Policy & Community Development Resources

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Strategic Plan for British Columbia (2003 - 2004)

Available in PDF format: Phone: (613) 954-5995
Fax: (613) 957-1565

Joint Statement on the Prevention of FAS and FAE (1996)
Available from: Health Canada - Health Promotion and Programs Branch
Phone: (613) 954-5995
Fax: (613) 957-1565

It Takes a Community : A Resource for Community-based Prevention of FAS and FAE
Available from: Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada
192 Bank Street, Ottawa, ON K2P 1W8
Phone: (613) 236-3373 Fax: (613) 236-3599
Available in PDF format: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fnihb/cp/fas_fae/publications/

Human Resources Development Canada:
Community Development Handbook and Facilitator’s Guide
http://www.sdc.gc.ca/en/home.shtml

The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse:
Developing an FAS Community Response
http://www.ccsa.ca/toolkit/Community/section1e.htm

Community Readiness Assessment Tool
http://www.ccsa.ca/toolkit/Community/section2e.htm

Community Action Circles - Generating solutions through collective action
http://www.ccsa.ca/toolkit/Community/section4e.htm

Northern Family Health Society - Prince George
An Overall Vision for FAS Prevention in our Communities
http://www.nfhs-pg.org/resource_centre/tools_fas.html

SAMHSA FASD Resources:
The US Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration launched their FASD Center for Excellence in 2001. Their website provides many resources includuding a searchable online FASD Resource Database. Of particular interest to communities will be their document Starting the Conversation: Town Hall Meetings on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.

The Center's website is located at: http://www.fascenter.samhsa.gov/

FASD Awareness Day - Resource Kits

Every year on September 9, FASworld Canada asks the world to remember that during the nine months of pregnancy, while breastfeeding or planning to conceive, women should not drink alcohol.

The Asante Centre has made kits available to help individuals use this day to promote FAS awareness in their community. Click here to find out how to obtain these kits or other materials.

Additional community resources for planning an FASD Day event in your community are made available by Best Start, Ontario. Click here for links to resources.

Ideas for FASD Awareness Day from California. The NineZero Project has developed some exciting tools for International FASD Awareness Day and FASD prevention. These include a print ad, a video PSA for FASD Awareness Day, and NineZero wrist and new ankle bands. To find out how to order visit: http://www.ninezero.org/