Answer a few simple questions about your child. FASD Compass will turn your answers into a support plan you can edit, print and share with school, clubs, relatives or professionals. Every child with FASD is different, so tick only what fits your child. You can change any wording before you print or download it.

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This is not a clinical assessment

The plan is built from the answers you choose. It offers general ideas that help many children. It is not an individual assessment of your child and does not replace advice from the professionals who know them.

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About your child

First name or nickname (optional) Developmental stage Plan made by

Notes on development (optional)

Children with FASD often develop unevenly. They may be at their age level in some areas and younger in others. Plan for the stage they are at in each area.

Strengths and interests

Start with what your child is good at. Strengths are the foundation of good support.

Favourite things and interests

Memory and learning

Forgets instructions quickly
Learns something one day and forgets it the next
Struggles to use a rule in a new place
Gets lost in tasks with several steps
Finds time, money or maths hard
Does not seem to learn from consequences

Communication and understanding

Talks well but understands less than it seems
Takes words literally
Needs extra time to process and answer
Often says I do not know, or fills in gaps
Finds it hard to say how they feel
Struggles in group conversations

Feelings and emotional regulation

Sensory needs

Attention and executive functioning

Executive functioning means planning, organising, starting and finishing tasks, and switching between them.

Easily distracted
Finds it hard to get started on a task
Loses track partway through a task
Finds planning and organising hard
Finds waiting or taking turns hard
Gets stuck on one thing and finds it hard to switch

Sleep and daily living

Tick the parts of the day that are hardest. The Everyday Challenges library has more ideas for each one.

Anything else they find hard

School, nursery or college

Tick anything that is hard at school, nursery or college. These go into the school support section of the plan.

Struggles to follow instructions in class
Finds break and lunchtime hard
Finds it hard to settle at the start of the day
Is falling behind with learning
Gets into trouble for behaviour
Holds it together at school and lets go at home
Finds it hard to go to school

In your own words

Other things that work well Signs they are getting stressed When they are upset, please Please avoid

Contacts

Our main goal for the next few months (optional) Review date (optional)

Your Support Plan

✏️ Click on any text to change it. Then download it as a PDF or a Word document, print it, or save it on this device. The Word version can be edited later.

Using Your Plan

🏫Sharing with school

Ask for a meeting with the class teacher or SENCO and go through the plan together. Ask the school to share it with every adult who works with your child, including lunchtime staff and supply teachers. The School Advocacy Toolkit has more help.

🔁Keep it up to date

Review the plan every term, or sooner if something changes, such as a new class, a move or a change in medication. Children with FASD can have uneven development, so needs change over time.

📚 Several suggestions draw on National FASD parenting tips, including allowing extra processing time and believing a child who says they do not know.

Personalised Support Plan

Your Support Plan

Using Your Plan