Mapping FASD Training Opportunities in Canada: An Environmental Scan

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Appendices

Appendix A - Resources Used to Develop Respondent List

• FASD Directory of Information and Support Services in Canada (2002)
• Atlantic Steering Committee on FASD
• Provincial/Territorial Contacts for FASD
• Occupational Therapist List
• Occupational Therapist-Speech Language Pathologist List
• Canada Northwest FASD Partnership
• Health Care Provider Organizational Contact List

Appendix B - Survey Instrument

FASD Training/Event Mapping Survey

Please complete a separate form for each distinct FASD-related education/training event provided by your organization that is:

1. Intended to impart knowledge and/or skill to persons in or outside the delivering organization, such as orientation sessions, workshops, seminars, and one-time conferences;
2. At least 1/2 day (3 hours) duration;
3. That has a professional development or community development aim;
4. That has/will be delivered at least once during the period April 1, 2004 - March 31, 2005.

Training/Event Provider Information

Name of Organization: ___________________________

Type of Organization

• Government
• Non-Governmental Organization
• Community-based
• Non-profit
• For-profit
• Professional Association
• Community College
• University

Location of Organization

• British Columbia
• Alberta
• Saskatchewan
• Manitoba
• Ontario
• Quebec
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Prince Edward Island
• Yukon
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut
• Contact Person: _________________________________

Main sources of funding for FASD training/education:

• Government
• Business/Private Sector
• Registration Revenue

Training/Event Details

Name of Training/Event:_______________________________________________________

Duration of Training/Event

• 3 hours
• 3-5 hours
• 5-7 hours
• over 7 hours

Number of times offered April 1, 2004-March 31, 2005:

• Once
• Twice
• Three times
• Four or more times (specify number)__________________

Date of Training/Event: ___________________________ day/month/year

Where was the Training/Event held? (Check all that apply)

• On-line/distance
• On-site: (Specify location) ____________________________
• Other: (Specify) ____________________________________

Language of Training/Event:

• English
• French
• English & French
• Other (specify) ___________________________

Maximum number of participants:

• Under 10
• 11-20
• 21-50
• 51-100
• over 100

How many people actually attended?

• Under 10
• 11-20
• 21-50
• 51-100
• over 100

Training/Registration fees:

• Free
• under $50
• $51-$100
• $101-$200
• $201-$300
• $301-$400
• $401-$500
• over $500

Level of Training

• Basic (“FASD 101”)
• Intermediate (“FASD 201”)
• Advanced (“FASD 301”)
• Mixed (e.g. Conference)

Did participants require a background in FASD in order to attend the Training/Event?

• Yes
• No

Intended participants: (Check all that apply)

• Teachers/Educators
• Mental Health Workers
• Psychologists
• Physicians
• Nurses
• Prenatal Support Workers
• Child Care Workers
• Social Workers
• Vocational/Employment Counsellors
• Infant Development Workers
• Drug/Alcohol Counsellors
• Persons Living with FASD
• Policymakers
• Police
• Lawyers
• Judges
• Court Workers
• Corrections Workers
• Parents of FASD-affected Children
• General Public
• Other: ___________________________

FASD Topic Areas: (Check all that apply)

• Prevention
• Diagnosis
• Prenatal
• Identification of babies/infants
• Identification of older children
• Identification of adolescents/adults
• Early childhood interventions
• Late childhood interventions
• Adolescent interventions
• Adult interventions
• Parenting
• Behaviour modification
• Teaching or educational strategies/approaches
• Policy
• Other: ___________________________

Please provide us with a brief description of the training/event agenda: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

Additional Information

In your opinion, what FASD training needs are not being addressed in Canada? Please include topic and a description of the groups you believe need to be trained. List all you can think of.

Topic	Who Needs to Be Trained?

Is this training/event developed in Canada?

• Yes
• No

Is this training/event adapted from training elsewhere?

• Yes
• No

If Yes above, from where was it adapted? __________________________

Does the training result in accreditation from an organization or a professional association?
(e.g. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Registered Nurses Association, etc.)

• No
• Yes (Specify): ___________________________

Has the training been evaluated?

• No
• Yes (Check all that apply):
  • Participant satisfaction
  • Process evaluation
  • Impact evaluation

How do people find out about the training/event? Check all that apply:

• Flyer
• Brochure
• Email
• Phone
• Word-of-mouth
• Mailing lists
• Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) website
• Internet/Other website (specify): ___________________________
• Other: ___________________________

Appendix C - Cover Letter

The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) is conducting a national survey on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) training events. The purpose of the survey is to document the nature and extent of FASD training events (of at least three hours' duration) across Canada. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is funding the survey and it will use the information obtained through the survey to inform FASD planning at the national, local and provincial levels.

We are asking for your assistance and participation in the survey so that we can create the most complete picture of brief FASD training in Canada. The survey is available in both official languages and it should take no more than 15 minutes to complete. Please also note that one survey should be completed for each training event.

Completed questionnaires will be treated with strict confidence and no agency or persons associated with specific agencies will be identifiable in any reports. The agency code included on all questionnaires will be used only to monitor returns. We are using the FASD Directory as our main source for respondent names and supplementing it with contact names from PHAC.

During the course of the survey you may receive one or more emails or telephone calls to ask for your help in ensuring that the completed survey is returned as soon as possible.

A reply within one week would be greatly appreciated.

Once the data are compiled, CCSA will prepare a report that will be made available upon request to individuals and organizations who completed the survey. As you are probably aware, other projects of a similar nature are underway - most notably the survey of public awareness activities being conducted by Best Start, and the scan of FASD programs in Ontario being undertaken by Elspeth Ross. Together, these initiatives will do much to further the national picture of what's happening in FASD.

A training scan of First Nations on reserve and Inuit communities will also be conducted in the coming months and the data from both surveys will be integrated.

Thank you for your participation. If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Paula Stanghetta, Project Manager, at 519-742-1447 or at paula@stanghetta.com.

Appendix D - Inventory of Training/Events

1. Alcohol Related Birth Defects Course
2. FASD BASICS - FASD Adult Case Management
3. FASD for Everybody
4. Effective Strategies for Families
5. FASD Education
6. An Overview of FASD
7. Mentor Pregnant Women with Addictions: The Stop FASD Model
8. SMART Workshop
9. Women and Addiction
10. The Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Community Practitioner Certificate Program
11. A Series of Workshops for Parents Raising Children, Adolescents and Adults with FASD
12. FASD and Adoption
13. Educating Students with FASD
14. Working with Adolescents with FASD
15. National Crime Prevention Strategy: Community Awareness and Action Workshops
16. Effective Strategies for Professionals (part of a FASout project)
17. Kick Off Campaign for Best Start awareness project
18. Role of the Occuaptional Therapist in the Assessment of FASD
19. OBD Triage Training specific to obtaining maternal ingestion of alcohol and/or drugs in pregnancy
20. FASD education
21. Atlantic FASD Networking Conference
22. Working for Success with Youth with FASD
23. FASD Workshop for Teachers
24. FASD training for Community Service providers
25. Understanding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
26. Aboriginal FASD Community Training
27. A Series of Workshops for Professionals Working with Individuals with FASD
28. Working with Adults with FASD - Building Community Capacity Project
29. A Parent's Perspective: Living with FASD
30. Basic FASD information for tutors
31. FASD 101
32. Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): Improving Our Work with Pregnant Women at Risk
33. FASD Inclusion System
34. Asset Mapping
35. FAS/E Prevention Using the Medicine Wheel Philosophy
36. AD 120 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
37. Overview of Prevention and Intervention on FASD
38. Understanding about Sensory Processing and FASD
39. Adolescence and FASD: Which is it?
40. Advocating for a Child with FASD at School (and other systems)
41. Talking about FASD with your Child
42. Working with Clients who have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
43. FASD: Beyond Awareness
44. FASD 101 & Prevention
45. Promoting Community Health: Okanese First Nation: Pregnant Mothers' Alcohol Use
46. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Framework for Understanding and Responding
47. FASD: Wa-pii-moos-toosis Healing Centre
48. Regional FASD Conference Maritimes
49. Telehealth FASD Information Series
50. FASD - The Invisible Disability and/or Areas of Difficulty
51. Action for Inclusion: FASD Audit - (Part 1)
52. Action for Inclusion: FASD Audit - (Part 2)
53. FASD Education for Teachers
54. Look at Me! Practical Strategies for living and working with individuals with FASD
55. FASD Workshop
56. The SMART Guide: Motivational Approaches Within the Stages of Change for Pregnant Women Who Use Alcohol and Other Drugs
57. Pregnancy and Alcohol Use: Strategies for Support
58. Harm Reduction: Implications for Work with Women Who Use Substances and their Children
59. Breaking the Cycle and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
60. Asset Mapping to Build Community Based FASD Prevention, Intervention and Support
61. The Best Start in Life - What Youth Need to Know about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (Train-the-trainer)
62. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: An Introduction for Care Providers
63. Information session to Mental Health Counsellors/Advisory Committee and interested community members
64. Supporting Change: Preventing and Addressing Alcohol Use in Pregnancy - Train the Trainer workshop
65. Messaging about Alcohol and Pregnancy
66. Alcohol and Pregnancy
67. Interagency Workshop
68. Parent Days 2005; Health Canada Grant
69. FASD: Signs, Symptoms and Secondary Characteristics
70. FASD Saskatchewan Speakers Bureau Networking and Training event
71. FASD Training
72. Basic FASD education with an emphasis on strategies for education
73. FASD: Teacher Stategies - In-Service to Corrections, Early Intervention, Social Workers
74. Planning for Students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
75. Alberta FASD Conference Promising Practices, Promising Futures
76. FASEout
77. Building community awareness about fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
78. FASD Diagnostic Training, A Team Approach
79. Linking Arms FASD Training in Kugluktuk, Nunavut
80. FASD and Sexuality
81. Teacher Training
82. Community Development
83. Psychological-medical FASD Diagnostic Collaboration: A South Saskatchewan Perspective
84. FASD Conference
85. Tried & Tested Strategies for Individuals Living with FASD
86. Pauktuutit Training
87. FASD and strategies for working with adults
88. What Corrections Needs to Know about FASD
89. Tools for the FASD Professional
90. Supporting Change: Preventing and Addressing Alcohol Use in Pregnancy - tailored for health care providers in fly-in northern communities
91. FASD monthly meeting
92. 1st Annual Regional FASD Conference - Support and Hope for the Community
93. Northern Visioning Conference FASD
94. Born Free
95. FASD Awareness
96. Violence and Aggression
97. FASD for Probation Officers
98. Understanding the Brain Assessment for FASD
99. The Neurodevelopmental Assessment in the diagnosis of FASD
100. HRDC Staff Training Basics - Workshops for High Risk Women - Parent Day - Intervening with Pregnant Women - FASD Basics - SIAST - Early Childhood Program - Youth Justice Programs
101. FASD Multidisciplinary Team Diagnostic Training
102. Community Preparedness for FASD
103. Strategies for Working with Those Affected by FASD
104. FASD Consultation Day
105. Alberta Children's Services Delegation Training
106. FAS parent training
107. ACCESS Workshops
108. Adolescents and Adults with FASD and the Community Mental Health Service System
109. Specialized for Individuals Who Support Young Offenders with FASD Part 1: Introduction to FASD Part 2: FASD & the Brain Part 3: Now you know, what do you do?
110. P.R.I.D.E. Module #10 Understanding the Effects of Chemical Dependency on Children and Families
111. FASD Diagnostic Team Training
112. FASD Diagnosis and Assessment: Training for Community Based Diagnostic Teams
113. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Other Alcohol Related Birth Defects
114. FASD Youth Mentorship Training
115. PLEA/Asante Youth Justice FASD Pilot Project - PARCA Conference
116. FASD Interactive Poster Presentation
117. FASD Family Camps
118. FAS Workshop - 2 day training 2001 - FASD Community Presentations (2005) - 1hour x 10 presentations at family centres, Lions Club, Medical Society and high school
119. Diane Malbin Training Shifting How We Intervene Differently with Individuals Affected with FASD
120. FASD for Educators

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