Contains the following items: Dangers of Alcohol PowerPoint; Confronting Drunk Driving DVD (26min); Everything You Need to Know About Alcohol in 22 Minutes DVD (22min); No Safe Amount: Women, Alcohol, and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome DVD (18min); Straight Talk: The Truth About Alcohol and Sex DVD (18min); and Too Much: The Extreme Dangers of Binge Drinking DVD (26min). A teacher's resource book is also included.
When you are pregnant, your baby grows inside you. Everything you eat and drink while you are pregnant affects your baby. If you drink alcohol, it can hurt your baby’s growth. Your baby may have physical and behavioral problems that can last for the rest of his or her life. Children born with the most serious problems caused by alcohol have fetal alcohol syndrome.
Drug/alcohol abuse puts babies at an increased risk of premature birth, low birth weight, still-birth, sudden death syndrome, stroke, heart attack and heart anomalies. In this vital program, medical, substance abuse and social service professionals examine the immediate and long-term developmental disabilities that can result from the mother's drug and alcohol abuse.
Alerts pregnant women to the dangers of drinking alcohol while pregnant. Mentions children who have problems learning and paying attention because of alcohol use during the mother's pregnancy. One-page flyer.
Pregnant mothers who drink alcohol expose their babies to serious health risks. And that’s a sobering thought. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Is 100% Preventable.
Drink When You’re Pregnant And the Hangover Can Last Forever. There is no cure for alcohol-related birth defects. You can’t reverse mental retardation, lifelong learning disabilities and behavioral disorders. But you can prevent them. Stop drinking immediately if you are pregnant—because even one drink is one too many.