There was only one good study that was published in 1993 in the States, which showed the protective factors for improving outcomes for individuals with FASD. The top two were diagnosis before age six, because you can hopefully link to supportive services, and a stable home environment.
There is also lots of data that shows that kids with FASD who are in the child welfare system—or child whatever we call it in Canada—skip around to all different sorts of placements. That's not good and we know that. Depending on the family environment and situation.... Sometimes they're trying to be a stable family environment, but the kid has a lot of issues that are FASD related. Sometimes it's not a stable home environment.
I hear the same story. I have a friend who is a judge. She used to be in Saskatchewan and is now in B.C. She said, “I see the same thing. A ten-year-old kid is in front of me a hundred times in a year. I don't know what to do.”
That's significant.