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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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2006 Conference Presentations
 

Children in the Care of Grandparents (28 min)

Worksheet (13 KB  PDF)

Handout (15 KB  PDF)

Presenter:

 

Jaia Peterson Lent, Public Policy and Outreach Director,
Generations United (GU).

 

Children of Incarcerated Parents (25 min)

Worksheet (12 KB  PDF)

Handout: Children of Incarcerated Parents: A Bill of Rights (San Francisco Partnership for Incarcerated Parents)

Presenter:

 

Gretchen Newby, Executive Director, Friends Outside National Organization

 

Get Connected - Stay Connected (21 min)

Worksheet (12 KB  PDF)

Presenters:

  Damon “Dee” Horn, Chair, National CASA African-American Advisory Committee, Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wesley, Board Member, St. Louis County CASA,
National CASA African-American Advisory Committee
National CASA Curriculum Advisory Committee,
St Louis, MO.

 

Tools and Resources for Advocating for Older Youth Preparing for Transition (24 min)

Worksheet (12 KB  PDF)

Presenter:

  Derek Peake, Executive Director, Friends Outside National Organization
Anne Lee, Executive Director, TeamChild

   
2005 Conference Presentations

 

Animal Cruelty, Child Abuse, Domestic Violence: a Toxic Triangle (20 min)

Worksheet (65 KB  PDF)

Presenter:
 

Barbara Walling Boat, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, and Executive Director of The Childhood Trust of Cincinnati Children's Hospital

 

Conflict Management (23 min)

Worksheet (65 KB  PDF)

PowerPoint (169 KB  PDF)
Presenters
  Isabel Morales, Director, CASA of Hampden County, Springfield, MA
Doris Shuh, Consultant/Trainer, Center for Human Development, Agawa, MA

 

Facing the Methamphetamine Epidemic (18 min)

 

Worksheet (65 KB  PDF)
 

Handout (1.5 MB  PDF)
 

Presenter
    Gregg Wright, M.D., M.Ed Research Associate Professor, University of Nebraska, Lincoln,

 

 

   
 
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