholism:  Clinical and Experimental Research, 25, 1018-1024.