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Recent initiatives and key events supported by the Department

For 2009:

  • Information on FASD is disseminated approximately once per week to more than 250 members in the NWT via a FASD electronic distribution list
  • FASD Videoconference Series is broadcast in most communities in the NWT. DVD’s of former videoconferences are made available in each NWT Health Authority
  • Participation in Canada Northwest Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Partnership (CNFASDP)
  • FASD Symposium, “Opening Doors, Hearts and Minds” is attended by 150 professionals, front-line workers, persons affected by FASD and their caregivers in Yellowknife on November 24 and 25, 2009
  • Three training items: “This Is Me: A Tool For Learning About and Working with People Who have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder”, “Strategies for Parenting Children with FASD” and “Living and Learning with FASD: Jilly’s Story” are distributed to NWT schools
  • A FASD Diagnostic Services Team is formed and trained as part of the Child Development Team of the Stanton Territorial Hospital. Clinical diagnosis follows the Canadian guidelines for diagnosis for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder as set out in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Retrieve journal article from http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/172/5_suppl/S1
  • More than 50 physicians, nursing practitioners, nurses, other medical professionals and front-line workers receive training at one of two one-day workshops: “Pregnancy Related Issues in the Management of Addictions (PRIMA)”
  • Peer Support Group at Yellowknife Association for Community Living in Yellowknife
  • Parent Support Program at Yellowknife Association for Community Living in Yellowknife
  • Language Enhancement Program at Chief T’Selehye in Fort Good Hope
     

For 2008:

  • Territorial Community Consultations for the “FASD Framework and Action Plan”
  • Participation in Canada Northwest Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Partnership
  • Regulating the behaviour of youth affected by FASD by the John Howard Society in Yellowknife with a Judo program
  • Peer Support Group by Yellowknife Association for Community Living in Yellowknife
  • Parent Support Program by Yellowknife Association for Community Living in Yellowknife
  • Fast Forward Intervention Program at K’alemi Dene School in N’Dilo
  • Language Enhancement Program at Chief T’Selehye in Fort Good Hope
  • Support Worker at Liidlii Kue First Nation in Fort Simpson