• Create more FASD diagnostic clinics, which are likely to “naturally”
stimulate outreach, screening and identification because patients referred to
clinics often obtain desirable services.
• Use available active screening systems, such as photographic screening,
especially among groups of children and adolescents at high risk.
• Focus on screening of “high-priority” groups. For example,
young children are an important group to screen because of the potential positive
impact treatment might have early in life. Especially important are young children
highly likely to be prenatally substance-exposed (such as young children of
women in chemical dependency treatment, or those in foster care, or international
adoptees). Another important group to screen are youth in the juvenile justice
system, who then might receive more appropriate sentencing and rehabilitation.
• Explore new ways to carry out active screening.