Making Sense of the Madness: An FASD Survival Guide
A man shares his experiences as a caregiver of children and youth with FASD; tips from his own experiences including self-care. Caution: uses old diagnositc terms (70 pages)
Sam’s Bear
Children story from the perspective of the teddy bear of a child with FASD. Contains an appendix that explains FASD, its impact on the brain and offers practical strategies. (29 pages)
Living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Personal story of youth living with FASD; mother talks on raising a child with FASD (2 minutes)
Living with FASD: Myles Himmelreich
Personal story of living with FASD (1 hour)
KnowFASD
This site introduces the neurobehavioural difficulties that may appear throughout the lifespan of individuals with FASD. It summarizes the common neurobehavioural features of FASD found in current research.
Kids Brain Health Network
A national network of researchers and health professional dedicated to helping children with neurodisabilities and their families
How to Help Someone Who Has a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Article about strategies for helping people affected by FASD
Healthy Living Series
Information for people living with FASD on living healthy; nutrition, exercise, stress and sleep (37 pages)
Healthbook
Practical tool for tracking health care and healthy living (11 pages)
Hamilton FASD Collaborative
FASD information and FASD resources.
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
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.
