SAMHSA FASD Center for ExcellenceUpdate
What’s New From the SAMHSA FASD Center for Excellence
NOFAS Affiliates Summit, Hill Day and Leadership Awards Benefit: June 12-13, 2007
Second National Summit on Preconception Health and Health Care: October 29-31, 2007 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The SAMHSA FASD Center for Excellence has several new publications available on the Web site. The publications include:
Five “What You Need To Know” Fact Sheets:
The Physical Effects of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Adopting and Fostering Children With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Preventing FASD: Healthy Women, Healthy Babies
Effects of Alcohol on a Fetus
Effects of Alcohol on Women
The fact sheets can be accessed on the Grab and Go section under Fact Sheets and Brochures at http://www.fasdcenter.samhsa.gov/grabGo/factSheets.cfm
Two Family-Oriented Booklets:
My Sibling Has a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Can I Catch It?
What Do I Do? Helping Your Kids Understand Their Sibling’s Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
The booklets are available in print from NCADI. Ordering information can be accessed at http://www.fasdcenter.samhsa.gov/publications/booklets.cfm
Native Resource Kit:
The materials in this kit have been specially designed for the needs of Native American communities. The kit can be accessed on the Grab and Go section under
Native Resource Kit at http://www.fasdcenter.samhsa.gov/grabGo/NativeKit.cfm
Two New Courses:
FASD - The Course
This course provides an overview of risk factors for FASD, signs and symptoms, and prevention and treatment methods. It is designed primarily for health, mental health, and social service providers, educators, and other professionals who work with children, adolescents, and adults with an FASD. Parents, caregivers, and family members may also find it helpful
FASD—The Course can be accessed on the Education/Training section at
http://www.fasdcenter.samhsa.gov/educationTraining/courses/FASDTheCourse/splash.cfm
Curriculum for Addiction Professionals (CAP): Level 1 CAP 1 is intended for social workers, certified addiction counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists, and others in the treatment and recovery field. Parents, caregivers, and other family members may also find it helpful. Although the information in this curriculum pertains primarily to working with women and women with children in substance abuse treatment, some of the information also applies to adult men and adolescents in treatment programs.
You can access CAP 2 on the Education/Training section at http://www.fasdcenter.samhsa.gov/educationTraining/courses/CapCurriculum/index.cfm
2. NOFAS will host their Affiliates Summit, Hill Day, and Leadership Awards Benefit on June 12-13, 2007 in Washington, D.C. The sixteen NOFAS Affiliates will meet on Tuesday, June 12 from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. to feature current programs and set the coalition’s priorities. The fourth annual Hill Day will be held on Wednesday, June 13 beginning with a breakfast orientation leading into a full day of FASD constituent meetings with lawmakers and Congressional staff. The fifteenth annual awards reception hosted by United States Senator Lisa Murkowski and the Honorable Tom Daschle and Linda Hall Daschle (NOFAS founding members) will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Capitol Hill.
For more information about the events and to register, contact Tom Donaldson at donaldson@nofas.org or (202) 785-4585.
3. The Second National Summit on Preconception Health and Health Care will be held October 29-31, 2007 in Oakland, California. The Summit is being hosted by the Preconception Care Council of California, March of Dimes California Chapter, and the California Department of Health Services, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Abstracts for oral or poster presentations, as well as proposals for special sessions, including case studies, are currently being accepted. The deadline for abstract and proposal submission is June 18, 2007.
For more information about the Summit, abstract and proposal submission, and to register, access the March of Dimes California Chapter’s Web site at
http://www.marchofdimes.com/california/4947_24789.asp. The deadline for early registration is September 15, and the deadline for all registration is October15, 2007.
Contributor: Peggy Seo Oba
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