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"Because it makes a
difference to this one."
Loren Eiseley
Did you know? . . .
The Corrections System is the only system that cannot refuse service. In the absence of supports (housing, employment, programs, counselling, support workers, etc.), it is by default the social safety net for adults with FASD.
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Social Services
NEW! Evaluation of "Option 2" - Final Report; prepared for Welsh Assembly Government; 2008 (“Option 2” is a service funded by the Welsh Assembly that works with families in which parents have drug or alcohol problems and there are children at risk of harm. A particular focus of the service is reducing the need for children to come into public care.)
Putting a Human Face on Child Welfare – Voices from the Prairies; by Brown, I., Chaze. F., Fuchs, D., Lafrance, J., McKay, S., & Thomas Prokop, S.; Prairie Child Welfare Consortium, Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare; (2007)
NOTE: This file takes a long time to load
Children with FASD Involved with the Manitoba Child Welfare System; by Don Fuchs, Linda Burnside, Shelagh Marchenski and Andria Mudry; Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare; 2007
NOTE: This page will take you to a table of contents containing various course modules - Handouts, Pdf's and Slides
NOTE: While this article is about caring for the elderly, much of the discussion about consequences of care giving contains important points relevant to parents caring for adult children with FASD
NOTE: While this article concerns elder care the discussion contains important points relevant to parents caring for adult children with FASD
NOTE: This is the document containing information about the persons who have persistent multiple barriers to Employment
A Family’s Guide to the Child Welfare System; by J. McCarthy, A. Marshall, J. Collins, G. Arganza, K. Deserly, J. Milon; A Collaborative Effort Among National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health at Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental, Health at American Institutes for Research. Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health, Child Welfare League of America, National Indian Child Welfare Association; Second Edition, 2005
Foster Care Today, by Kathy Barbell and Madelyn Freundlich. Casey Family Program, Washington DC (2001).
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