Region 2 - Southeast Alberta CFSA

Regional FASD Contact: Cory Basiuk (403) 529-3143

Community FASD Education and Awareness Project

• Provides education and information on FASD.

Diagnostic Clinic (Medicine Hat)

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Regional FASD Contact: Michelle Peterson (403) 297-4778

FASD Mentorship and Advocacy Partnership Project (University of Calgary)

• Provides advocacy and mentorship to 16 – 30 year olds with FASD.

Family Advocate and Support Project (Renfrew Educational Services)

Renfrew Educational Services, 2050 - 21 St. NE, Calgary Alberta, T2E 6S5, (403) 291-5038

Visit our website at www.renfreweducation.org

FASD Services:

• Multi-disciplinary Diagnostic, Consultation and Intervention Clinic
• Early Intervention/Consultation Program (children 1-10)
• Stepping Out on Saturdays (SOS) Respite Program
• Early Elementary Education (Grades 1-3)

Hull – FASD Family Advocacy Support Project

• Early intervention in-home services to children and youth eight -15 years old. (Calgary)

Joining Forces Fetal Alcohol Society – FASD Parent Mentorship Project

• Support to caregivers of children with FASD. (Calgary)

Environ Wilderness School – FASD Support Program

• Provides short-term in-home support program for Authority Foster Home and Kinship Homes providing care to children with FASD. (Calgary)

Parent and Child Assistance Program (P-Cap)

• Support and outreach to biological mothers of children with FASD.

Region 3 Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Partnership Association – Family and Community Response Project. (Windsong Area)

• Serves the southern rural portion of the Calgary and Area Child and Family Services Authority. This agency emphasizes care and support of families and individuals affected by FASD, promotion of prevention initiatives, professional education and support.

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Regional FASD Contact:  Shirley Dawley (403) 340-7757

Catholic Social Services FASD Support Program (Wetaskiwin)

• Client supports: (0-six years of age) provision of School Support Interventions, Recreational Support Interventions, and Social Support Interventions. Family caregiver support; provide information and education on effects of effects of FASD and the strategies for managing behaviours, parent skills training, education, information and referral to Community resources, and Community Supports. Client education; provides information and education on the effects of FASD and the strategies for managing behaviours. Community education; provides FASD education and information to Community Organization/Agencies, Schools and communities in general. Contact: Winnie Wong - Program Supervisor (780) 352- 5535)

Central Alberta FAS Outreach Program = Demonstration Project (Red Deer and area)

• Family Support: Emotional and functional support to child/adult and family; linking child/family to services; providing resources and assisting with strategies to cope with challenges faced as a result of a diagnosis of FASD; assisting in obtaining assessment/diagnosis; provides children and families with an opportunity to stabilize in their home/community. Contact: Sue Castensen (403) 340-3885.

FAS/ARBD Committee - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Project Proposal - A Focus on Education and Awareness  (Drumheller and area)

Project 1: Community Working Groups For FAS

• Under the regional committee working groups within each major regional community will be developed to enable communities and professionals to better understand and build capacity to deal with individuals with FASD.

Project 2: Resource Acquisition

• Establish a materials collection managed by the working groups in each community and to maintain the resource library already established by the Regional Committee.

Project 3: Education/Training for Professionals and Paraprofessionals

• In an effort to support frontline individuals currently providing service a series of community workshops and resources to be provided. Contact: Trina Suntjiens (403) 823-1657.

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Regional FASD Contact:  Bryan Hlden (780) 667-7038

F.A.S. Parent Mentoring Program

• Provides support and parent mentoring to parents and caregivers of FAS children in Region 5 through toll-free phone support line, workshops, parent mentor groups and personal contact.

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Regional FASD Contact:  Lisa McDonald (780) 415-1488

Wasah'gam (Full Circle) Consulting Corp.

• Offers a family circles program that is based on traditional teaching to Aboriginal families affected by FASD in Region 6 area. For more information, please call (780) 424-4839.

Coaching Families FASD Family Intervention (Catholic Social Services)

• In-home support services for families living with children affected by FASD. Assessment and case consultation for other service providers working with families affected by FASD. Includes the the Stony Plain & Spruce Grove area. An FASD trainer identifies, develops, and coordinates training within the region and community. For more information, please call (780) 477-1999.

First Steps (Catholic Social Services)

• Intensive home visiting, support and advocacy to women at risk of having children with FASD. Building self-advocacy skills and provide mutual support networks and identify service barriers. Advocacy, case conferencing and modeling holistic strengths-oriented services. For more information, please call (780) 477-1999.

Step By Step FASD Family Intervention Program (Catholic Social Services)

• Intensive home visiting, support and advocacy to women who themselves have FASD and are parenting children. Reducing the risk of breakdown within parent/child relationships, break the cycle of isolation, link up with community agencies, develop and maintain basic living / parenting skills. For more information, please call (780) 477-1999.

Well Community - Well Families (United Way of Capital Health Region)

• WCWF is a community program aimed at strengthening the capacity of women and men to lead healthy, positive lifestyles. Through the provision of intensive long-term support and advocacy, women at risk of having a child with FASD, and adults affected by FASD, are supported to overcome barriers affecting their ability to live successfully in the community. Program Manager: Beverly Allard. Contact Marg Whyte for further information at (780) 423-2285 ext. 161.

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Reginal FASD Contact: Joni Brodziak (780) 645-6380

Lakeland Clinic for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (Cold Lake, Bonnyville, Lac La Biche, St. Paul)

• Family Support follow-up, after a child has been diagnosed by the Diagnostic and Assessment team. The support includes personal face-to-face contact, home visits and phone contact to provide information about the diagnosis, to assist with following the diagnostic team's recommendations and to provide advocacy for the family. The support is also extended to the family's own support system including extended family, schools, doctors, therapists and social workers. Contact: Audrey Mcfarland
  (780) 594-9905.

Diagnostic and Assessment Team (Cold Lake, Bonnyville, Lac La Biche, St. Paul)

• This is a multi-disciplinary team that holds mobile diagnostic and assessment clinics two times per month. Two children and their families are seen on each clinic day. Authority Services staff participate as part of the diagnostic team. Contact: Audrey McFarland (780) 594-9905.

Diagnostic and Assessment Team (Hinton, Edson and Jasper)

• Mentoring Case Management. Aims to support youth and young adults (12-25) affected with FASD to acquire essential supports that will enable them to build and maintain healthy lives including linking them to government, community and professional supports. Contact: Rav Bains (780) 723-8237.

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Regional FASD Contact: Tina Hackett-Myles (780) 833-4257

FASS (Fetal Alcohol Support Society)

• Their mission is to advocate for those who have fetal alcohol exposure regarless of age. FASS strives towards their mission by hosting caregiver support meetings, sponsoring International FASDAY activities, distributing FASD literature, delivering FASD presentations and advocating for persons with FASD.

Grande Prairie Family Education Society

• Dissemination of information to the FASD Diagnostic Team on children, who have been referred as potentially having FASD, provides a developmental assessment on the child and provides referrals and links to services to families whose child has been diagnosed as having FASD. Provides public education on FASD, and training for community members who work with FASD children. (Grande Prairie & area) Contact: Heather King

Children's Diagnostic Team

• Coordinating and developing a First Steps project for women at risk of delivering an alcohol-affected baby, and promotions and awareness. (Peace River & area.) Contact: Kelly Penner

FAS Inter-agency Group

• Contact: Charlene McLay (780) 523-3124.

Northwest Regional FASD Society

• Children's diagnostic team, lending library, etc (HighLevel and areas) Contact: Colleen Burns (780) 926-6535, (780) 926 2218; website http://www.nwr-fasd.ab.ca/

The FASD Program (Peace River, Grimshaw, Fairview, Spirit River, Manning, Nampa and areas)

• Hosted by the Accredited Supported Living Society (ASLS), this program offers a resource library, referral services (assistance in identifying resources and support), diagnostic services (a multi-disciplinary team for children aged zero to 18 years), and education in the form of presentations, displays and media campaigns. The program consists of an advisory committee, the Peace Region FASD Commitee, made up of community members and agency representatives. Contact: Julie Langlois, Program Coordinator (780) 332-4183  ext. 112.

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Regional FASD Contact: Anne Lastiwka (780) 743-7469

Home Visitation Project

• A partnership with the Regional Health Authority, and attached to an FASD component to promote Early Intervention with High Risk Mothers. Contact: Clare Handforth (780) 791-6291 or Anne Lastiwka (780) 743-7469.

FASD Group Home

• A new group home that just recently opened specifically for FASD youth who were placed out of region. The group home is a three-bed home that is for teenagers who will be transitioning to adult hood/PDD services. Contact: Anne Lastiwka
  (780) 743-7469.

Children's Centre Program

• A public education program funded through Health Canada. Contact: Ruby Canning, (780) 743-3309.

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Regional FASD Contact: Debbie Gauchier (780) 415-0183

FAS Program

• Early Intervention/Early Child Development and Mentorship for parents of children with FASD.

Métis Nations of Alberta

FASD Primary Prevention and Awareness Initiative

• Production of a video that is culturally appropriate for Métis communities, development of an information/tool kit to accompany the video, and initiation of support groups in Métis communities.

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