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National CASA Annual Conference Audio Excerpts

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These audio streams are excerpts from the National CASA Conference. They can be used for general listening or for volunteer and staff education as desired by local programs.

 

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2004 Conference Presentations

   

Keys to Best Practices for Non-Native Advocates for Native Children (20 min)

Introduction

Worksheet (12 KB  PDF)

Presenters:

   

Marla Jean Big Boy, National CASA Tribal Courts Program Specialist
Helen Echo-Hawk Norris, Tulsa CASA/Pawnee Nation CASA Program
Arlana Bettelyoun, Oglala Lakota CASA Program

 

Successful Advocacy and Intervention for Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (20 min)

Worksheet (12 KB  PDF)

Presenter:

    Carolyn Hartness, Educator/Consultant
Indianola, WA

 

Speaking Out for Rural Children & Families (20 min)

Worksheet (11 KB  PDF)

Presenter:

    Kathleen Belanger, MSSW School of Social Work, Stephen F. Austin State University; CWLA’s National Advisory Committee on Rural Social Services

 

2003 Conference Presentations

 

Rural Fundraising (20 min)

Worksheet (58 KB  PDF)

Presenters:

    Kirby Wright, Maysville Mcracken CASA
Sherry Noel, Program Dir., Eastern MT
Therese Miller, ED, CASA So. Cntrl. IN

Moderator: Jane White, National CASA

 

The Power of Education in a Child's Life (20 min)

Worksheet (55 KB  PDF)

Handout (185 KB  PDF)

Presenter:

  Annie Lee, ED, Team Child, Seattle, WA

 

Domestic Violence and the Impact on Children (20 min)

Worksheet (55 KB  PDF)
Presenter:
  Betsy McAllister Groves, MSW, LICSW
Project Dir. Child Witness to Violence
Boston University School of Medicine

 

 
 
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