The project involves four partners from Poland (2), Germany (1), Lithuania (1). The partnership is composed
of university, medical university, healthcare institution (hospital), foundation running an adoption centre.
The partners are supported by three associated partners which are NGOs, regional authority from Sweden,
Denmark and Poland. The project is led by the University of Gdańsk (PL).
The overall project objective is to stimulate cooperation in the South Baltic region in improving early
diagnosis and support for FAS/FASD families by uniting experts, raising awareness, exchanging knowledge
and developing training and care models.
The project’s activities start with working on harmonization of FAS/FASD guidelines, development of
educational materials and training programme for health professionals as well as pilot implementation of
trainings. The outcome will be the establishment of an international network of specialists supporting FASD
diagnosis and care. The next strand of actions is dedicated to analysing of the situation of families affected
by FAS/FASD in each PP country, identifying the gaps and finally developing the FASD-Bridge MODEL which
will define the model of cooperation between different institutions in order to support families rising children
with FAS. The last step will be testing the model in each partner country, which will be followed by a
collaborative review and refinement based on the collected feedback.
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