By request! This month we’re featuring 5 free resources related to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
Membership at the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba’s library is open to all Manitobans (18 years and over), free of charge. Their William Potoroka Resource Collection is the largest collection of FASD resources in the province, focusing on FASD research, prevention and awareness, and parenting, caregiving and educational strategies. See their website for more information.
2. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: a guideline for diagnosis across the lifespan (2016)
This practice guideline, published in CMAJ, is an update to previous guidelines from 2005.
Foundations in FASD is a basic training course offered online, for free, by the Canada FASD Research Network. It is “… intended for everyone that will come into contact with individuals with FASD including all sectors of work, families, individuals with FASD, spouses, and the general public. This foundational level training program provides the perspective of individuals who have FASD, is evidence-based, employs a culturally sensitive approach, and is presented in a way that is responsive to the learner’s needs”. Additional courses from CanFASD are available for a fee.
4. Looking After Each Other: A Dignity Promotion Project
Looking after each other, affiliated with the Manitoba FASD Coalition, works towards creating a province where people with FASD and women who have used alcohol during pregnancy are fully accepted and their dignity is protected. Resources on their webpage include videos and mini documentaries about FASD, and a language guide for talking about FASD.
This resource from Healthy Child Manitoba provides information about FASD, and potential strategies for parents of children and teens with FASD. Some content from this document was used (with permission) in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: an Australian toolkit for parents, caregivers and families, which also discusses FASD in adults.
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