We pay an emotional price for doing the work that we do. Repeated and chronic exposure to large volumes of difficult stories can erode our sense of empathy for others.… Read More »National CASA Webinar: Empathic Strain & Secondary Trauma 101: Understanding the Essentials
Poverty is a common thread across the lives of the children and families involved in the child welfare system. Its impact can have deep and long lasting impact and consequences.… Read More »National CASA/GAL Book Club: “The Lines Between Us: Two Families and a Quest to Cross Baltimore’s Racial Divide”
Our next CASA Book Club selection is Beautiful Boy by David Sheff. This is a memoir written by a father as he navigates the struggles of his son's addiction to… Read More »CASA Book Club: Beautiful Boy
Adolescence is a stage of life with specific health and developmental needs. A successful transition from childhood to adulthood can be difficult even under the best circumstances. For youth in… Read More »National CASA Webinar: Collaborative Strategies to Improve Outcomes for Adolescents Affected by Substance Use Disorders and Child Welfare
Maintaining appropriate boundaries is fundamental to managing one’s health and well-being. When working with children and families our desire to help, which is a positive, can lead to the blurring… Read More »National CASA Webinar: Defining the Line: Setting and Maintaining Healthy Boundaries
In this webinar we will explore the connection between the potential to reduce child welfare system involvement through the implementation of poverty-reduction strategies based on existing social policy packages (e.g.… Read More »National CASA Webinar: The Effects of Child Poverty Reductions on Child Protective Services Involvement and Placement into Out-of-Home Care
Join Ashley and Lynne on 1/25/22 at 5:30PM, while we provide some tips and review some reminders on Optima. RSVP to ashley@casamideastmo.org by 1/18/22.
Join Angie on 1/26/22 at 6PM to discuss engaging your CASA youth in their goal planning process. Learn more about the CASA Independent Living Assessment and how this tool can… Read More »Fostering Futures Recap
This webinar will explore the intersection of family economic instability and involvement with child welfare and the potential for recrafting how families and children are supported. There is a growing… Read More »National CASA Webinar: Economic and Concrete Supports as Core to Family and Child Well-being
Data on Native American youth, including adolescent populations, adolescent development, and common behaviors. Information on how Native American youth differ from non-native youth in areas such as cultural identity and… Read More »National CASA Webinar: Substance Use among Native American Youth
Medical marijuana has become a trending topic among our CASA cases. Join us if you are interested in learning more about practices surrounding medical marijuana or if you have experience… Read More »In-Service: Medical Marijuana Discussion
Poverty is a common thread across the lives of the children and families involved in the child welfare system. Its impact can have deep and long lasting impact and consequences.… Read More »National CASA/GAL Book Club: “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive”