Resources for Advocates

Pre-Service Training Links for Pre-Work

Session 1

CASA 101: What Does a CASA Volunteer Do?

WHO Child Maltreatment

CASA Founder Judge David W. Soukup

John's Story

Research and Effectiveness

ReMoved #3

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Session 2

Navigating Your Child Welfare Case

Attachment Theory: How Childhood Affects Life

Interviewing a 4 y.o. Child Part 1

Interviewing a 4 y.o. Child Part 2

Optima Training Environment

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Session 3

Supporting Children of Parents with Mental Illness

Get Smart About Drugs

How Addiction Affects Our Children

State of Addiction: Children Living with Addicted Parents

Optima Training Environment

Mandated Reporter Training

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Session 4

Poverty Data

SPENT

Verna Myers: How to Overcome Our Biases?

Implicit Bias Test

People In Need Directory

Optima Training Environment

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Session 5

Optima Training Environment

Why We Stayed

First Impressions

ReMoved

How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime

Tipping the Scales - The Resilience Game

Optima Training Environment

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Session 6

Optima Training Environment

Stories of Aging Out - Baily's Story

Promoting Brain Gains for Youths Emerging from Foster Care

Randy's Story

Learning About Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity & Expression

SOGIE - Glossary (PDF)

Bias Free Advocacy

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