Project
FASD Mentoring Project
Principal Investigator(s): Barb Smith; email: barbjsmith@shaw.ca; phone: 250-388-7940; Janet Christie; email: jchristie@peers.bc.ca
Start/End Date: February 2006 – May 2006
Location: Victoria, BC
Brief Description: A recommendation from caregivers of children affected with FASD was to provide positive role models for the child and to build a consistent, long-term circle of support around the child. This project was to develop a volunteer pool of young adults living with FASD & students/emerging professionals who may be working with youth and/or young adults living with FASD. Workshops were provided to students in order to educate them and recruit mentors for this project. We then matched a student, a young adult child living with FASD, and a child living with FASD based on interests and needs. Student role models to young adults living with FASD how to mentor a child. A mentoring orientation workshop and a mentoring manual was developed and provided to the mentors.
Time Frame: completed (Note: David Gerry, Executive Director of FASD Community Circle, has applied for funding for a similar mentorship project through National Crime Prevention Centre)
Kind of Project: demonstration
Population Served: urban, suburban, and children with FASD who are in and out of foster care
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