SFCASA Training Schedule and Continuing Education
2011 Fall Training Schedule
Online Courses
Resource Library
Continuing Education Classes
The following classes are open to current CASA volunteers and trainees only. RSVP to leah@sfcasa.org if you plan to attend. Remember that active CASAs are required to obtain 12 hours in Continuing Education each year.
SFCASA Fall 2011 Continuing Education Classes
Wednesday, December 7th 6:00-8:30 pm
Connecting Youth with Community Resources
Trainer: Jill Tregor and guest panelists
Discover community resources that can enhance the quality of care that is provided to youth in the foster care system. Although it is important that all youth in care have access to community resources, this access is especially critical for those in the most structured settings. By helping youth to maintain connections to the communities to which they will eventually return, we can ease the transition when it actually occurs. Additionally, community resources can provide opportunities for the development of health, self-esteem, and creativity in ways that may not otherwise be possible in a home setting. Volunteers will be provided with lots of materials on local resources for their CASA child, as well as get a chance to hear from a panel of representatives from agencies that provide services to foster youth, including Guardian Scholars, Foster Youth Services, Larkin Street Youth Services, and Jewish Vocational Services.
About the Trainer: JILL TREGOR is an instructor in the Health Education Department at City College of San Francisco. She has worked at the Department on the Status of Women for the City and County of San Francisco, and was the Director of The Greenbook Project San Francisco, which worked to improve outcomes for families dealing with the intersection of domestic violence and child abuse. Ms. Tregor has worked closely with Family & Children’s Services at the Human Services Agency, as well as with the Family Courts and Domestic Violence organizations.
December 6 and December 13, at CCSF
City College of San Francisco's Child Development and Family Studies Department still have a few free training workshops left this month! We highly encourage you to attend. To receive continuing education credit, volunteers should report their attendance.
Location:
CCSF Evans Campus
1400 Evans Avenue, Room 107
San Francisco
Tuesday, December 6, 10am - 1pm
Impact of Out of Home Placement on Youth and Families
Tuesday, December 13, 10am - 1pm
Nurturing Youth with Holiday "Blues"
To register, please call Terry at 239-3172
Online Continuing Education opportunities:
- Inside the Teenage Brain- An hour long video and interactive webpage. Frontline chronicles how scientists are exploring the recesses of the brain and finding some new explanations for why adolescents behave the way they do: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/.
- Adolescent Brain Development- Hour long video in which Dr. Fran Lexcen, forensic examiner at the University of Washington's Child Study and Treatment Center, shares research on adolescent brain development. This presentation was part of a larger exploration of issues affecting youth advocates sponsored by the UW School of Law's Court Improvement Training Academy:
http://uwcita.org/CITAv1008/ondemand.html.
- Knowing Who You Are- A three hour online interactive course that explores racial and ethnic identity. Launch the course: http://www.casey.org/Resources/Projects/REI/ you will need to register as an individual and upon completing the session, email leah@sfcasa.org your certificate of completion and any feedback you have about this course.
- National CASA Online Courses: Two online courses are available: Education and Youth in Out-of-Home Care and Aging Out: Supporting Youth Transitions into Adulthood. To take either of these courses email leah@sfcasa.org your first and last name, email address, and the name of the course you want to take and you will receive an email with your sign in information and a link to the e-learning website.
Volunteers-please contact your case supervisor to let them know that you attended the class so that you can get credit for your required continuing ed hours!
Check out these Resource Libraries that are available to CASA Volunteers!
Volunteers can also earn continuing education credits by reporting on the books, movies, documentaries, television programs and other presentations that you go to for continuing education relating to your role as a CASA volunteer. Please mention these activites in your monthly contact sheet. For a list of useful resource books, go to the SFCASA library.
Check out the National CASA Online Resource library for a list of links to resources, articles, publications and website-to help you with your work as a CASA.
