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Prologue: Understanding Children Who Have Been Affected by Maltreatment and Prenatal Alcohol Exposure

Contact author: Yvette D. Hyter, PhD, CCC-SLP, Speech Pathology & Audiology, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5355. E-mail: yvette.hyter{at}wmich.edu

This prologue introduces an important topic for multiple disciplines involved with children and their families. This introduction includes a review of some of the current literature on the effects of maltreatment and prenatal alcohol exposure on child development, an explanation of why this topic is essential learning for communication professionals, prevalence figures for the occurrence of these effects, and a summarization of the articles that have been contributed by a cross section of researchers from various disciplines.

KEY WORDS: child maltreatment, prenatal alcohol exposure, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), complex trauma