Guidelines for identification and management of substance use and substance use disorders in pregnancy
These guidelines contain recommendations on the identification and management of substance use and substance use disorders for health care services which assist women who are pregnant, or have recently had a child, and who use alcohol or drugs or who have a substance use disorder.
mhGAP Intervention Guide – (in french)
This is the second version (2016) of the mhGAP Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) for mental, neurological and substance use (MNS) disorders in non-specialist health settings. It is for use by doctors, nurses, other health workers as well as health planners and managers.
FASD Toolkit for Aboriginal Families
Information for service providers working with Indigenous families on FASD, culture and community strategies (40 pages)
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 Media Guide
This tool kit is intended for health care professionals, service providers, journalists, or anyone who might speak to the media about FASD. Use this resource to help guide you on how to speak to the media about FASD, or how to run your own media campaign on FASD/alcohol and pregnancy, ensuring that the language you use is informed, inclusive, and non-stigmatizing.
FASD Learning Series
A series of videos on a wide range of FASD topics including FASD in the classroom, transitioning to adulthood with FASD, diagnosis, mentoring, employment and housing (1-2 hours).
Understanding and Supporting the Schooling of Children with FASD (in french)
Awareness brochure for school doctors.
What Early Childhood Educators Need to Know About Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
A resource book for early childhood educators or parents about how FASD affects children before they are school-aged. This book describes how FASD affects the brain and includes strategies to use in a child care setting or at home (68 pages)
Best Practices for FASD Service Delivery – Guide and Evaluation Tool Kit
This document is intended to provide guidance for individuals and agencies working with clients with a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and their families. Together as a single source, a best practice guide and evaluation tool kit are provided for use by agencies and their staff.
Alcohol and Pregnancy Brief Intervention Guides
The resources in this section were developed to support service providers to successfully engage with women and their partners on alcohol use, pregnancy, and prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). While many aspects of FASD prevention are interconnected, current evidence and practice issues have been synthesized into eight topics that allow service providers to explore issues from different perspectives and that are most relevant to their own practice.
The Hidden Disability
This booklet is meant to be a quick reference guide on FASD.
