SFCASA In-Person / Virtual Trainings
Continuing Education Options
Please use the same email that you shared in Advocate Link when you register.
It helps us to give you CE credit - thanks!
RACISM AND BIAS IN EDUCATION AND RELATED SYSTEMS
with Dr. Laura Savage
Part 1: May 1, 2024, 6:00-8:00PM on Zoom (2 CE Credits) Register HERE
Part 2: May 18, 2024, 10a-12noon on Zoom (2 CE Credits) Register HERE
Join Dr. Savage for a multi-session discussion on the ways that bias and racism have been embedded in our social institutions. We cover the intersectional manifestations, particularly within the systems that impact Foster Youth: education, social services, health/mental health, juvenile justice and others. Come prepared to self-reflect and analyze the ways that you can positively impact Foster Youth as a CASA and in your personal life.
COUNTER TRANSFERENCE AND SELF AWARENESS with Dr. Natalia Estassi
Monday, May 13, 2024, 6:00 - 8:00 PM on Zoom. (2 CE Credits)
This training will discuss counter transference, a term Freud founded, and how it can both positively and negatively impact our work as providers. Discussed will be the many environmental and social stressors we are facing today, this includes the COVID-19 pandemic and the racism pandemic, which will impact us in various ways. As a CASA, in hearing the losses and hardships of your youth, one is often triggered, especially in these difficult times. Explore the importance of your own self-awareness to best guarantee one can remain effective as a provider. Learn ways to cultivate self-awareness and the importance of our own boundaries. Review the importance of self-care and barriers that can lead to burnout and vicarious trauma.
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NEW ADVOCATE WORKSHOP CE
Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 6:00 - 8:00 PM on Zoom. (2 CE Credits)
Now that you have stepped into the CASA Role, this is an opportunity to reconnect with your training cohort and support each other as you get started on your case. We will share learnings together about first steps on the case, relationship building with the youth and the professionals, court reports, logs, CEs and more.
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CCN - CASA COMMUNITY NETWORK HUDDLE
Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 6-8 pm (In Person at SFCASA Office)
Please join us for our first In person 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.
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CONSENT AND BODY SAFETY FOR TEENS WORKSHOP
Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 6:00 - 8:00 PM on Zoom (2 CE Credits) with Vanessa Kellam of Health Connected
This training is strongly encouraged for all CASAs serving youth 12 years and older. We will explore how to support your assigned youth around consent and bodily autonomy (or the potential lack of it), as well as helpful strategies to help young people articulate their boundaries. Talking about consent and body safety is a key part of the CASA role and we cannot assume that someone else is talking with them about how to stay safe.
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Adulting and Accountability – How to Support Transitional Aged Youth (TAY) Workshop Thursday, June 6, 2024, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm on Zoom with Joey Hess.
It is so common that TAY youth, who have only experienced adults telling them what to do have a hard time transitioning to setting their own authentic goals and then working towards them. Join us for a unique opportunity to take a deep dive into the Harm Reduction lens with a focus on using Motivational Interviewing to have deeper conversations with TAY about goals, accountability, responsibility and more.
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Please visit Self-Guided Continuing Education Opportunities for alternative options.
