Modifying FASD Prevention Strategies for Individuals
with an FASD: Pre-Test

In order to receive CEU credits for this course, please take a moment to complete the following steps:

1. Complete this pre-test prior to signing into the webinar training.
2. At the end of the 1 hour webinar training please complete the post-test.
3. 3 months after the session you will receive a follow-up email regarding the webinar training. Please
fill it out and submit back to The Arc, so we can determine if/how you implemented the skills learned in
this webinar.

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* 1. Participant Information

Name:

Email Address:

Phone Number:

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* 2. Degrees

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* 3. Which type of health profession do you identify as:

Nurse Midwife

Nurse Practitioner

Registered Nurse

Physician

Physician Assistant

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Do you interact with patients?

Yes

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* 5. What barriers hold you back from discussing alcohol use with your female patients that are pregnant or of child-bearing age?

Time constraints

Not financially reimbursable

Still didn’t have enough training with the Screening and Brief Intervention methods to feel comfortable breaching the topic

Still didn’t have enough resources to feel comfortable breaching the topic

I think it’s someone else’s job to discuss this with the patients

I don’t agree with the data regarding no alcohol at all during pregnancy

None - I discuss alcohol use with all female patients that are pregnant or of child-bearing age

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Women with an FASD are at a higher risk of drinking during pregnancy and having a child born with an FASD.

True

False

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* 7. All of the following are categories in the Life History Screen to determine if an individual has an FASD except:

Day-to-day behaviors

Criminal history

Childhood history

Weight and nutritional habits

Maternal alcohol use

All of the following are categories in the Life History Screen

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* 8. What is one of the main reasons traditional motivational interviewing may not be effective on an individual with an FASD?

Motivational interviewing is too long of a process and needs to be shortened

Motivational interviewing requires the use of too many different senses

Motivational interviewing relies a lot on verbal processing and individuals with an FASD have difficulty processing questions/answers

Motivational interviewing relies too heavily on other people’s opinions of the individuals behaviors

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* 9. Which of the following brain structures is NOT affected by prenatal alcohol use?

Frontal lobes

Amygdala

Hippocampus

Basal ganglia

All of the above can be affected by prenatal alcohol use

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* 10. What is one way to adapt a screening and brief intervention method to be more effective for an individual with an FASD who is a very literal thinker?

Ask their family/friends to come with them and answer the questions

Have them read the question on paper and write the answer

Ask open ended questions and fully explain the question using many examples

Use your knowledge to interpret what the patients actual answer should be

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* 11. Some ways to adapt questions for motivational interviewing with patients with an FASD include all, except:

Be more direct and literal when forming questions

Break down time barriers and discuss daily and/or weekend activities

Incorporate the use of multiple senses (use visuals if possible)

Be repetitive in questions and frequently check for comprehension

Don’t be empathetic – continually state risks of drinking during pregnancy

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* 1. Participant Information

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* 2. Degrees

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* 3. Which type of health profession do you identify as:

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* 4. Do you interact with patients?

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* 5. What barriers hold you back from discussing alcohol use with your female patients that are pregnant or of child-bearing age?

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* 6. Women with an FASD are at a higher risk of drinking during pregnancy and having a child born with an FASD.

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* 7. All of the following are categories in the Life History Screen to determine if an individual has an FASD except:

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* 8. What is one of the main reasons traditional motivational interviewing may not be effective on an individual with an FASD?

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* 9. Which of the following brain structures is NOT affected by prenatal alcohol use?

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* 10. What is one way to adapt a screening and brief intervention method to be more effective for an individual with an FASD who is a very literal thinker?

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* 11. Some ways to adapt questions for motivational interviewing with patients with an FASD include all, except:

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* 12. As a result of this viewing this webinar, I hope to learn: