Tips for Justice Workers
Tips for communication, going to court, testifying and other legal topics (12 pages)
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and the Justice System – (in french)
Information about FASD and justice system including trials, sentencing, fitness to stand trials and memory problems. Caution: uses old diagnostic terms
Inverted Power: An Analysis of the Exlcusion Clause in Ontario’s Education Act
An analysis of s. 265(1)(m) of the Education Act, which allows principals in Ontario to exclude children from the school premises and the legal problems using it (13 pages)
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and the Criminal Justice System: A Poor Fit
Fact sheet and myths about FASD; what lawyers need to understand when working with clients with FASD. Caution: uses old diagnostic terms (4 pages)
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Justice
Information about FASD and justice system including trials, sentencing, fitness to stand trials and memory problems. Caution: uses old diagnostic terms
Fetal Alcohol and the Law – Part 2
Information about the Criminal Code of Canada and how it s unfair to those living with FASD; unfairness of the legal system towards those with FASD (12 minutes)
Fetal Alcohol and the Law – Part 1
Information on how brain damage caused because of FASD plays a role in problems with the law; avoiding problems with the law; why people with FASD have more problems with the law (9 minutes)
FASD and Justice
Webcast of people with FASD and the justic system; examples of interactions with police and courtroom officials (1.5 hours)
FASD and Criminal Responsibility
Webcast on FASD in the criminal justice system including Not Criminally Responsible (NCR) defense for clients with FASD (2 hours)
Experts on FASD & Criminal Justice
Webinar/presentation on FASD and police and justice system; false confessions, memory problems, repeat offenders, impaired ability to recognize social context and appropriate social behavior (5 minutes)
3rd Biennial FASD ONE symposium – FASD, Justice and Evidence-Based Practice
Webinar/presentation by Dr. Kaitlyn McLachlan about FASD in the legal/justice system (approx 45 minutes)
Pro Bono Ontario
Pro Bono Ontario develops and manages high quality programs that connect volunteer lawyers with Ontarians who can’t afford a lawyer.
