Reference information:

Mattson, Sarah N. & Riley, Edward P. (1998). A review of the

neurobehavioral deficits in children with fetal alcohol syndrome
or prenatal exposure to alcohol. Alcoholism: clinical and
experimental research, 22(2).
Topics addressed:
The article addressed the behavioral and cognitive deficits of children
born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). It went into detail about
twenty years of research on children with FAS; and primarily focused
on attention, memory, learning, motor, language, IQ, activity, and
visuospatial abilities.
Summary (include question, participants, methods, results)
The research described in this article looked at IQ, memory, attention,
learning, motor, language, activity, and visuospatial abilities. The
information was found from descriptive studies of small groups along
with a small number of actual measurements of intelligence. Children
of all ages and varying degrees of prenatal exposure to alcohol were
used in the sudy. There were two different studies that data was
collected from to create the article, both used multiple tests and ideas
to collect quantitative and/or qualitative data. To find the IQ, three
tests were administered. The Bayley Scales of Infant Mental and Motor
Development, the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, and the Weschsler
Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC). The study also looked at twins
who had been exposed to alcohol and had varying symptoms of FAS.
Results from the tests and data showed that there were consistent
deficits in language, motor, learning, and visuospatial functioning in
those who have FAS. The study also showed that memory may have
been affected but once learning deficits found in encoding are solved,
information can be learned and retained.
Assess: (follow link for assessment questions)
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/553/03/
The article was written well, although some vocabulary could be
difficult and unknown to a typical college student. The studies went
into depth but probably could have been a bit more organized and
gone into depth on the actual tests and procedures. The facts seemed
to be reputable; multiple sources were used to create the article.
Although the article was written a while ago, the facts still hold true as
the symptoms of FAS and other developmental disorders only change
when more evidence is found. Overall, it was a professional article that
gave a lot of insight on the deficits that FAS causes.
Reflect:
(How was this source helpful? How does it change how you think about
this topic? How does it support or argue your topic?
The source was extremely helpful to a person who didnt know much of
anything about FAS. The article further supported the idea that FAS is

an incredibly devastating developmental disorder that is particularly

difficult for language, motor, learning, and visuospatial functioning in
those who have FAS. This article proved the point; FAS is a difficult
developmental disorder that can easily be prevented.
Annotated Bibliography Worksheet CDIS 402
(Adapted from
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/)