Positive Behaviour Support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Positive Behaviour Support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is a practical, step-by-step guide that helps caregivers, educators, and professionals understand behaviour through a neurodevelopmental, trauma-informed, and compassion-focused lens. Instead of viewing behaviour as “challenging,” this book reframes it as communication- a reflection of the individual’s underlying neurological needs.

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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) affects how the brain develops and functions, influencing attention, memory, emotional regulation, sensory processing, learning, and behaviour. These differences aren’t deliberate — they reflect a young person doing their best to cope with environments that may feel unpredictable, fast-moving, noisy, or unclear. Without the right supports, everyday expectations can quickly lead to overwhelm, frustration, dysregulation, or shutdown.

Positive Behaviour Support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is a practical, step-by-step guide that helps caregivers, educators, and professionals understand behaviour through a neurodevelopmental, trauma-informed, and compassion-focused lens. Instead of viewing behaviour as “challenging,” this book reframes it as communication - a reflection of the individual’s underlying neurological needs.

Inside, you will learn how to:

• Understand the brain-based characteristics of FASD and how they influence behaviour
• Identify early signs of overload, fatigue, and distress
• Reduce triggers by creating predictable, low-arousal, visually clear environments
• Support executive functioning through structure, scaffolding, repetition, and co-regulation
• Conduct a functional behaviour assessment tailored to FASD-specific presentation
• Develop proactive prevention plans that build safety, clarity, and consistency
• Respond calmly and effectively to escalation, shutdown, impulsivity, and sensory distress
• Build on the individual’s strengths, interests, routines, and sensory preferences to teach new skills

This book includes practical tools and templates to guide you through assessing, managing, and preventing behaviours of concern. Whether you are a parent, teacher, support worker, allied health and behaviour support practitioner you will gain clear, actionable strategies to help the young person you support feel safe, understood, regulated, and capable in a way that honours their neurodiversity.