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Prenatal Substance Exposure

A collection of resources about prenatal drug and alcohol exposure and associated conditions, including Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and Neonatal Abstinence Disorder (NAD).

Featured resources

Publication

All about FASD: A guide for adoptive and permanency families

Download this free digital guide for adoptive and permanency families...

Article

Ask the expert: Drug and alcohol exposure

Jan Radford is a Registered Nurse with over 30 years...

Article

Journey to recovery

This powerful story was the keynote speech at Growing Together:...

Video

FASD: Becoming the sensory detective at home

This video highlights the importance of sensory sensitivities in children...

Publication

| May 17, 2022

All about FASD: A guide for adoptive and permanency families

Download this free digital guide for adoptive and permanency families that covers topics such as FASD 101, seeking an FASD diagnosis, advocating for your child, true stories from adoptees living with...

Story

| September 1, 2019

My life with FASD

People with FASD struggle with lifelong behaviour and learning problems. In this article, one young adoptee shares her story of life with FASD. All names have been changed. What assumptions...

Story

| December 20, 2017

ADHD and FASD: making sense of the connections

It’s very common for adopted children to be diagnosed with both attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). In this article, adoptive father and FASD advocate...

Article

| November 21, 2017

FASD: It’s not just the brain

Research reveals that prenatal alcohol exposure impacts the entire body, not just the brain. A whole-body disorder For the past several decades, the widely held assumption in the field of...

Article

| September 16, 2013

Ask the expert: Drug and alcohol exposure

Jan Radford is a Registered Nurse with over 30 years of experience working with children as a clinician, administrator, researcher and educator. She worked with substance-exposed infants and children for...

Article

| August 5, 2013

Are you up to parenting a child with FASD?

When I met Susan Bell* in her large, Surrey home, I was immediately struck by how ordered and tidy it seemed, especially considering it’s home to several teens. I had...

Article

| August 5, 2013

Journey to recovery

This powerful story was the keynote speech at Growing Together: a retreat for parents of persons with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in January 2010. Hi, my name is Nicolas....

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2SLGBTQIA+

The Belonging Network has welcomed 2SLGBTQIA+ people and celebrated all families for decades. This toolkit has resources for and about 2SLGBTQIA+ parents and caregivers, and children and youth.

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Adoptee voices

We believe it’s vital to centre adoptee voices and perspectives. Inspired by the #FlipTheScript campaign founded by adopted people, this toolkit gathers some of our best resources by and for adoptees.

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Phone:

604-320-7330

Toll free:

1-877-236-7807

Mailing address:

408-602 West Hastings Street
Vancouver BC V6B 1P2

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