CanFASD had the opportunity to celebrate NAAW at the CCSA’s Issues of Substance Conference. This conference was a wonderful chance for our team to interact with other researchers, professionals, and service providers to gain a better understanding of the landscape of substance use in Canada. It also gave us the opportunity to share the knowledge and resources that our organization has collected and developed about FASD, alcohol, and pregnancy.
World Mental Health Day – A Focus on Suicide Prevention for Individuals with FASD
Please note this blog post deals with sensitive subject matter, such as mental illness and suicide. If you are experiencing depression or suicidal thoughts, or you just need to talk to someone, please contact Crisis Services Canada at 1-833-456-4566 or text CONNECT to Kid’s Help Phone at 686868. If you are in immediate danger, please call 9-1-1. October 6 to … Read More
Mental Illness Awareness Week – Through the Lens of FASD
October 6 to 12 is Mental Illness Awareness Week! Held annually during the first week of October, Mental Illness Awareness Week is a public education campaign in Canada designed to increase our understanding of the realities of mental illnesses. This year, Mental Illness Awareness Week happens to coincide with World Mental Health Day, a global celebration to raise awareness of … Read More
Mental Health and FASD- Still Fighting for a Future: Exploring 15 Years of Progress on FASD in Canada
Fighting for a Future-2004 and Are we still fighting for a future-2019 The first ‘Fighting for a Future’ Symposium held in 2004 identified six areas that needed action for change and needed further research and support for individuals with FASD. They were: 1) Homelessness, 2) Finances, 3) Physical and Mental Health, 4) Education, Programming and Employment, 5) Legal Actions and … Read More
New Research Assistant: Vichy Liyanage-Zachariah
CanFASD would like to welcome Vichy Liyanage-Zachariah to the team! Vichy has joined us as our newest member to help with a review of the National Alcohol Strategy’s information about FASD. Vichy, originally coming from Sri Lanka, is a child health researcher at the University of Manitoba and a Freelance Medical Writer. Vichy completed her PhD in Medical Epigenetics and … Read More
Back to School #7: Article Summary: School Curriculum Advice from a Young Adult with FASD
There are relatively few studies in the FASD literature that include the voices of individuals with FASD. Additionally, the school experiences for people with FASD also remains a significant gap in the research. To fill these gaps, this article shares the personal account of 21 year-old Nathan who described his own personal strengths, challenges, and strategies related to school. A … Read More
Housing & Homelessness
Issue PapersPublicationsBook ChaptersResourcesIssue PapersPublicationsBook ChaptersResources Creating Intersections: A systematic and person-centred harmonizing framework for housing individuals with FASD — This project marks the first step of many in the implementation and maintenance of meaningful housing service delivery and supports to better understand how to meet the needs of individuals with FASD. Our hope for the framework described in this document ... Read More
Past Recipients of the Dr. Sterling Clarren FASD Research Award
2022 Recipients: Melody Morton Ninomiya, Ph.D., and Preeti Kar, Ph.D. Dr. Ninomiya's Project Details: 1. Innu leading the Way: Developing an FASD Prevention Strategy 2. Developing an Innu First Nations evaluation framework for implementing a community-wide FASD prevention strategy in two communities A study was conducted to determine what FASD prevention work, training, and knowledge exists in two Innu First ... Read More
Lifespan Intervention
InterventionEducationEmploymentHousingIdentityMental Health & RegulationPhysical HealthSocial FunctioningSubstance UseTowards Healthy OutcomesIntervention Hands, not Hurdles: Helping Children with FASD and their Families - Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disabilities in the Western world and yet it remains a highly misunderstood, multi-faceted brain and body disability that affects many people in our communities. This lack of understanding ... Read More
Prevention
AboutLevel 1Level 2Level 3 / 4Seminar SeriesAbout About FASD Prevention Canadian prevention specialists have identified four mutually reinforcing prevention approaches as effective in delivering FASD prevention, linked to overall policy strategies. The four levels span general and specific practices that assist women to improve their health and the health of their children, with support from family, support networks, services and ... Read More