Some great ways to keep up with the 12 hours of continued training required per year are borrowing and reading a book from the CASA Library, listening to and summarizing a relevant podcast, or watching and summarizing a relevant online video. Below are links to a website with a wonderful selection of videos, a website with numerous podcasts, and a list of the books currently in the CASA Library. If you would like to check-out a library book, contact Shay Grahn at sgrahn@casavoice.org. Once you complete any of these opportunities, contact Shay to receive credit.
Podcasts and Videos:
National Children's Advocacy Center - www.nationalcac.org (videos and webinars)
National CASA Website - podcast.casaforchildren.org (podcasts - make sure to check out the archived podcasts also!)
CASA Library
"The Myth of Best Interest: Why Good Intentions Are Not Good Enough. A Guide to Casebuilding for Permanence" by Jane Malpass and Jane Thompson
"A Question of Balance" by Janet L. Ward
"A Child Called 'It'" by Dave Pelzer
"The Lost Boy" by Dave Pelzer
"A Man Named Dave" by Dave Pelzer
"Help Yourself" by Dave Pelzer
"The End is the Beginning" by Armond DeGasperis
"Transforming the Difficult Child. The Nutured Heart Approach" by Howard Glasser and Jennifer Easley
"Windows to Our Children" by Violet Oaklander
"Processing the Experience - Strategies to Enhance and Generalize Learning" by John Luckner and Reldan Nadler
"Book of Metaphors" by Michael Gass
"Advocating for Nonresident Fathers in Child Welfare Court Cases" by the ABA
"The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment" by Babette Rothschild
"The Silent Cry: Teen Suicide and Self-Destructive Behaviors" by Joan Esherick
numerous handbooks, brochures, small guides, etc. on topics ranging from a kinship caregiver handbook to reporting child abuse - a guide for professionals working with children & families
National CASA also has a recommended book list available on their website. Feel free to check-out a book from your local library from the National CASA book list and let Shay known you read it for credit.
The CASA Library is always taking donations of new or slightly used books for our volunteers to use.
CASA - The Voice of Clark County’s Children, P.O. Box 866, Jeffersonville, IN 47131-0866 Telephone: (812) 285-0743, Fax: (812) 285-0751, E-mail: sgrahn@casavoice.org