Edwards, A.E., Porter, R.R., Hanson, B.L., Johnson, M.E., Mongeau, V., and Brems, C. (2012) Educating Health and Allied Health Care Providers in Alaska: The Arctic FASD Regional Training Center 2008-2011. Poster presented at the Fifth Biennial Conference on FASDs: It's A Matter of Justice, Vancouver, British Columbia, April 18-21, 2012.

During its first year, the Arctic FASD Regional Training Center conducted two FASD education needs assessments, which assisted us in developing tailored training materials. In both needs assessments the questions were based around the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s seven core FASD competencies. 

The results of these two needs assessments were published in the following journals:

Brems, C., Boschma-Wynn, R.V., Dewane, S.L., Edwards, A., & Robinson, R.V. (2011) Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Educational Needs in Academia. Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education 55:15-37.

Brems, C., Boschma-Wynn, R.V., Dewane, S.L., Edwards, A., & Robinson, R.V.(2010) Training Needs of Healthcare Providers Related to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Core Competencies for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology 17(3):e405-e415. (Open access article - available for download as a PDF.)