What it takes to support a loved one with FASD
This photovoice project describes the experiences and the challenges faced by those supporting loved ones with FASD. This photovoice project highlights several themes that are consistent with the results of caregiver research and provide a glimpse into the experience of those supporting loved ones with FASD.
Unpacking the Backpack
Webcast about the role of historical trauma as a major underlying cause of addictions and FASD in the Indigenous communities; how family and cultural practices can reduce the effects of FASD (36 minutes)
Through a Métis Lens: Culturally Specific FASD Prevention and Intervention
Webinar/presentation by Métis Nations of Alberta members (52 minutes)
Restorative Justice and Its Implications for Community
Webcast on youth and adults with FASD and restorative justice in an Indigenous community (2.5 hours)
Picture This: Life as a Parent of Children with FASD
Originally a film by the Film Board of Canada; Indigenous community members share their personal stories on raising children with FASD (19 minutes)
Parenting Indigenous Children with FASD – Guide to Culture for Non-Indigenous Caregivers
This booklet is a guide to culture for non-Indigenous caregivers of Indigenous children affected by FASD. It shares some reasons why culture is important, how you can connect as a family to the child’s culture and stories from other families.
Morgan Fawcett on living with FASD
Personal story of an Indigenous youth living with FASD (7 minutes)
FASD Toolkit for Aboriginal Families
Information for service providers working with Indigenous families on FASD, culture and community strategies (40 pages)
Enough Silence (living with FASD)
The story of a pregnant Indigenous young woman who gets support from her partner and the community to address her drinking problem (2.5 minutes)
Collaborative Action on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Prevention: Principles for Enacting the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Call to Action #33
The consensus statement provides guidance for developing community- and culture-led FASD prevention programs and highlights the importance of Indigenous knowledge systems in developing and researching FASD prevention in, and with, Indigenous communities.
A First Nations Community Response to FASD
Webcast of community based, culturally informed and collective ways to respond to FASD; FASD best practices and First Nation traditional values (2 hours)
3rd Biennial FASD ONE symposium – FASD as a Mobilizer in Education Change
Webinar/presentation by Sean Monteith (Director of Education – Keewatin Patricia District) about FASD and education; mention of Indigenous issues in education (approx 45 minutes)
