This area of our
website has resources for trained
CASA Advocates to
use while working on their cases. If you are interested in
volunteering,
please visit our volunteer
page.
Advocate
stats are due on the 10th of each month. A reminder email
will be
sent to all advocates on the first of each month that will provide a
link to this form.
In-Service
Training Opportunities
All CASAs are
required to complete 12 hours of in-service training per year. Any
in-service training hours should be reported, along with your regular
service hours, and other data via the link to the form above "Submit
Advocate Monthly STATS." All CASAs will receive a reminder
email
on the 1st of every month with a link to the form. Completed STAT forms
are due back on the 10th of every month.
CASA staff will inform advocates of
local workshops and available trainings below, as well as via email.
The National CASA website (casaforchildren.org), and any of
the links
listed on the links
page, are
loaded with useful information pertaining to CASA work.
Reading and researching these sites counts toward in-service training
hours. If you become aware of a workshop or seminar related
to CASA work, or can recommend an insightful book or website, please
let CASA staff know so we can share with all our CASAs!
In this
latest podcast, Stephen McCrea, CASA supervisor with CASA for Children
in Portland, OR, talks about the history of mental health treatment of
foster
youth. He focuses on the introduction of psychotropic medications,
their use
today and what
a CASA/GAL
volunteer should know when working with medicated youth.
Before working
with the CASA program, McCrea was a crisis counselor and a residential
counselor for youth. Listen to the podcast at the National CASA website.
Upcoming Webinars!!
Zero
to Six Child Welfare Series
The
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
The Impact of Trauma & the Experience of Young Children in the
Child Welfare System
Thursday, October 6th ~ 11am
Issues
of Attachment for Young Traumatized Children and their Caregivers
Thursday, November 3rd ~ 11am
Cultural
Considerations for Young Children in Foster Care
Thursday, December 1st ~ 11am
Development
and Medical Issues for Young Foster Children
Thursday, January 12th, 2012 ~ 11am
Therapeutic
Interventions for Young Foster Children and Their Caregivers
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 ~ 11am
Step
1: Create an account (free):
http://learn.nctsn.org/login/singup.php
Step
2: Check your email and confirm your account (click on link)
Step
3: Return to: http://learn.nctsn.org and enroll in this
Speaker Series
Step
4: On the day of presentation, login and return to the
Speaker Series homepage
For
Learning Center technical
assistance, email: help@nctsn.org
Casework/Investigative
Resources
Listed
below are links to sites that are useful tools in working/investigating
your cases and tracking your court hearings:
What is "The Advocate?" The Advocate
is a bi-monthly newsletter for CASA insiders. Who is an insider? Our
CASA Advocates, members of the CASA Board of Directors, and Friends of
CASA are all CASA insiders. This newsletter is intended to be a source
of information about the CASA program and events effecting CASA and its
volunteers. The
Advocate will
include updates on the program, training opportunities, and ways you
can help the program be successful. Please share any training or other
information that our volunteers might find useful!
"What I do you
cannot do; but what you do, I
cannot do. The
needs are great, and none of us, including me, ever do great things.
But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do
something wonderful." --Mother
Teresa
The mission
of CASA of Vermilion County is to
advocate for abused and neglected children within the Juvenile Court
System, by training and managing volunteers to represent those
children's best interest to the Court.
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