Ten years of evidence for the diagnostic assessment of preschoolers with prenatal alcohol exposure
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Keywords
Canadian, diagnostic assessment, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), prenatal alcohol exposure, preschool child
Abstract
The assessment of preschoolers with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) is challenging for many diagnostic teams and clinicians. The 2016 Canadian Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) diagnostic guidelines describe the assessments recommended for individuals with PAE in various age groups. Interpretation of brain domains constituting global impairment in preschoolers is not well described in the literature, and there has been clinical reluctance to consider the interpretation of clinical assessments as definitively diagnostic in this age group. This study describes the results of 10-year retrospective clinical data of over 300 preschoolers with PAE referred to the Manitoba FASD Centre for assessment of FASD. Preschoolers who met the criteria for a diagnosis of FASD showed significantly greater global developmental impairment, compared with those with PAE alone. They also demonstrated poorer receptive and expressive language abilities when compared with preschoolers who were not diagnosed. Preschoolers with FASD were rated as having more difficulties with executive functioning skills and adaptive functioning skills, compared to their counterparts. Significant deficits were found in fine-motor, visual-motor, and components of gross-motor skills. Importantly, significant sensory processing differences are particularly evident in preschoolers and are important in understanding behavior and in intervention planning. Together, standardized assessment of motor and sensory processing skills, with a comprehensive assessment of language, are significant predictors of FASD diagnosis for preschoolers with PAE.
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22. Henderson SE, Sugden DA, Barnett AL, Petermann F, Bös K, Jascenoka J. Movement assess¬ment battery for children-2: (Movement ABC-2) – Manual. Frankfurt am Main: Pearson; 2015.
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30. Kalberg WO, Buckley D. Educational planning for children with fetal alcohol syndrome. Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2006;42(1):58–66.
31. Doney R, Lucas BR, Watkins RE, Tsang TW, Sauer K, Howat P, et al. Visual-motor integration, visual perception, and fine motor coordination in a population of children with high levels of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Res Dev Disabil. 2016;55:346– 57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2016.05.009
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41. Jaegermann N, Klein PS. Enhancing mothers’ interactions with toddlers who have sensory-processing disorders. Infant Ment Health J. 2010;31(3):291– 311. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.20257
42. Huhdanpaa H, Klenberg L, Westerinen H, Bergman PH, Aronen ET. Impairments of exec¬utive function in young children referred to child psychiatric outpatient clinic. Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2019;24(1):95–111. https://doi. org/10.1177/1359104518786537
43. McKinnon RD, Blair C, Family Life Project I. Does early executive function predict teach¬er-child relationships from kindergarten to second grade? Dev Psychol. 2018;54(11):2053–66. https:// doi.org/10.1037/dev0000584
44. Fuglestad AJ, Whitley ML, Carlson SM, Boys CJ, Eckerle JK, Fink BA, et al. Executive functioning deficits in preschool children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Child Neuropsychol. 2015;21(6):716–31. https://doi.org/10.1080/0929704 9.2014.933792
45. Rasmussen C, Bisanz J. Executive functioning in children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Profiles and age-related differences. Child Neuropsychol.2009;15(3):201–15. https://doi. org/10.1080/09297040802385400
46. Rasmussen C, Horne K, Witol A. Neurobehavioral functioning in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Child Neuropsychol. 2006;12(6):453–68. https://doi.org/10.1080/09297040600646854
47. Taylor NM, Enns LN. Factors predictive of a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnosis: Parent and teacher ratings. Child Neuropsychol. 2018;12:1–21.
48. Greenbaum RL, Stevens SA, Nash K, Koren G, Rovet J. Social cognitive and emotion processing abilities of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: A comparison with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2009;33(10):1656–70. https://doi. org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01003.x
49. O’Connor MJ, Frankel F, Paley B, Schonfeld AM, Carpenter E, Laugeson EA, et al. A controlled social skills training for children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2006;74(4):639–48. https://doi. org/10.1037/0022-006X.74.4.639
50. Rasmussen C, Becker M, McLennan J, Urichuk L, Andrew G. An evaluation of social skills in children with and without prenatal alcohol exposure. Child Care Health Dev. 2011;37(5):711–18. https:// doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01152.x
51. Molteno CD, Jacobson JL, Carter RC, Dodge NC, Jacobson SW. Infant emotional withdrawal: A precursor of affective and cognitive disturbance in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2014;38(2):479–88. https://doi.org/10.1111/ acer.12240
52. Zoorob R, Aliyu MH, Hayes C. Fetal alcohol syndrome: Knowledge and attitudes of family medicine clerkship and residency directors. Alcohol. 2010;44(4):379–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j. alcohol.2009.10.012
53. Zarnegar Z, Hambrick EP, Perry BD, Azen SP, Peterson C. Clinical improvements in adopted children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders through neurodevelopmentally informed clinical intervention: A pilot study. Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2016;21(4):551–67. https://doi. org/10.1177/1359104516636438
54. Rasmussen C, Kully-Martens K, Denys K, Badry D, Henneveld D, Wyper K, et al. The effectiveness of a community-based intervention program for women at-risk for giving birth to a child with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Community Ment Health J. 2012;48(1):12–21. https://doi. org/10.1007/s10597-010-9342-0
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Hanlon-Dearman, A., Proven, S., Scheepers, K., Cheung, K., Marles, S., & Centre Team, T. M. F. (2020). Ten years of evidence for the diagnostic assessment of preschoolers with prenatal alcohol exposure. Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, 27(3), e49-e68. https://doi.org/10.15586/jptcp.v27i3.718
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Ana Hanlon-Dearman, Department of Pediatrics & Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Manitoba FASD Centre/MB FASD Network, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Dr. Hanlon-Dearman is a developmental pediatrician and the Medical Director of the Manitoba FASD Centre and the Child Development Clinic at Specialized Services for Children and Youth in Winnipeg Manitoba. She is a Full Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health at the Max Rady College of Medicine in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba where she is the Section Head of Developmental Pediatrics. She is a Diagnostic Co-Lead (Pediatrics) with CanFASD and is involved in FASD research nationally.