2006 BFSS Conference Powerpoint Presentations

Powerpoint presentations from the 2006 BFSS Conference are listed below.

(Callie Gass, Project Director, SAMHSA FASD Center for Excellence)

(Joyce Holl, MAPA, Executive Director, Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome)

Using the State Epidemiology Workgroup To Change Policy and Drive Funding

Using State Epidemiology Workgroups to Change Policy and Drive Funding (Ammie Akyere Bonsu, MPH, Project Officer, SAMHSA FASD Center for Excellence, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
Colorado Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Program (Pamela Gillen, ND, RN, CAC III, Project Coordinator, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center)
Detroit FAS Prevention Project (Cheryl Lauber, MSN, DPA, RN, State FAS Coordinator, Michigan Department of Community Health)

Reaching Women at High Risk—A State System Approach to Changing Behavior

Reducing Prenatal Alcohol Use: Effective Identification (Grace Chang, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital)
Reaching Women At High Risk – A State System Approach to Changing Behavior (Therese Grant, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine; Director, Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit; Director, Washington State Parent-Child Assistance Program)

Mental Health Treatment Strategies That Work

Context Driven Assessment and Treatment of a Developmentally and Psychiatrically Complex Patient with FASD (Paula Lockhart, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Kennedy Krieger Institute)
Mental Health Treatment Strategies that Work(Therese Grant, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine; Director, Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit; Director, Washington State Parent-Child Assistance Program)

Screening, Identification, and Referral in Juvenile Courts: A Work in Progress

FASD Initiative 17th Judicial District Adams County Colorado, FASD Identification and Intervention (Eileen Bisgard, JD, Project Director, FASD Initiative of the 17th Judicial District Juvenile Court, Adams County, Colorado)
A Program of Project Support for screening and intervening with youth with FASD in the juvenile justice system (Susan Carlson, BA, JD, Project Director and Judicial Officer, Hennepin County District Court, Minnesota)

Preventing FASD: Practices of Promise From the Field

New York's Statewide FASD Prevention Initiative (Margo Singer, MPA, Addictions Program Specialist II, New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services)
Wisconsin Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Prevention Initiative (Susan Gadacz, FASD State Coordinator, Bureau of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services)

An Ideal System of Care for Individuals With an FASD

Evidence-Based Interventions for Children With an FASD

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Socio-Cognitive Habilitation (Claire Coles, PhD, Director of the Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Development Project and Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine; Director, Fetal Alcohol Center, Marcus Institute)

State Policy Approaches for Addressing and Treating Individuals With an FASD

Alaska's FASD Diagnostic Team Network (L. Diane Casto, MPA, Manager, Prevention and Early Intervention Services, Division of Behavioral Health, State of Alaska)
Panel Main Topic: State Policy Approaches for Addressing and Treating Individuals with an FASD (Steven Bruce, JD, Executive Director and Managing Attorney, People With Disabilities Foundation, Inc)

FASD Efforts in Canada: Learning From Our Neighbors

The Saskatoon Supported Housing Project for Persons with FASD (Eunice Bergstrom, BA, Project Developer, Supported Housing for Persons With FASD, FASD Network of Saskatchewan)
Health Canada Programs and Activities to Address FASD in First Nation & Inuit Communities (Nadine S. Huggins, BA, MPPPA, Manager, FASD Strategic Programming Unit, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch of Health Canada)
The Canada Northwest FASD Research Network: Initiating Implementation (Sterling Clarren, MD, FAAP, Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director, Canada Northwest FASD Research Network; Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia)