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FASD Training Creates a Shift in Thinking!
View the reflections of an Educational Assistant from BC School District #60 (Peace River North). After completing a 12 hour course to increase understanding of FASD and it educational implications, Vivian, an Educational Assistant from Fort St. John, shares how the training created a "shift in thinking".
Understanding Trauma: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) 6th Annual Fall Conference
Ad campaign turning heads one belly at a time
While roaming around Toronto these days you might have seen some interesting poster ads.
Ads displaying words such as ‘love’, ‘joy’, ‘mom’ and ‘hope’, have been turning heads because the letter ‘O’ is actually the bare belly of a pregnant woman.
FASworld Toronto is the organization behind the campaign to raise awareness about fetal alcohol syndrome.
To read more, click here.
Courtesy FAS Toronto - Two of series of posters that have been turning heads recently in Toronto
Dr. Art Hister responds to study about light drinking
To view the video, click here.
CanFASD Response to recent reports about Light Drinking During Pregnancy
A recent article, in the BBC (April 16, 2013) reported on a study from the International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (BJOG). The headlines: “Light drinking ‘not harmful to baby’ say scientists”, and “Light drinking during pregnancy does not harm child behavioural or mental development.”
People with Intellectual Disabilities and Sexual Violence
“April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and April 21, 2013 begins National Crime Victim's Rights Week. People with disabilities face a disproportionate amount of sexual trauma. The rate of sexual abuse and assault is twice that is faced by people without disabilities. Those with cognitive disabilities face the greatest risk of all.
To read more about this, click here.
Aerobic exercise may mitigate alcohol consumption, study says
Not only was aerobic exercise found to be associated with less damage to specific parts of the brain’s white matter, but the researchers also found the flip side to be the case - heavy drinking combined with a sedentary life posed risks to brain health.
This study was published in Septembers's journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. To read more, click here.
FASD: Best Practices in the Last Frontier
The Arctic FASD Regional Training Center and the UAA Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services invites you to attend the 2013 conference on FASDs – FASD: Best Practices in the Last Frontier.
This conference is focused on providing up-to-date information about:
