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Evaluating Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in the Forensic Context pp 103–124Cite as

Neuropsychological Assessment of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Adults

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Assessment of current neuropsychological status is an essential component in the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) diagnostic process. Because assessment and diagnosis of children with FASD has been occurring routinely for nearly 50 years now, psychometric measures that address this disability in children are fairly well established. By contrast, testing protocols for adults with possible FASD are less well described. The following chapter addresses the body of neuropsychological research in adults with FASD. Based upon this research and formal training in FASD as well as neuropsychology, I describe specific tests found to be sensitive to the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure. The chapter includes specific suggestions for presenting neuropsychological data in reports and testimony in order to make findings more understandable to legal professionals, which includes comparing individual performance to diagnostic guidelines and the FASD empirical literature.

Keywords

  • Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, FASD
  • Neurodevelopmental disorder associated with prenatal alcohol exposure, ND-PAE
  • Neuropsychological assessment

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Connor, P.D. (2021). Neuropsychological Assessment of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Adults. In: Novick Brown, N. (eds) Evaluating Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in the Forensic Context. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73628-6_5

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