CASA Volunteers may use the following resources to fulfill the CASA Program continuing education
requirements of 12 hours per year. Please record the time spent on completing each activity (reading an article or book, listening to a
podcast, viewing a video or participating in an online course) and report it to the CASA office on a quarterly
basis in our survey.
If you have any questions, contact us at 503-338-6063 or casa@clatsopcasa.org - and please share additional resources that we may add.
New resources are added periodically at the bottom of the list in each category in bold.
You can check the Astoria Library catalog (with a link to the Seaside Library at the bottom of the page) here.
Note: The list of suggested resources is provided for your convenience and is not an exclusive or exhaustive list
of the activities that can be used to fulfill the continuing education requirement. The links go to outside websites
that Clatsop CASA Program, Inc. does not control or maintain.
Find these books (among others) in our office library, available for check out:
Secrets in Big Sky Country
Somebody's Daughter
One Child at a Time
I Said No!
Do you have a Secret?
Without Consent
We also have videos:
Paper Tigers
Helping Children Heal
From Place to Place
Short Term 12
Articles, Books, other online text resources:
National
Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Publications Library
National CASA Book List
CASA
Of Arizona Book List
Child Safety: A Guide for Judges and Attorneys
Achieving Permanency for Adolescents in Foster Care
A Guide to Psychotropic Medications for Youth in Foster Care
Teaching Children to Calm Themselves
Psych Assess of Parental Capacity (p 12)
Difference
Maker: The childless, the parentless, and the Central Sadness
Oregon's
Juvenile Dependency Court: A Guide for Foster Parents (contains
a simplified timeline of dependency court proceedings)
CASAJudges' Page Newsletter
Achieving and
Maintaining Permanency
The Peace Corps Culture Matters Workbook?
Handling
Child Abuse Disclosures
The Well-Being of Children in the
Child Welfare System
Videos, Podcasts, Webinars:
Inside the Teenage Brain - PBS FRONTLINE
National Children's Advocacy Center Webinars
National
Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections Webcasts
National CASA Podcast
List
Pathways to Positive Futures - more than 20 webinars on
issues affecting teens in foster care
Sound Advice On Mental Health - a collection of podcasts on
mental health in children and teens
Harvard Center for the
Developing Child - a great site to browse for videos
and information on topics like brain development, childhood development and resiliency
Neurobiology of Attachment -
Allan Schore interview on secure attachment
National
CASA: Working with Children
Children
whose Parents have Experienced Childhood Trauma
California
CASA In-Service Trainings – handouts and videos from past sessions,
including a good presentation on compassion fatigue
Behavioral Health & Education Summit- training on trauma-sensitive schools and strategies for teachers and others to use with children.
Conscious Discipline Training
Poverty Simulation by CoActive Connections
Online Courses (available
at no cost but you may need to register before getting access):
National Children's Advocacy Center Online Courses
Child Trauma Academy
Online Courses
Adolescent Health and Development - Johns Hopkins School of
Public Health
Child Health and Development - Johns Hopkins School of Public
Health
Trauma
in Infants, Young Children and their Families - Georgetown Center for Child
& Human Development
Honor Our Voices:
Children's Perspectives on Domestic Violence
Institute
for Family Violence Studies
CASA of Arizona Training Courses - material on numerous
topic available in web, pdf and mp3 format
Foster Parent
Online Training
Making Good Decisions for Children Impacted by Batterers
