CASA CONTINUING EDUCATION

National CASA requires that all active advocates complete 12 hours of continuing education per year. 

The following resources can be used to complete your continuing education requirement. Please track your hours and report them on your CASA timecard. Thank you for continuing your learning journey in order to provide the best possible advocacy for your case child(ren)!

Articles
& Publications

A collection of articles and online publications to assist you with your advocacy, sorted by topic.

CASA of Arizona Training Center

CASA of Arizona welcomes all CASA volunteers nationwide to their training center. They provide materials and resources to help each volunteer become a more effective child advocate.

Educational Advocacy Guidebook

Texas CASA’s Educational Advocacy Guidebook helps CASAs identify education-related challenges facing their youth and illustrates how to overcome these challenges through advocacy.

Nat'l Child Traumatic Stress Network

National Child Traumatic Stress Network offers a wide array of webinars and e-learning courses on best practices for helping children who have experienced trauma. (Free, registration required).

Voice of the Foster Care Community

iFoster conducted three years of surveys with 15,000+ members of the foster care community, resulting in five key recommendations to improve the lives and outcomes of children in care.

CASA Book
List

The National CASA Association offers the following book list to help improve and inspire your service to children. This annotated list is organized by topic and contains over 100 books!

CASA of Montgomery County Resources

Another extensive collection of CASA training resources organized into helpful "library modules" covering topics like ACEs, Diversity, Kinship, Legal Advocacy, Medical Advocacy, and more.

FASCETS
Resources

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Consultation Education And Training Services (FASCETS) presents an array of brain-based, human-centered resources for learning about FASD.

Texas CASA Online Learning Center

Texas CASA's excellent library of trainings and informational videos for advocates & foster (resource) families. Registration is required, but it is free and open to CASAs and families in all states.

CASA Film
List

The National CASA Association offers the following list of films and television programs for continuing education. (Most titles suggested by advocates on the National CASA Facebook Page.)

Child Welfare Information Gateway

The Child Welfare Information Gateway provides free publications categorized by topics in child abuse and neglect, child welfare, and adoption. They also have an excellent podcast series!

HRC LEARN - LGBTQ+ Resources

Online learning offerings covering promising practices in serving LGBTQ+ children, youth and families. To watch at no cost, click "Register" and fill out the short form, using access code "NA".

Trauma-Based Relational Intervention

TBRI® 101: A Self-Guided Course in Trust-Based Relationships is a free 8-hr series of self-paced video lessons on TBRI®, an evidence-based intervention for children following abuse, neglect, and/or trauma.

For real-time training opportunities, check our our Live Trainings & Webinars page!

Have questions about CASA's continuing education requirements? Please reach out to your advocate coordinator - they will be happy to answer your inquiries and can suggest a variety of training resources that will be a good fit for your case!

CASA - VOICES FOR CHILDREN
Benton & Lincoln Counties, Oregon
(541) 753-5838 • (541) 265-3116

CASA CONTINUING EDUCATION

Articles
& Publications

CASA of Arizona Training Center

Educational Advocacy Guidebook

Nat'l Child Traumatic Stress Network

Voice of the Foster Care Community

CASA Book
List

CASA of Montgomery County Resources

FASCETS
Resources

Texas CASA Online Learning Center

CASA Film
List

Child Welfare Information Gateway

HRC LEARN - LGBTQ+ Resources

Trauma-Based Relational Intervention

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CASA - VOICES FOR CHILDREN Benton & Lincoln Counties, Oregon (541) 753-5838 • (541) 265-3116

CASA CONTINUING EDUCATION

Subscribe to CASA-VFC Newsletters

CASA - VOICES FOR CHILDREN
Benton & Lincoln Counties, Oregon
(541) 753-5838 • (541) 265-3116