FASD Toolkit
Practical strategies for many common FASD concerns and do-it-yourself tools for everyday life (48 pages)
FASD Toolkit
This toolkit was designed to educate clinicians, families and communities about FASD through videos, activities and worksheets. Caregivers will also find it useful to educate their families and communities about FASD, especially the Life Skills section and the video library.
FASD Tips for Parents and Caregivers
Twenty different tips/strategies for parents/caregivers and how to deal with certain behaviour or situations; some self-care tips for parents/caregivers (42 pages)
FASD Strategies not Solutions
Information for parents and caregivers on sensory dysfunction, impulse control, behavior, emotions; some information on navigating the criminal justice system; communication techniques (60 pages)
FASD ONE Website
The FASD Ontario Network of Expertise (FASD ONE) is working to respond to emerging issues, changing environment, and available resources by focusing on priorities related to gaps or challenges associated with this complex disability. The activities of FASD ONE are funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Consistency – keeping things consistent when life isn’t
Information on keeping things consistent for children with FASD (1 page)
Childbirth Preparation and Support Tool
This tool was created for health care providers to use with their patients who might require extra support during pregnancy and childbirth. This tool aims to help providers learn more about individuals with complicated emotional and behavioural presentations that are often misdiagnosed and misunderstood.
Calming Activities
Self-care and calming techniques for parents/caregivers (1 page)
Becoming a Guardian
Information about obtaining guardianship; links to the forms that need to be filled out
Baby Steps – Caring for Babies with Prenatal Substance Exposure
Caring for babies with prenatal exposure to substances, including: attachment; sleeping; crying and feeding information; infant development; and overall health and care. Caution: uses old FASD diagnostic terms (104 pages)
An Accommodated Self-Care List for the Exhausted Parent
This blog post offers 14 suggestions for self-care for parents and caregivers of individuals with FASD.
A guide to transition planning for parents of children with a developmental disability
This guide has been developed to help the parents of a child with a developmental disability in Toronto and Central East Region as their child makes the transition from school life to adulthood. This guide was written by Rae Roebuck and Judy Coultes-MacLeod.
