National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect

The National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect expired on October 25, 2007.

The National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect was a congressionally mandated task force charged with:

• Advising all governmental agencies, academic bodies, and community groups that conduct or support fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol effect research, programs, and surveillance, and
• Meeting the general needs of populations actually or potentially impacted by fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol effect.

Meeting Minutes

• October 24, 2007, Conference Call [Summary report: pdf ]
• September 12-13, 2007, Global Communications Center, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA [Summary report: pdf ]
• February 28-March 1, 2007, Springhill Suites Hotel, Atlanta, GA [Summary report: pdf]
• September 26-27, 2006, Doubletree Hotel, Atlanta, GA [Summary report: pdf]
• February 16-17, 2006, Embassy Suites Hotel, Atlanta, GA [Summary report: pdf]
• August 22, 2005, Conference Call [Summary report: pdf]
• June 15-16, 2005, DoubleTree Hotel, Atlanta, GA [Summary Report: pdf]
• December 6-7, 2004, Westin Buckhead Hotel, Atlanta, GA [Summary Report: pdf]
• June 16-17, 2004, DoubleTree Hotel, Atlanta, GA [Summary Report: pdf]
• May 13, 2004, Conference Call [Summary Report: pdf]
• December 8-9, 2003, Swiss Hotel, Atlanta, GA [Summary Report: pdf]
• March 13-14, 2003, DoubleTree Hotel, Atlanta, GA [Summary Report: pdf ]
• January 23, 2003, Conference Call [Summary Report: pdf]
• September 20-21, 2002, Marriott Marquis Hotel, Atlanta, GA [Summary Report: pdf]
• December 10-11, 2001, Washington, D.C. [Summary Report: pdf]
• Task Force Recommendations
  Approved 2001
• December 10, 2001, Washington, D.C. [Summary Report: pdf ] -- Joint Meeting of the NTFFAS/FAE and the Interagency Coordinating Committee on FAS (ICCFAS)
• April 25-26, 2001, Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, GA [Summary Report: pdf]
• December 14-15, 2000, DoubleTree Hotel, Atlanta, GA [Summary Report: pdf]
  

Related Publications

Reducing alcohol-exposed pregnancies: A report of the National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect
Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2009
Barry KL, Caetano R, Chang G, DeJoseph MC, Miller LA, O'Connor MJ, Olson HC, Floyd RL, Weber MK, DeStefano F, Dolina S, Leeks K, National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect. [English PDF | Accessible PDF ]

A call to action: Advancing essential services and research on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders –A report of the National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect
Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2009
Olson HC, Ohlemiller MM, O'Connor MJ, Brown CW, Morris CA, Damus K, National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect
[English PDF | Accessible PDF ]

Guidelines for identifying and referring persons with fetal alcohol syndrome
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Recommendations and Reports 2005;54(RR-11):1-15.
CDC
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Guidelines for Referral and Diagnosis
Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2004
Bertrand J, Floyd RL, Weber MK, O'Connor M, Riley EP, Johnson KA, Cohen DE, NTFFAS/E.
[Accessible PDF ]

National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect --- Defining the national agenda for fetal alcohol syndrome and other prenatal alcohol-related effects
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Recommendations and Reports 2002;51(RR14):9-12.
CDC
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