Intervention on FASD
Our Research
Our current research goals are focussed on the
intervention needs of individuals with FASD across their lifespan.
Fundamentally, the team seeks to build research, knowledge and
connections in an effort to improve FASD intervention policy, practice
and outcomes. Within this bridge-building role, we plan to focus on three primary areas: innovation, communication and quality.
- innovation - priorities in this area include building awareness of the functional needs of individuals of FASD, and mapping interventions to address these needs across jurisdictions and across their lifespan
- communication - priorities in this area include establishing an online community with the goal of having a central place where ideas, interventions, and research can evolve and developing a quarterly e-newsletter to update stakeholder networks about developments in the field of FASD intervention and also about the activities of the Network Action Team
- quality - priorities in this area include establishing an advisory panel of experts, identifying gaps in research and setting research directions
Current Activities
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Initiating a qualitative study of the experiences of families and
caregivers as it relates to FASD interventions across the lifespan.
This study will be piloted in Alberta in early 2010. Expansion to other CanFASD Northwest jurisdictions will be organized by a working group.
- Conducting a review of FASD intervention literature across the lifespan that maps functional needs and existing interventions.
- Establishing an online virtual community with the goal of
establishing a central place where ideas, interventions, and research
can collaboratively evolve and be disseminated.
- Developing a quarterly e-newsletter to update stakeholder networks
about developments in the field of FASD intervention and also about the
activities of the NAT itself. The first issue was released in January 2010.
Read our Quarterly e-newsletter
Volume 2
Volume 1
Partners
University of Alberta (U of A)
Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research (ACCFCR)
Alberta Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Cross-Ministry Committee (FASD-CMC)
Contact Information
For more information about this team or to get involved in collaborative research projects, contact either Dr. Jacqueline Pei or Lori Walls at inat@ualberta.ca
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