Moving Towards FASD-Informed Care In Substance Use Treatment – Version 2: Adults & Youth
This guide outlines current practices to support individuals with FASD who are in treatment for substance use.
Indigenous Approaches to FASD Prevention: Wellness
This booklet presents cultural connections as both prevention and intervention measures in discussions about FASD with Indigenous communities. The booklet focuses on supporting mental wellness to address contraception, alcohol use, and pregnancy planning in preventing FASD.
Aggression Towards Family and Caregivers in Childhood and Adolescence (AFCCA): Managing Aggression at Home
This resource will guide families toward strategies and resources to support parents and caregivers, the child or youth exhibiting aggressive behaviours, and siblings or other family members in the home who may be impacted.
Prenatal alcohol exposure and health at midlife: Self-reported health outcomes in two cohorts
The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Hypothesis (DOHaD) suggests prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) should have implications for adult physical and mental health. Since the health profile of older adults with PAE and diagnoses of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is unknown, the current study evaluates self-reported health problems of midlife adults with and without a history of PAE to describe these outcomes.
Stress Relief Actvities
Stress relief for children with FASD (1 page)
Healthy Living Series
Information for people living with FASD on living healthy; nutrition, exercise, stress and sleep (37 pages)
Expert Statement on Physical Activity and Brain Health in Children and Youth
A team of experts in pediatric neuroscience and exercise science created this Expert Statement, looking at the relationship between physical activity and brain health in children and youth. Physical activity plays an important role in helping children and youth learn better, solve problems more creatively, and develop healthier brains. Children and youth who are least active or who have brain-based disabilities may have the most to gain.
Confabulation: When Lying Isn’t Lying
Information about confabulation and strategies for dealing with it (6 minutes)
Community Action Program for Children (CAPC)
The Community Action Program for Children (CAPC) provides funding to community groups that promote the healthy development of young children from birth to age 6, who face challenges that put their health at risk.
Mindfulness for Caregivers Podcast Series
Sue leads us through a guided meditation as a tool for caregivers.
Caregivers’ experiences and perceptions of suicidality among their children and youth with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) experience a range of biopsychosocial vulnerabilities that can increase the possibility of adverse life outcomes, including a heightened risk of suicidality. In this study, we explored the lived experiences of caregivers of children and youth with FASD and suicidality, including their perceptions of their child and youth’s suicidal experiences.
Why suicide prevention support is crucial for people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a lifelong disability that affects the brain and body of people prenatally exposed to alcohol. New research is backing concerns raised by the FASD community about the high rates of suicidality among people with FASD.
