Winter Holiday Toolkit
The holidays can be a tricky time for those who have FASD and their support systems, and people who are pregnant or breastfeeding. We have created a holiday toolkit with suggestions for affordable activities, mocktail recipes, reducing or declining alcohol, suggestions for managing sensory overload, and navigating alcohol conversations.
Results of the Caregiver Approaches, Resiliencies, and Experiences (CARE) Study
This session will provide an important look at the lived realities of caregivers, offering valuable knowledge for families, professionals, policymakers, and anyone interested in building stronger supports for the FASD community.
FASD and Animal Assisted Services
Join us to learn more about the need for a national standard to better assess the type of support you receive for your loved ones.
FASD and Sleep
The speakers will present on what interventions can be helpful to promote sleep in children with FASD and how the Better Nights, Better Days program helps parents of children with FASD to sleep better!
Lived experience of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: A qualitative scoping review
FASD is a lifelong disability that affects individuals, their caregivers, and families on a daily basis. Individuals with FASD are aware of their disability and can be left feeling different and isolated, while caregivers have to negotiate the daily challenge of parenting a child with FASD. Despite these challenges, individuals with FASD have talents and qualities; raising a child with FASD can bring joy to both caregivers and families. Professionals feel unprepared and overwhelmed when supporting someone with FASD because of a lack of knowledge, funding, and support for individuals living with FASD.
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnostic clinic capacity in Canadian Provinces and territories
“…This study examined the capacity for interdisciplinary team diagnosis of FASD across selected provinces and territories in Canada. Capacity.. has either remained stable or fallen in all jurisdictions studied between 2015 and 2019..This study revealed that approximately 98% of cases of FASD are underdiagnosed or misdiagnosed, which is supported by previous publications…”
An Empirical Examination of Confabulation in Adolescents with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Confabulation is when missing memories are unwittingly filled in with distorted or fabricated information. This has been shown to lead to incorrect information in legal cases involving suspects, witnesses or victims of crime. This study is the first to experimentally explore confabulation in adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum
disorders (FASD).
Access to oral health care for children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: a cross-sectional study
The objective of this cross-sectional study is to examine the use of oral health care services by children diagnosed with FASD in Saskatchewan, Canada, and to identify perceived barriers that affect their access to oral health care.
Does paternal alcohol consumption affect the severity of traits of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders?
Paternal alcohol consumption was associated with an independent, negative influence on child height, head circumference, and verbal IQ. Maternal drinking, when combined with heavy male drinking, was associated with more severe FASD outcomes.
Learning with FASD
This factsheet will assist secondary school teaching and support staff to better understand social and emotional development in adolescents with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
FASD, COVID-19, and Aggression
The webinar presents new research updates on child-to-parent aggression in the home.
Be the Village
FASD Prevention Program of the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute providing guidance to raise FASD awareness and build a village that supports healthy pregnancies and embraces individuals living with FASD.
