The mission of the FAS Family Resource Institute, a non-profit organization, is to identify, understand and care for individuals disabled by prenatal alcohol exposure and their families,
and to prevent future generations from having to live with this disability.

Behavioral Symptoms of Adolescents with FAS/E
through the eyes of parents

MOOD SWINGS

• Impulsive and uninhibited
• Passive and with drawn one minute, switching to volatile temper tantrums the next.
• Unpredictable; may need 24 hour supervision

DEFENSIVE AND STUBBORN

• Unable (not unwilling) to accept responsibility
• Self-centered; behave as if the world revolves around them
• Always having to have their own way and willing to do anything to have it
• Demand and expect immediate gratification.
• Skilled at shifting blame
• Engaging and charismatic yet creative at reframing reality (lying stealing, etc.)

LACK OF SELF-DISCIPLINE

• Moral chameleons; excessive vulnerability to peer influence.
• Hyperactive in non-goal directed activity.
• Unable to stay focused on task, ie to follow rules, finish household chores, school assignments or keep commitments.
• Shortsighted
• Impulsive sexually (aggressive or vulnerable)

GENUINE INNOCENCE AND DETACHED ATTITUDE

• Toward the predicaments they get themselves and their families into.
• Toward authority when caught breaking the rules of society.
• Toward their behavior and consequences.

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