How can i tell if my 8yr old adopted daughter has fas? how do you recommend obtaining a diagnosis? thanks!

See the geneticss md: Fetal alcohol syndrome is a constellation of signs. Developmental pediatricians and genetics md's usually are best at making the diagnosis.

Find your closest: FAS clinic at http://www.nofas.org/resource-directory/ to have evaluations by a team: geneticist, developmental/behavioral pediatrician, child neuropsychologist, child psychiatrist & medical social worker. Collect birth records, the initial social services evaluation, growth & head circumference charts, all primary & subspecialty medical records, school & therapy records to send to the team.