Thank you, Mr. Chair. We don’t diagnose individuals with FASD when they enter correctional facilities. What we do is an initial assessment with the individual to try to determine where their strengths lie and where we may be able to provide assistance to build upon weaknesses or deficits. We felt that, in many instances, trying to obtain a diagnosis is impossible because we must have information on whether or not the mother drank and sometimes it is impossible to obtain that information, so we focus on taking our limited resources and putting them towards trying to assess the individuals’ skills and to build from there. Thank you.
Ms. Haener on Recorded Vote
In the Legislative Assembly on February 24th, 2014. See this statement in context.
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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
February 23rd, 2014
Haener
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