Project
Coaching Families Program
Principal Investigator(s): Denise Plesuk, Program Manager, FASD Program, Catholic Social Services, phone:(780) 477-1999, ext 3202 , email: denise.plesuk@catholicsocialservices.ab.ca
Start/End Date: December 2001 - present
Location: Edmonton, AB
Brief Description: Coaching Families mentors work with primary caregiver(s) of children aged 0 – 18 years old who have been diagnosed with FASD or who demonstrate strong behavioural and learning indicators of prenatal exposure to alcohol. The purpose of the program is to enhance protective factors, and decrease risk with regards to incidence of secondary disabilities of individuals affected by FASD and their families. The five Coaching Families mentors meet with families in their homes, or in the community, and support families by providing crisis intervention, coach families to appropriately adjust expectations and environments of individuals with FASD, and effectively linking families with appropriate ongoing support. Mentors support families in order to:
- Decrease rates of parent burnout and placement disruption
- Families have a better understanding of FASD and demonstrate appropriate coping skills
- Families are effectively connected with community resources that enhance and sustain their coping skills
- Families are better able to advocate for themselves and their child(ren)
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Catholic Social Services provides training, support and clinical supervision, collects and coordinates data collection/analysis and reporting. Outcomes are collected with a number of tools, including Canadian Outcomes Institute data collection, client satisfaction surveys, and a stress and strengths scale developed by the program.
Time Frame: ongoing
Kind of Project: Implementation
Population Served: Edmonton, Alberta - Families within Region 6 (Edmonton and Area) who are parenting children ages 0 – 18 who are diagnosed with FASD or suspected of being affected by pre-natal exposure to alcohol
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