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Substance Use Treatment in FASD Populations
Substance Use Treatment in FASD Populations
What have we done?
We are excited to announce that SUAP is a completed project! Through the original SUAP project, we explored treatment considerations for individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) by speaking with individuals with lived experience, caregivers, and treatment providers and exploring the research literature. SUAP highlighted the importance of screening for FASD, identifying treatment facilitators, identifying and addressing barriers to treatment, and making plans for transitioning out of treatment. The importance of culturally safe, strengths-based, and trauma-informed practice was highlighted, as were considerations around creative and relational approaches to supporting the wellbeing of individuals with FASD. The need for FASD training and education was emphasized as well as the importance of program evaluation to highlight successes and areas for growth. From that work, we made a resource guide and accompanying training modules.
We have released our guide and the accompanying training modules for substance use treatment professionals. This guide will help inform practitioners at the unique intersection of FASD-informed substance use care. Evaluation of the guide and the modules is ongoing. Our completed guide can be accessed here and the training modules here. The guide and module are to help support people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) who are trying to decrease their use of substances. They contain important information about the best ways to help these individuals. We believe that with the right kind of support, people with FASD can do great in substance use treatment! For more information on the guide and the modules, please visit the CanFASD website.
What are we doing?
SUAP-Y is an extension of the SUAP project. This project utilizes research to inform adaptations to the former guide with a focus on youth-specific support considerations for substance use treatment for youth with FASD. When SUAP-Y is complete it will provide recommendations, guidelines, and tools for supporting youth with FASD in their substance use treatment.
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FASD and Aggression
FASD and Aggression
Beeby_WCHRI_FASDandAggression_brochure.pdfResearchers
Researchers
Dr. Jacqueline Pei
Sarah Beeby
Math Interactive Learning Experience (MILE) Program
Math Interactive Learning Experience (MILE) Program
The Math Interactive Learning Experience (MILE) program is a collection of resources that can be used to close individual student's learning gaps and support behavioural regulation at the same time. MILE builds math confidence by advancing children through the MILE program at their own pace using tools and strategies developed to compensate for problems that impede learning these concepts.
The MILE Program was developed in the United States by Drs. Julie Kable, Elles Taddeo, Claire Coles, and Molly Millians. They have conducted extensive research on the MILE program and established MILE as an effective math intervention for children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). It is a strategy based, structured yet flexible approach to student learning developed for children functioning between 3-10 years of age or a Pre Kindergarten to 5th grade level.
This project is in an implementation and evaluation stage. Through a close partnership with the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium we are training Alberta public school teachers on MILE. Pre-test, post-training, and post-test measures are gathered to better understand teachers' experience learning MILE and implementing it in their classrooms.
This research is made possible by our education partners at Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium: John Waterhouse, Adelee Penner and colleagues.
Check out the program website for more information:
Researchers
Researchers
Christine Wiebe Buchanan
Vanessa Boila
Integrated Mental Health Partnerships for Advancing Care and Treatment (IMPACT)
Integrated Mental Health Partnerships for Advancing Care and Treatment (IMPACT)
This research brings together a team consisting of individuals with FASD, caregivers, clinicians, researchers, and policymakers to improve mental health treatment for people with FASD in Alberta. The team has developed a collection of tools for caregivers, individuals, and clinicians that are currently being tried out by three different mental health treatment organizations in Alberta. These organizations will provide feedback on the tools so they can be released publicly. The aim is to help clinicians feel more confident in delivering FASD-informed mental health care and give caregivers and individuals with FASD tools to better connect with clinicians.
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