Court Appointed Special Advocate



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Spring 2019 Training Schedule

Court Appointed Special Advocates

Volunteer Training Schedule

Location of training : 611 S 2nd St Mt. Vernon, WA Conference Room

Pre work will be sent out prior to class beginning. You should expect homework for every session that will prepare you for the class.

Session Topic Date Time Hrs Homework

|1 |Welcome, Program Overview & History, |Monday, |12-4 pm |4 |Pre work for Chp. 2 |

| |Policies/Procedures, Intro to role of a CASA, Child |April 8th | | |Local Documents and terms |

| |welfare laws and systems. | | | | |

|2 |Ages and stages, attachment, children’s needs, Best |Wednesday |12-4 pm |4 |Pre work for Chp. 3 |

| |Interest, Risk Factors, Recognizing abuse and neglect. |April 10th | | |ACE Study |

| | | | | |Interviewing Skills |

| | | | | |Shane’s Story |

| | | | | |First Impressions |

|3 |Trauma, Resiliency, Working a case: Black-Smith, |Friday |12-4 pm |4 |Pre work for Chp. 4 |

| |Interview skills, writing effective recommendations |April 12th | | |Violence Preventions |

| | | | | |Seven Cs of resilience |

| |Guest speaker: DCYF Social Worker | | | | |

|4 |Understanding mental illness, poverty vs. neglect, |Monday |12-4 pm |4 |Pre work for Chp. 5 |

| |Obtaining records, effective communication with other |April 15th | | | |

| |professionals, The Green case | | | | |

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| |Guest speaker: Parent’s Attorney | | | | |

|5 |Understanding substance abuse, culture, diversity, |Wednesday |12-4 pm |4 |Pre work for Chp. 6 |

| |disproportionality, the Lavender case |April 17th | | |Exercise, Sorting people |

|6 |Domestic Violence, Cultural competency, child’s 911 |Friday |12-4 pm |4 |Pre work for Chp. 7 |

| |call, the Amarillo case |April 19th | | |How resilience is built |

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| |Guest Speaker, ICWA Attorney | | | | |

|7 |Rebuilding resilience, Permanency, Concurrent planning,|Monday |12-4 pm |4 |Pre work: Red Case |

| |Older youth, LGBTQ youth, Bailey’s story, the Brown |April 22nd | | |Childhood Reflections |

| |case | | | | |

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| |Guest Speaker: AAG | | | | |

| |Court Observation |Tuesday |9-12 pm |3 | |

| | |April 23rd | | | |

|8 |Working a case, General review, finding support, |Wednesday |12-4 pm |4 | |

| |looking ahead. Congratulations! |April 24th | | | |

|7 |Graduation Ceremony and swearing in: April 30th at 9 am |

| |Individual CASA Orientation, will be arranged with Stacy (1 hour) |

Total Training Hours: 36

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