Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Coordination

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What is FASD Coordination?

If you have a child (up to 18 years of age, or 21 if they are still in school) who has or may have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), the FASD Coordinator Program will be able to support you. You will be connected to a dedicated FASD Coordinator who works alongside you and your family to create a personalized support plan based on your child’s unique needs, strengths, and goals.

The FASD Coordinator works closely with other service providers like healthcare professionals, educators, and community organizations to ensure everyone is working together to support you and your child. The Coordinator can also help members your child and family’s team understand and apply an FASD-informed approach, ensuring that services and supports are tailored to the unique needs FASD can present.

  • Single Point of Contact and Single Plan: The FASD Coordinator works with you to create a service plan tailored to your child’s unique needs, strengths, and goals. They serve as a single point of contact for your family and team, answering questions and guiding you through available services and community supports.
  • FASD-Informed Coordinated Services: The FASD Coordinator collaborates with service providers such as healthcare professionals, educators, and community organizations to ensure all services are working towards common goals and encourage FASD-informed services.
  • Support During Transitions: The FASD Coordinator will help you navigate key transitions, such as moving from school services to adult services, and ensures appropriate supports are in place to manage these changes.
  • Community Capacity Building: The Coordinator helps improve community understanding and awareness of FASD by supporting cross-sector collaboration, training community partners, and working with local services to provide more FASD-informed supports, benefiting the broader community.
  • Children and youth eligible for this service are:
    • Up to 18 years of age (21 if you are still in school).
    • Currently live in Durham Region; and
    • Have or may have a diagnosis of FASD*

*Please note, a diagnosis of FASD is not required to access the support of an FASD Coordinator.

You can contact our Access Services to find out more about this service.

A diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) can increase a child’s ability to access support, services and funding. It can also increase understanding and opportunities for skill development.

Resources staff work closely with Lakeridge Health to support FASD diagnostic services locally at their FASD Diagnostic Clinic.

What to expect from an FASD Coordinator:

Single Point of Contact and Single Plan

The FASD Coordinator works with you to create a service plan tailored to your child’s unique needs, strengths, and goals. They serve as a single point of contact for your family and team, answering questions and guiding you through available services and community supports.

FASD-Informed Coordinated Services: 

The FASD Coordinator collaborates with service providers such as healthcare professionals, educators, and community organizations to ensure all services are working towards common goals and encourage FASD-informed services.

Support During Transitions:

The FASD Coordinator will help you navigate key transitions, such as moving from school services to adult services, and ensures appropriate supports are in place to manage these changes.

Community Capacity Building:

The Coordinator helps improve community understanding and awareness of FASD by supporting cross-sector collaboration, training community partners, and working with local services to provide more FASD-informed supports, benefiting the broader community.

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“Thank you for everything… It was nice to be heard, and to have someone there to ask questions I didn’t at times even know to ask. I appreciate you showing up for us.  You are one of the reasons this difficult situation wasn’t worse, and I will forever be grateful.”

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