Project
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Practice Standards Evaluation Project
Principal Investigator(s): Dorothy Badry; email: badry@ucalgary.ca; William Pelech and Deborah Norman
Publications: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Practice Standards Evaluation Project – Final Report
Start/End Date: October 2005
Location: southwestern, Alberta
Brief Description: The purpose of this research was to evaluate the impact of enhanced case management practice standards for children with, or suspected to have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Case management standards were drafted in 2002 in the following areas: screening for FASD, child assessment, determining parenting ability, service plans, service plan reviews, home visits, case manager contact with children in care and foster parents, child and family awareness of FASD, permanency planning, transition planning to adulthood, FASD training for child welfare staff, and workload standards for caseworkers. Additionally, program standards were created in relation to kinship care, foster care, residential care, adoptive services/private guardianship and family preservation and youth mentoring services. Policy regarding the application of the standards was developed in early 2003. The pilot project ran from July 2003 to December 2004. This intent of this research was to capture the experiences of caseworkers and foster parents who applied the standards, and to evaluate compliance with the standards.
Time Frame: completed
Kind of Project: evaluation research
Population Served: urban, suburban, rural, aboriginal children in care and their caregivers
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