In 2017, Angela Kemble of the Northwest Central FASD Network (renamed to Willow Winds FASD Network) identified a persistent and concerning trend: individuals with FASD were significantly overrepresented in Alberta’s correctional system – yet the vast majority lacked appropriate support.
Transitional Mentorship Program – changing the trajectory for individuals with FASD in Alberta’s correctional system
Alberta is transforming the way Correctional Services supports individuals with FASD.
What Alberta’s mental health report reveals about disability and access
We were encouraged to view the release of “What We Heard: Access to Mental Health Services and Resources for Persons with Disabilities”.
The Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Patient Journey Project
By engaging persons with lived experience, we were able to identify and inform service enhancement opportunities in FASD awareness, FASD assessment and diagnosis, FASD care planning and transitions, community-based FASD services and supports, addiction and mental health services, housing support services, education services, and correctional services.
#FeatureFriday – Provincial FASD Awareness Surveys
This is how our study came to be. We realized there are a number of different tools and questions surveys use to try and measure the same thing: FASD awareness. We wanted to evaluate how effective these tools were in getting an accurate measurement of this concept.