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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Curriculum for Tribal Justice Systems Personnel |
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National Indian Justice Center, Inc., (NIJC), a 100% Indian owned and
operated 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, was created in 1983 to serve
as an independent training and technical assistance resource for tribal
courts. For more information about our services and training materials, visit us online at www.nijc.org.
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Preparing a Healthy Path: The Impacts of FAS/ARND on Tribal Justice Systems
A Training Curriculum for Tribal Justice Systems Personnel
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In
2001, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center
on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Prevention Team awarded the National Indian Justice Center (NIJC) a
cooperative agreement. Pursuant to that
cooperative agreement, NIJC developed a fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
awareness curriculum which promotes a tribal multi-disciplinary team
approach for responding to persons with FAS and alcohol related
neuro-developmental disorder (ARND) who are involved in the tribal
justice system as defendants, witnesses and/or victims. The
goals of this curriculum are to increase awareness of FAS/ARND among
tribal justice system personnel and to reduce the secondary
disabilities associated with FAS/ARND specifically those that result in
increased criminal behavior among or victimization of persons with
FAS/ARND. To learn more about FAS/ARND, go to About FAS. This
curriculum is available through NIJC at a cost of $40 including,
printing, handouts and standard shipping via U.S. mail. For more
information about the curriculum content, go to About the Curriculum. To order the curriculum, go to NIJC’s Webpage and click on NIJC’s Publication List.
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