Reference Material

Prevention of FASD

Book/Booklet Jocelyn’s Island
by Beirne, Gerard
  Winnipeg, MB: Frontier School Division, c2001
(call Library Services at 204-775-9741 to order)
Book/Booklet Tough Kids and Substance Abuse
by Cook, Paula, Kellie Richard, Kathy Jones, Laura Goosen
  c2000
Book/Booklet Exposure to Psychotropic Medications and Other Substances during Pregnancy and Lactation: A Handbook for Health Care Providers
  Canada: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, c2007 (call 1-800-661-1111 or 416-595-6059 to order)
Book/Booklet The Sensible Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy
  Public Health Agency of Canada, c 2008 Free (call: 1-800-622-6232 or email: info@hc-gc-ca)
Book/Booklet Making the Right Choices: A Grade 5-8 Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Curriculum
by Thordarson, Deb and Lia Braun
  Winnipeg, Manitoba: Frontier School Division, c2001 (call Library Services at 204-775-9741 to order)
Book/Booklet Teaching for the Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
  Grades 1-12, Edmonton, AB: Alberta Education, c2002
Brochure/Pamplet "Healing Choices for You and Your Family"
  Addictions Foundation of Manitoba and Manitoba Health 944-6200 or 788-8200, Free
Brochure/Pamplet "Pregnant? Did You Know You Could Hurt Your baby If You Drink Alcohol?"
  Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
1-800-559-4514, Free
Brochure/Pamplet "Pregnancy and Alcohol? Don’t Take the Chance"
  Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
1-780-415-0370, www.child.gov.ab.ca, Free
Brochure/Pamplet Alcohol and Pregnancy
  Health Edco, c1999, 2006
1-800-299-3366 ext. 295; www.HealthEdco.com
$1.52 ea
Resource Kit With Child, Without Alcohol
  Manitoba Liquor Control Commission
Facilitator’s Guide with learning activities, information pamphlet, and video. French and English. Free from MLCC
Video/DVD Recovering Hope: Mothers Speak Out About FASD.
  Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (SAMHSA), 2006
Free www.samhsa.gov
Video/DVD Creating Solutions: Women Preventing FAS – Understanding Women’s Substance Misuse
  Prince George: Northern Family Health Society

 

Strategies for Parents, Educators, Caregivers, and Other Professionals

Book/Booklet Lifeguard Strategies for Supporting Adolescents and Adults Affected by FASD
by Bennett, Brenda and Jan Lutke
  Saskatoon: FASD Network of Saskatchewan, c2006
(1-866-673-3276 or email fasdnetwork@sasktel.net, Free)
Book/Booklet Living with Prenatal Drug Exposure: A Guide for Parents
by Cowan, Lissa and Jennifer Lee
  3rd ed., Vancouver, B.C.: Groundwork Press, c2003
Book/Booklet FASD Strategies Not Solutions
  Edmonton, AB: Region 6 FASD Child and Youth Sub- Committee (download at www.region6fasd.ca)
Book/Booklet

Talking with Parents about Raising Children with FASD
by Froehlich, Eileen, and Adeline Bourbonniere

  Child Guidance Clinic, Winnipeg School Division, c2005
(call 204-786-7841 to order)
Book/Booklet Living with FAS: A Guide for Parents
by Graefe, Sara
  3rd ed., Vancouver, B.C.: Groundwork Press, c2006
Book/Booklet

What Educators Need to Know About Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Working Together to Educate Children in Manitoba with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder,
by Healthy Child Manitoba

  Winnipeg, Manitoba, c2007
(call 204-945-2266 for copies)
Book/Booklet What Early Childhood Educators and Caregivers Need to Know About Fetal Alcohol Syndrome,
by Healthy Child Manitoba
  Winnipeg, Manitoba: Manitoba Textbook Bureau, c2000
Book/Booklet A Parent’s Guide to Inclusive Education
by Kresta, Anne
  Winnipeg: Community Living Manitoba, c2008
(call 786-1607 email aclmb@aclmb.ca)
Book/Booklet Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Trying Differently Rather Than Harder
by Malbin, Diane
  2nd ed., Portland Oregon: FASCETS, c2002
Book/Booklet Strategies for Parenting Children with FASD
by Schneider, Barb
  5th ed, Breton, AB: Brighter Futures, c1999 (revised 2005)
(call 780-696-2543 to order)
Book/Booklet Towards Inclusion: Tapping Hidden Strengths: Planning for Students Who are Alcohol- Affected
  Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Education, Training and Youth, c2001
Book/Booklet Let’s Talk FASD: Parent Driven Strategies in Caring for Children with FASD,
by Victorian Order of Nurses
  c2005
(call 613-233-5694 or download at www.von.ca)
Book/Booklet Working Together: A Handbook for Parents of Children with Special Needs in School
  Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth, c 2004
Book/Booklet So Your Child Has FAS/E: What You Need to Know,
by Berg, Sandi
  Surrey, B.C.: FAS/E
Support Network, c1997
Book/Booklet Calming the Storm: Strategies for Children with FASD
by Lussier-Ring, Joanne
  Cold Lake, AB: Lakeland Centre for FASD
Book/Booklet Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Guide for Families and Communities, Baltimore
by Streissguth, Ann
  MD: Paul H. Brooks Publishing, c2001
Book/Booklet Trying Differently: A Guide for Daily Living and Working with FAS and Other Brain Difference
by Trudeau, Debbie (ed)
  Whitehorse, YT: FASSY, c2002
Brochure/Pamplet FASD Fact Sheets, NOFAS
1-202-785-4585, www.NOFAS.org, Download free
   
Brochure/Pamplet FASD Support Network of Saskatchewan’s series of 20 tips
  Can be ordered as brochures or downloaded as info sheets from www.skfasnetwork.ca
Brochure/Pamplet "Working Together: Information for Parents of Children with Special Needs in School"
  Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth, c 2004
Resource Kit FASD Resource Toolkit
  Northern Family Health Society, Prince George, BC c2007
(250-561-2689 or download at www.nfhs-pg@nfhs-pg.org)
Video/DVD Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. (2005)
   
Video/DVD A Normal Life.
  Magic Lantern Films, 1075 North Service Road, W. Suite 27, Oakville, ON L6M 2G2
Video/DVD Redefining Success.
  (May 2002) Ministry of Children and Family Development, BC Health
Video/DVD Helping Families, Helping Children
  Yellowknife Association for Community Living and Yellowknife Films: Part , c 1998, Part2, c2001
Parenting with FASD Challenges, Strategies and Supports. BC: University of Victoria, School of Social Work, and the FAS?E Support Network of BC, c 2005

 

Understanding FASD: by, for and about people with FASD

Book/Booklet Jeremy and Joey: A Story About Fetal Alcohol Syndrome,
by Braun, Lia
  Winnipeg, MB: Frontier School Division, c2001
(call Library Services at 204-775-9741 to order)
Book/Booklet You Can Do It Too
by Burns, Nicholas
  comic produced by Interagency FASD Program, Winnipeg, MB
(call 204-582-8658 to order)
Book/Booklet Damaged Angels: A Mother Discovers the Terrible Cost of Alcohol in Pregnancy
by Buxton, Bonnie
  Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, c2004
Book/Booklet The Broken Cord
by Dorris, Michael
  New York: Harper Perennial, c1989
McKechnie, Beth Faces of FAS: Putting a Personal Face on FAS, Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Association for Community Living, c2001
Book/Booklet But Michael Makes Me Laugh
by Stetina, Lori
  Winnipeg, MB: Interagency FAS Program, c2003
(call 204-582-8658 to order)
Book/Booklet Letters to our Children, Letters from our Children: Living with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Alcohol Related Effects
by Badry, Dorothy and Liz Lawryk
  Alberta Association for Community Living, c2000
Book/Booklet Fantastic Antoine Grows Up: Adolescents and Adults with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
  Fairbanks:University of Alaska Press, c2000
Book/Booklet Fantastic Antoine Succeeds! Experiences in Educating Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrom
byKleinfeld, Judith, Barbara Morse, and Siobhan Westcott (eds)
  Fairbanks:University of Alaska Press, c2001
Book/Booklet The Best I Can Be: Living with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Effects
by Kulp, Liz and Jodee Kulp
  Brooklyn Park, MN: Better Endings, New Beginnings, c2000
Book/Booklet Our FASinating Journey
by Kulp, Judy
  Brooklyn Park, MN: Better Endings, New Beginnings, c2004
Book/Booklet My Name is Amanda and I Have Fetal Alcohol Effects,
  Surrey, B.C.: FAS/E Support Network of B.C., c1997
Book/Booklet Adults Living with FAS/E: Experiences and Support Issues in British Columbia,
by Rutman, Deborah, Corey LaBerge, and Donna Wheway
  Surrey, B.C.: FAS/E Network of B.C., c2002
Brochure/Pamplet "Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
  Government of Canada, publication# 4200
1-800-559-4514 (CCSA) Free
Brochure/Pamplet "FAS, FAE, and Effects of Other Prenatal Drug Exposure
  FASCETS
503-621-1271, www.fascets.org Free
Brochure/Pamplet "FAS and the Brain: How Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Affects Development of the Brain
by Teresa Kellerman
  Fasstar Enterprises, Brochure #0109B1
www.fasstar.com Download free
Brochure/Pamplet "FAS Developmental Overview
  The FAS Family Resource Institute, Washington
1-253-531-2878 (50 copies for $10.00)
Brochure/Pamplet "Hey! Check This Out!
  (series) The FAS Family Resource Institute, Washington
1-253-531-2878
Resource Kit This is Me: A Tool for Learning About and Working with People Who Have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
  Winnipeg, MB: Interagency FASD Program, Clinic for Alcohol and Drug Exposed Children, and FASD Youth Justice Program, c2007
CD-ROM and learning guide available from Interagency FASD or www.mefasd.com
Video/DVD Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the Criminal Justice System – A Video Series - Understanding the Offender with FAS
  • Video 1: “Talking with Victor” (43 min.)
  • Video 2: “A Judge's Perspective - With Judge Cunliffe Barnett” (56 min).
  • Video 3: “Mistakes I Have Made - With Lawyer David Boulding” (28 min.)
  (2002-2004). The Asante Centre for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, http://www.asantecentre.org
Video/DVD FAS: When the Children Grow Up.
  (2002). 40 min. Knowledge Network – B.C.
Video/DVD David with FAS.
  National Film Board of Canada

 

Justice

Book/Booklet Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and the Youth Criminal Justice System: A Discussion Paper
by Paul Verbrugge
  Department of Justice Canada: Youth Justice Research (October 2003)
Book/Booklet Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and the Justice System
  (Section 9); Rae Mitten, LL.M - First Nations and Metis Justice Reform Commission Final Report, Vol II, Jan, 2004. Available Online: http://www.justicereformcomm.sk.ca/volume2/12section9.pdf
Book/Booklet Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Implications for Correctional Services
by F. J. Boland et al.
  Correctional Service of Canada, Research Branch (July 1998). Available Online: http://www.cscscc.gc.ca/text/rsrch/reports/r71/er71.pdf
Book/Booklet Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Guidebook for Police Officers
by Laporte, Annette and Terralyn McKee, Z Lisakowski, A Chudley, J. Conroy
  Winnipeg, MB, c2002 (Available from RCMP, “D” Division)
Brochure/Pamplet Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the Criminal Justice System. by Conry, J. and Fast, D.
  (2000). BC FAS Resource Society / Law Foundation of BC.
Order form available: http://www.asantecentre.org

 

Research Reports

Book/Booklet What We Have Learned: Key Canadian FASD Awareness Campaigns
Best Start
  Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2006 (call 613-954-5995 for publication #4294)
Book/Booklet Research Update Alcohol Use and Pregnancy: An Important Canadian Public health and Social Issue,
by Dell, Colleen Anne and Gary Roberts
  Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2006
(call 613-954-5995 for publication #4296)

 

Other

Book/Booklet "Family Violence: Make It Your Business
  Plurielles, AJEF, MB, L’Entre-temps, and National Strategy for Crime Prevention, Canada
204-233-1735 Free
 

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