Free Materials

An Alcohol-Free Pregnancy is the Best Choice for Your Baby

Brochure:

This brochure describes the risks of drinking alcohol during pregnancy, including fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. The brochure contains resources and helpful questions and answers for women.

Available in English

Pregnancy and Alcohol Don’t Mix

Poster:

This 11″x17″ poster describes the risks of drinking alcohol during pregnancy, including fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. It shows a pregnant woman refusing a glass of wine.

Available in English

An Alcohol-Free Pregnancy is the Best Choice for Your Baby (woman looking ahead)

Poster:

This 11″x17″ poster describes the risks of drinking alcohol during pregnancy, including fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. It shows a smiling Black/African American pregnant woman.

Available in English

An Alcohol-Free Pregnancy is the Best Choice for Your Baby (woman looking down)

Poster:

This 11″x17″ poster describes the risks of drinking alcohol during pregnancy, including fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. It shows a smiling White pregnant woman looking down.

Available in English

CHOICES Curriculum―CD Package

CHOICES: A Program for Women About Choosing Healthy Behaviors is an intervention for nonpregnant women of childbearing age and is designed to prevent alcohol-exposed pregnancies by addressing risky drinking and ineffective or no use of contraception. The CHOICES Curriculum includes CD-ROMs for each of the following: Facilitator guide, counselor manual, client workbook, and a training DVD with videos demonstrating components of the intervention. These materials are designed for use by professionals trained in behavioral health counseling who will be conducting the CHOICES program. The counselor manual provides background information and guidance on conducting each of the four CHOICES counseling sessions and the client workbook provides materials to be shared with women participating in the program. The facilitator guide is designed for use by trainers providing instruction on how to conduct the intervention and includes presentation slides.

Please download and preview the materials to see if they are appropriate for your purposes before ordering.

Available in English:

Facilitator Guide
Counselor Manual
Client Workbook

Reducing Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies: A Report of the National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect
This report reviews current evidence on prevention strategies to reduce alcohol use and alcohol-exposed pregnancies, provides recommendations on promoting and improving these strategies, and offers future research directions in the field of FASD prevention.

Available in 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
This report highlights recommendations to improve and expand efforts regarding early identification, diagnostic services, and quality research on interventions for individuals with FASDs and their families.

Available in English PDF, Accessible PDF

U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on Alcohol Use in Pregnancy
This 5’x8′ double-sided card contains the 2005 U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on Alcohol Use in Pregnancy on one side and Internet resources about alcohol use and pregnancy on the reverse side. The Surgeon General’s message advises women not to drink alcohol if they are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or at risk of becoming pregnant.

Available in English

Surgeon General Advisory Card (Spanish)
5X8 folleto

Mensaje para las mujeres del Director Nacional de Salud de los Estados Unidos (U.S. Surgeon General) – 2005
Advertencia sobre el uso del alcohol durante el embarazo 5X8 Surgeon General Advisory Card

Available in Spanish

FAS Guidelines for Referral and Diagnosis
These guidelines are intended to assist physicians and allied health professionals in the timely identification, referral, and diagnosis of persons with fetal alcohol syndrome. Before ordering multiple copies, please click here to view the guidelines in order to see if they are appropriate for your audience.

Piénselo antes de beber.
Folleto:
Este folleto describe el síndrome alcohólico fetal (SAF) y la manera como prevenirlo. El folleto está dirigido a las mujeres en edad de procrear, a quienes trasmite el mensaje de la necesidad de evitar las bebidas alcohólicas durante el embarazo.

Available in Spanish

Planning and Implementing Screening and Brief Intervention for Risky Alcohol Use: A Step-by-Step Guide for Primary Care Practices
This guide provides a process and resources to help staff in any primary care practice to plan and implement alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) to reduce alcohol use, an evidence-based approach recommended for all adults, including pregnant women. The guide also presents information on risky alcohol use and how it can be addressed through alcohol SBI.

Available in English

FASD Competency-Based Curriculum Development Guide for Medical and Allied Health Education and Practice
This curriculum development guide is designed to improve prevention, identification, and management of FASDs and can be used to develop educational programs and materials in a range of formats based on the needs of learners. Based on seven core competencies, it is intended for use with medical and allied health students and practitioners.

Available in English

U.S. Surgeon General’s 2005 Advisory on Alcohol Use in Pregnancy
This double-sided sheet contains the 2005 U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on Alcohol Use in Pregnancy on one side and Internet resources about alcohol use during pregnancy and FASDs on the reverse side. The 2005 Surgeon General’s message advises women not to drink alcohol if they are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or at risk of becoming pregnant.
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CDC’s Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Activities
This double-sided sheet describes CDC’s activities in preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
Available in English

Collaborative for Alcohol-Free Pregnancy: Partnering for Practice Change
This double-sided sheet describes the work of CDC’s FASD Practice and Implementation Centers and National Partners.
Available in English

CHOICES Intervention Fact Sheet
This double-sided sheet describes the risks of alcohol-exposed pregnancies, how these risks can be reduced through the CHOICES intervention, and how the intervention research has been translated into and improves public health practice. It also provides responses to frequently asked questions, lists citations for related publications, and tells readers where to go for more information.
Available in English

Alcohol Use and Pregnancy
This fact sheet provides an overview of the recommendation not to drink alcohol during pregnancy. It can be viewed and printed; it is not available for ordering.

Available in English and Spanish

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Fact Sheet
This fact sheet provides basic facts, causes, signs, and what to do if you’re concerned.

Available in English and Spanish