January 4-13

FASD Training & Education

Contact

Program

Services

Calgary Fetal Alcohol Network (CFAN)

Danna Ormstrup
Phone: (403) 652- 4776
Email: fasdanna@telus.net

Foothills Fetal Alcohol Society: Support and

Education Program
Website: http://www.foothillsfas.com

Danna Ormstrup
Phone: (403) 652- 4776
Email: fasdanna@telus.net

Foothills Fetal Alcohol Society: Community

Response
Website: http://www.foothillsfas.com

Torrie Johal
Phone: (403) 209-1407

Mcman Youth, Family and Community

Services Association: FASD Kaleidoscope
Website: http://www.mcman.ca
The OBD (Organic Brain Dysfunction) Triage
Institute- Advanced level training

Liz Lawryk
Phone: (403) 949-3991
Email: info@obdtriage.com
Liz Lawryk

The OBD (Organic Brain Dysfunction) Triage

Offers prevention and awareness programs

addressing issues such as adult support;
individual and family support; living room
support; professional consultation;
moms/womens groups; dads/mens
groups; life skills program for youth; and
young adults supports.
Educational programs are also available for
educators, health providers, caregivers,
social workers, policy makers, families,
friends, neighbors etc.
Enhances community awareness of FASD
issues through presentations, discussions
and increases awareness of agency and
services
Mentors promote FASD awareness by
education both public and professionals on
FASD realities
For professionals working with individuals
affected by FASD in the criminal justice
system. Instruction is tailored to the
audience.
Respectful, culturally responsive

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Phone: (403) 949-3991
Email: info@obdtriage.com

Institute- Interviewing Skills

Website: http://www.obdtriage.com

Dorothy Badry
Phone: (403) 220-4502
Email: badry@ucalgary.ca
Linda Scurr
Counselling Supervisor
Phone: (403) 297-3062

University of Calgary- Faculty of Social Work

Enhanced Services for Women (ESW), AHS
Adult Addictions Services Calgary

interviewing skills teaching for women who

may have consumed alcohol during
pregnancy (advanced program for
individuals with knowledge about FASD)

The ESW help Kit training is a one-day event

intended to assist service providers in the
community in effectively screening and
intervening with women who use alcohol,
tobacco and /or other drugs. This session is
for profession who work with women it will
benefit community health and obstetrical
nurses, social workers, physicians, midwives,
outreach and community agency workers,
home support workers, mentors and
advocates.
Additional FASD education and prevention
initiative in 2012 include ongoing
collaboration with community partners and
stakeholders including in-service
presentations to allied professionals at the
AHS East Calgary Health Centre and delivery
of the Prenatal Effects of Alcohol and Other
Drugs seminar to the Adoption Options
Agency

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Central Alberta FASD Service Network

Betty Lou Benson
Phone: (403) 309-5650
Email: fasdnetwork@shawbiz.ca
Lori Loran
Phone: (403) 854-5852 or
(403) 854-1942
Email: loriloranfasd@netago.ca

Central Alberta FASD Network

Provides awareness promotion and

educational resources

South Central FASD Committee

Drumheller

Provides FASD information, awareness,

promotion and education. A resource library
is also available.

Edmonton Fetal Alcohol Network (EFAN)

Alaina Thursby
Phone: (780) 423-2285 Ext. 157
Email: athursby@bissellcentre.org
Canadian FASD Diagnostic and
Training Centre Ltd
Phone: (780) 942-2819
Email: info@fasdcanada.com
Denise Plesuk
Phone: (780) 477-1999 Ext. 3202
Email:

Bissell Centre
Website: http://www.bissellcentre.org

Offers tailored FASD community education

to small and large groups

Website: http://www.fasdcanada.com

Providing team training, professional

development and educational presentations

Catholic Social Services: Coaching Families

Website: http://www.catholicsocial services.ab.ca

Offers community awareness teaching

Lisa Rogozinsky
Phone: (780) 940-7108
Email: fasdsolutions@hotmail.com

EFAN
Website: http://edmontonfetalalcoholnetwork.org/

Awareness and promoting FASD discussions

denise.plesuk@catholicsocialservices.ab.ca

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Cindy King
Area Manager
Phone: (780) 415-0038
Riina Eggins
Counselling Supervisor
Phone: (780) 415-0046

Enhanced Services for Women (ESW)

Adult Addictions Services Edmonton

Education initiatives include ESW Help Kit

training events for allied professional
working with women who use substance as
well as ongoing collaboration with of 40
FASD community partners and stake holders

Lakeland Centre for FASD (LCFASD)

Donna Fries
Phone: (780) 594-9905
Email: Dfries@lcfasd.com

Lakeland Centre for FASD: Assessment and

Diagnostic Educations Services
Website: http://www.lcfasd.com

Audrey McFarlane
Phone: (780) 594-9905
Toll free: 1-877-594-9907
Email: admin@lcfasd.com
Joanne Ring
Cell Phone: (780) 573-9657
Email: Joanne_ring@hotmail.com

Lakeland Centre for FASD

Website: http://www.lcfasd.com
Lakeland Centre for FASD
Website: http://www.lcfasd.com

Yearly 3 day FASD diagnostic and

assessment training
Involves 3 days of observation of clinic with
multidisciplinary team
FASD and related training to rural
communities
Training is tailored to meet educational
needs of the audience
FASD and related training to rural
communities
Training is tailored to meet educational
needs of the audience

North West Regional (NWR) FASD Society: Mackenzie Network

Wanda Belland
Phone: (780) 926-3375
Email: wanda.fasdsociety@telus.net

NWR FASD Society

Website: http://www.nwr-fasd.ab.ca

Provides workshops and presentations to

increase FASD education and awareness

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Wanda Belland
Phone: (780) 926-3375
Email: wanda.fasdsociety@telus.net

NWR FASD Society: Pebbles Training

Website: http://www.nwr-fasd.ab.ca

Linking brain function with behavioural

symptoms

Metis Settlements FASD Network

Amanda Lapine-Tremblay
Phone: (780) 822-4056
Email: alepine@msgc.ca

Metis Settlements FASD Network

Competence training for youth to increase

awareness and knowledge about the effects
of drinking alcohol while pregnant

Amanda Lapine-Tremblay
Phone: (780) 822-4056
Email: alepine@msgc.ca

Metis Settlements FASD Network

Education and training for Community

Justice/FASD workers

Northeast Fetal Alcohol Network (NEFAN)

Lenise Wagner
Phone: (780) 750-6678/9
Email: neafan01@shaw.ca
Ruby Canning
Phone: (780) 743-3309

NEAFAN

Provides specialized training for FASD

mentors and supervisors

The Childrens Centre

FASD prevention, awareness and education

activities for in-house programs and some
community requests

Northwest Alberta FASD Network

Gwen Vekved

North West Alberta FASD Network

For FASD workers to improve knowledge

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Phone: (780) 357-7508

Website: http://www.nwfasdnetwork.ca

Julie Wood
Phone: (780) 332-4183

Accredited supported Living Society (ASLS)FASD Grimshaw

Website: http:// www.aslslimited.org
Fetal Alcohol Support Society (FASS)
Website: http:// www.fassalberta.ca

Thelma Vincent
Phone: (780) 814 7624
Email: thelma@telusplanet.net

Tracy Kosik
ESW Service Coordinator, AHS
Northern Addictions Centre
Phone: (780) 538-6356
Irene Gladue
Site Manager, AHS Northern
Addictions Centre
Phone: (780) 538-6352

Grand Prairie Enhanced Services for Women

(ESW), AHS

(life stage transitional requirements)

Respite workers trained to work with
children
Community FASD awareness- what services
are available and training requirements to
work with individuals with FASD
Offers resource library, referrals,
information and presentations
The program works with individuals,
families, caregivers and groups promoting
and facilitating FASD education, prevention,
intervention diagnosis/assessment, care and
supports.
(Planning to bring Diane Malbin for FASD
training)
Education initiatives include the delivery of
the Help Kit training sessions to allied
professionals and community stakeholders.

Northwest Central FASD Network

Teresa ORiordan

NWC FASD Network

Increasing FASD learning and awareness

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Phone: (780) 674-4141
Email:
toriordan@fasdnetworknwc.ca

Website: http:// www.fasdnetworknwc.ca

through brochures, community visits,

presentations, professional development
trainings, FASD related trainings and
through email distribution updating for
ongoing training, conferences and learning
opportunities
Coordinate trainings for community and
allied professionals

Prairie Central FASD Network

Will work with community agencies and

service providers to ensure ongoing learning
for best practice to work with individual and
their families/caregivers

Hazel Mitchell, Coordinator

Phone: (403) 317-0934
Email: hmmitch@telus.net

South Alberta FASD Network

FASD community development; awareness

and promotion

Laura Elliot
Phone: (403) 328-2488 Ext.225
Email: laura.elliott@mcman.ca
Brent Lorenz
Phone: (403) 330-5051

Mcman Youth, Family and Community

Services Association
Website: http://www.mcman.ca
Lethbridge Regional Police/ Youth Justice
contract with Alberta Children and Youth

Provides FASD information, awareness,

promotion and education

Prairie Central FASD Network

Stacy Wolbeck
Phone: (780) 672-0141
Email: cdss9@telus.net

South Alberta FASD Network

Consultation about the program to other

jurisdictions

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Lethbridge College

Services
Website:
Offers a one-year certificate program in
http://www.lethbridgecollege.ca/program/fasd Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
training

South East Alberta FASD Network (SEAFAN)

Bridges Family Programs
Association
Phone: (403) 526-7473

(Medicine Hat, Bow Island, Brooks and Oyen)

Website: http://bridgesfamilyprograms.com

Provides awareness and prevention

presentations for students, community
agencies, community organizations and
professionals
Learning focuses on primary and secondary
disabilities, appropriate and effective
interventions, and consultative services

First Nations Inuit Health (FNIH)

Alberta Aboriginal Committee on
FASD
Contact: Co-Chairs- Bev Allard and
Marcia Medicine Shield
Phone: (780) 423-2285

The committee works to ensure that FASD

services are delivered in a culturally
responsive manner

Justice Programs
Liz Lawryk

Calgary- The OBD (Organic Brain Dysfunction)

Advanced level training for professionals

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Phone: (403) 949- 3991
Email: info@obdtriage.com

Triage Institute
Website: http://www.obdtriage.com

working with the criminal justice system.

Instruction tailored to audience.

Alaina Sanregret
Phone: (780) 594-9905
Toll free: 1-877-594-9907

Cold Lake- Lakeland Centre for Fetal Alcohol

Spectrum Disorder
Website: http://www.lcfasd.com

Tailored FASD teaching for adult

understanding and professionals working
with FASD affected individuals

CFSA FASD Leadership Program

Donna Debolt will provide a 10 day program

offering tailored training for CFSA managers
to enhance FASD knowledge, skills, and to
build capacity to better support
children/youth living with FASD and their
families/caregivers. The program infuses
classroom training with real case
consultation and post-Certificate strategies
that aim to strengthen CFSAs in the area of
FASD screening and service delivery.
Participants will go on to facilitate FASD
training within and outside their
organizations, provide consultation (e.g.
colleagues, caregivers, professionals within
their communities), and advocate for the
needs of individuals affected by FASD (at
individual, agency and systems levels)

Ministry -Specific

Human Services
Child and Family Service
Denise Milne
Senior Manager FASD
Phone: (780) 451-0523
Email: denise.milne@gov.ab.ca
Sharon Long
Phone:
Email: sharon.long@gov.ab.ca

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Alberta Justice & Solicitor General
Marilyn Jerowsky (Calgary Contact)
Phone: (403) 297-8598
Email: marilyn.jerowsky@gov.ab.ca
Panyasay Xaysana (Edmonton
Contact)
Phone: (780) 427-3261
Email:
Panyasay.xaysana@gov.ab.ca

Provincial Trainers
Donna Debolt
Phone: (780) 436-6223
Cell: (780) 905-4455

Alberta Justice & Solicitor General Ministry

Specific Training

Social Work Consultant

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Provides site specific and new recruit FASD

Awareness for Solicitor General staff and
partners.

General FASD training across the lifespan

Basic level and Advanced level training.
Case Management/ Case Consultation
training.

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Donna Debolt will provide the community
of practice training to the various CFSAs
within the province.