Continuing education
SFCASA’s continuing education opportunities have grown!
California CASA has collaborated with CollaborNation to host the E-Learning Center for CASA staff and volunteers to access and use across the state! This new online resource is available and live 24/7 with a growing catalog of recorded and/or interactive training opportunities that you can start utilizing to complete the mandated 12 hours of in-service training for CASA volunteers each year.
Simply click here to create an account, following the steps outlined in this guide. For a deeper dive into how to utilize the platform, please click here to download a short presentation on the topic. You can access California CASA’s E-Learning Center FAQ by following this link.
To request CE credit:
Log into A.L.
Please use the same email that you shared in Advocate Link when you register. It helps us to give you CE credit. Thanks!Click on the ‘Continuing Education’ box/link
Follow the prompts to request CE credit for the independent learning you have done!
SFCASA CE Opportunities
CASA Community Network - CCN Virtual Huddle
Thursday, February 26, 2026, 6:00 - 7:00 PM on Zoom (1 CE Credit)
The CASA Community Network (CCN) is a network for CASAs organized by CASAs and hosted by CASAs. We share, lean in and on, and support each other through events such as The Huddle. Sometimes we learn from expert guest speakers in continuing education sessions. In The Huddle, we learn from experts – ourselves – we have collective years of expertise among us. We are a network of support – who better understands the ups, the downs, the joys, the challenges than we do?
Register HERE
Supporting Youth with Mental Health Diagnoses with Dr. Natalia Estassi
Monday, March 09, 2026, 6-8 pm on Zoom. (2 CE Credits)
As CASAs supporting youth with mental health challenges such as PTSD, ODD, Conduct Disorder, ADHD and Autism, please join us to gain background knowledge. recommendations and tips to best advocate and support the youth you serve. This is an opportunity to better understand how to effectively communicate and what to expect in terms of the challenges youth face and to also share your own questions and challenges .
Register HERE
From Planning to Paying: Postsecondary Pathways for Systems-Involved Youth
Wednesday, March 11 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM on Zoom (1 CE credit)
Led by John Burton Advocates for Youth (JBAY), this session will walk through the essentials of postsecondary planning—from exploring education and training options to navigating applications and understanding how to pay for school. You’ll gain:
• Practical tools to guide youth through postsecondary exploration
• Insight into financial aid and funding opportunities
• Strategies tailored to the unique needs of systems-involved youth
Natural Support Workshop - Supporting Youth With Financial Literacy
Thursday, March 12, 2026, 6:00 to 7:00 pm on Zoom or in person at SFCASA office (1 CE Credit)
Many of the young adults we support are looking for guidance on the first important steps to help them build a solid financial life. Join us and Financial Counselors at the SFLGBT Center, as we explore the basics of how to start these discussions with young adults to help them build solid financial lives. This discussion will help you empower young adults to make a realistic budget to pay bills, understand credit and how to manage it, the importance of filing taxes, the benefits of bank accounts, and how to open and manage them. This workshop is tailored for Natural Support volunteers to help start and guide financial literacy discussions with the young adults you continue to support. Join virtually or in person with me and other Natural Supports in the SFCASA office.
Register HERE
School Discipline & Foster Youth
Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 3/18/26, 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Zoom.
Did you know that foster youth are four times more likely to be suspended than non-foster youth? What are the top five disciplinary issues in schools today? Would you like to deepen your understanding of school discipline and enhance your ability to proactively advocate for foster youth?Join Educational Consultant Lorna Gilbert as we learn the five most important things a CASA/ERH needs to know about school discipline, the additional supports available to foster youth facing disciplinary challenges, and the extra protections students in special education have regarding discipline.
Register HERE
CASA Community Network - CCN In-Person Huddle
Thursday, March 19, 2026, 6:00 - 8:00 PM @SFCASA Office (2 CE Credits)
Please join us on Thursday, March 19 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM at the SFCASA for the CASA Community Network Huddle.
The CASA Community Network (CCN) is a network for CASAs organized by CASAs and hosted by CASAs. We share, lean in and on, and support each other through events such as The Huddle. Sometimes we learn from expert guest speakers in continuing education sessions. In The Huddle, we learn from experts – ourselves – we have collective years of expertise among us. We are a network of support – who better understands the ups, the downs, the joys, the challenges than we do?
Register HERE
Attachment and Trauma with Dr. Natalia Estassi
Monday, March 23, 2026, 6-8 pm on Zoom
Establishing a healthy relationship with our youth and families is key to being effective in our roles. Many of our foster youth and families have Attachment disorders and traumatic pasts which can directly affect the therapeutic relationship. We will discuss the importance of understanding child abuse and trauma; its effects on attachments; and how unhealthy attachments affect our therapeutic relationship and work. Learn: how to recognize signs and symptoms and the overlap prevalence between Attachment and Trauma. Explore strength-based techniques and how to engage, facilitate, and empower our youth and families to facilitate change.
Register HERE