This training addresses the complex impact of secondary traumatic stress. It describes risk factors for and signs of secondary traumatic stress as well as prevention and self-care.  This course is… Read More »Secondary Traumatic Stress

Wish you knew more CASA volunteers? Are you feeling isolated and/or stressed? Want to find new ways to balance the demands of volunteering and other life responsibilities? This session will… Read More »CASA Peer Support Group – Exclusive to CASA Volunteers

The holidays often bring much excitement and celebration for families. But for children who have experienced the disruption in their lives of being separated from their families, the holidays can… Read More »Holiday Stress

Join us for a training on bridging the gap between birth and foster parents. For years in child welfare a major gap has existed between birth and foster parents. Fueled… Read More »Birth & Foster Parent Partnerships: Creating a Caregiving Network

This training helps participants understand the importance of attachment in parenting both for the children and parents who are fostering or adopting. It covers the impact of fractured attachments/lack of… Read More »Attachment

You can attend with your CASA or offer to work a game.

Join us every 2nd Friday of the month from 8am-9am for CASA Coffee!

This training helps participants understand the impact of separation and ambiguous loss, and the differnet ways children grieve.  Life-long grieving and the importance of providing opportunities for grieving is explored.… Read More »Separation, Loss and Grief

If you are working with a Gasconade or Osage County Family, feel free to join us to celebrate the holidays.

Understanding the foster care system can be challenging and overwhelming while you're also providing care to children who've experienced trauma. Often parents are given incorrect or contradictory information, leaving them… Read More »Know Your Rights, Know Your Role