Individuals, Family Members/Caregivers Affected by FASD
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Reframing Life with FASD
- March 23rd, 2011
- This session highlights the experiences of Candace, a young lady who has been in foster care all her life. Candace will share her uplifting story on how she has been resilient, successful, and hopeful for both herself and her children.
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Becoming a Successful Adult Learner
- February 23rd, 2011
- This session profiles Bow Valley College, a post-secondary institution in Calgary that successfully supports adults with learning disabilities in an academic environment. Denise and Emily will identify the steps needed to determine what special needs students require to be successful when pursuing a post-secondary education. Two students from Bow Valley College, Kristen and Natasha, will describe how solution focused supports they receive from the college make a difference in their educational outcomes. In addition, Lindsay will discuss financial supports that are in place through the Advancing Futures Bursary.
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Diagnosis of FASD in the Adolescent Years
- January 26th, 2011
- In this session, Gail, Carmen and Jacqueline will discuss the complexity of the disability of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in teens and the need for committed support systems to prepare the teen for the assessment and to access services. They will also speak about the assessment process, including assessment of mental health and addictions, as well as the need for access to training programs for employability and personal supports in transition to adulthood.
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Creating a Brain-Friendly Life
- November 24th, 2010
- Brain Boxes is an empowering program that teaches young people how their brain works. Creating a Brain-Friendly Life is a collaborative session intended for young people affected by FASD and those who support them. It results in a positive, non aversive plan for self-improvement, independence and behavioural intervention.
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Friendship? Dating? Sex? Relationships in the Complex FASD World
- November 10th, 2010
- This session explores issues in relationships for persons affected by FASD. Pam and Danna will discuss the skills needed to be successful in relationships and will present strategies for helping persons affected by FASD be more successful in relationships.
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Building the Brain Boxes
- October 27th, 2010
- Brain Boxes is an empowering program that teaches young people how their brain works. By understanding how the brain communicates with the body, how it interprets the social world and processes sensory input, youth are empowered to make conscious choices about how to think and thus, how to respond, cope, and learn.
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Opening the Brain Boxes
- September 29th, 2010
- Brain Boxes is an empowering program that teaches young people how their brain works. When regional differences are broken into "boxes", youth gain an intimate understanding of both the strong and the vulnerable parts of the brain they were born with. By understanding their own actions as a product of brain function, youth are equipped to advocate for their own unique needs while harnessing existing strengths and external supports.
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Safety Issues: FASD and Sexuality
- March 17th, 2010
- In this session, Dr. Esmail will begin the discussion about what sexuality is by examining our beliefs, values and basic assumptions about sexual health. He continues the discussion with how to promote sexual health for persons with FASD.
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Employability Strategies for Persons with FASD
- March 11th, 2010
- In the second session addressing employment and FASD, Brian and Annette will discuss employment issues and strategies as well as examining the challenges of change or transition for persons with FASD.
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Enhancing Employability for Persons with FASD
- February 11th, 2010
- In this session, Annette and Brian discuss how FASD affects the brain, what types of jobs are more suited to people affected by FASD, and things employers should know. Also included in the handouts are suggested questions for interviewing a client with or suspected of having FASD.
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The Ongoing Face of Grief and Loss and the Theory Behind It
- October 5th, 2009
- In this first session of three focused on grief and loss, Dan examines views of death and mourning as experienced in a variety of cultures, the physical and behavioral manifestations of grief and how these may be interpreted as symptoms of illness if the loss is not recognized. Dan also looks at the losses experienced by persons with disabilities, their families and providers and discusses the importance of addressing these losses.
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Living with FASD - As a Person, As a Parent
- June 30th, 2009
- This session is intended to share the experiences of a mother who both lives with a diagnosis of FASD and parents one child with and one without FASD. It is the courageous story of one woman's resiliency, creativity and determination to parent with supports and her ability to break the cycle of FASD in her family. The goals for this session are to enhance understanding of the challenges for adults with FASD, to acknowledge the life circumstances of mothers of children diagnosed with FASD, and to learn how to best support women in both intervention and prevention for the future.
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Financial Literacy for Individuals with FASD
- June 24th, 2009
- Financial literacy is imperative for any individual to survive in today's economy, yet is often overlooked in our education and training. An alarming number of individuals with FASD struggle with money management. This session will examine the financial literacy training needed by individuals with FASD. It will also include strategies for caregivers to help individuals living with FASD to improve their money management skills.
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Winning the Battle With FASD: A Family Success Story
- March 25th, 2009
- The Soetaert Family will provide an in depth conversation of how a family of five affected by FASD cope with the day to day challenges as well as successes. The Soetaerts wish that this will allow for greater understanding of how FASD affects each person differently and will provide the viewer with a renewed sense of hope.
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Environmental Modifications
- March 9th, 2009
- Natalie will discuss how modifying the environment can impact the day to day functioning in the home. When the environment is modified to meet the child's need, everyone in the family functions better. Learning objectives include: to learn simple hands-on environmental modifications for people affected by FASD, to learn how effective play can help to decrease behaviors in the home, to show real life day to day strategies that are possible without creating a lot of extra work, and to show that environmental modifications can become part of your daily routine.
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Myles Himmelreich
- December 8th, 2008
- Sharing from personal experience, Myles speaks to what it is like to live with FASD on a daily basis, what his journey has been growing up, and what he needs in order to have success today. Some of the topics Myles discusses are how FASD has affected him and his interaction with his environment, issues and barriers he's experienced, his capabilities and strengths as well as what individuals can do to support people affected by FASD.
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Parental Expectations with an Adult Child Impacted by FASD
- October 21st, 2008
- There is a lifelong concern for parents that their adult children with FASD will always need support to manage many aspects of their lives. Learning objectives for this session include how to find or create parental support, how to protect oneself from compassion fatigue, when to say no to an adult with FASD, what to do when the adult child with FASD becomes a parent and what to do about finances, will and the role of public trustee.
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