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C.O.R.E.

The foundation of effective advocacy for our CASA/GALs starts with pre and post training learning. This is C.O.R.E. - Continuing Opportunities to Refresh & Educate.

Our C.O.R.E is designed to prepare and support each CASA/GAL volunteer in the important role as a child advocate.

Offered below are a variety of learning opportunities to support a volunteer’s continuing education and help build a foundation of knowledge on case-related topics. You can choose from a vast collection of convenient formats ranging from webinars and books to podcasts and training videos.

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Credit Key 2021
Read

READ

Monthly Highlight

How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen

Watch

WATCH

Monthly Highlight

Trauma Informed Care: Key Strategies for Healing and Behavioral Change

LISTEN

Monthly Highlight

How does Income Affect Childhood Brain Development

C.O.R.E. Topics

(Continuing Opportunities to Refresh & Educate)
Books:
The Deepest Well
Trauma and Memory: Brain and Body in a Search for the Living Past: A Practical Guide for Understanding and Working with Traumatic Memory
Child Abuse & Neglect
Healing the Scars of Childhood Abuse
Gentling: A Practical Guide to Treating PTSD in Abuse Children
Podcasts:
The Power to Prevent: The Podcast to Prevent Childhood Abuse Illinois
Ted Talks:
A Global Initiative to End Violence Against Children
How Teachers Can Help Students Navigate Trauma
Videos:
What is Trauma?
Webinars:
The Anatomy of Addiction
Child Abuse, Neglect and Domestic Violence: Dispelling the Myths, Enhancing Practice
The Inner World of Abused & Neglected Children: Normalizing & The Role of Therapy
The Inner World of Abuse & Neglected Children: The Issue of Trust & the Parent Child Bond
CASA Becoming More Aware of Child Abuse & Neglect in a Virtual World
Anatomy of Domestic Violence - Alisa Neary
Collaborative Strategies to Improve Outcomes for Adolescents Affected by Substance Use Disorders and Child Welfare
Articles:
Addiction is a Family Disease
Family treatment courts and substance use disorder
Frontiers: Attachment theory and maternal drug addiction
Long Term Adverse Effects of Parental Drinking
Preventing, Identifying and Treating Substance Abuse Among Teens in Foster Care
Books:
Chasing the Scream
Dreamland
Man's Search for Meaning
The Body Keeps the Score
Podcasts:
National CASA: The Diagnosis and the Drug: Use of Psychotropic Medication in the Foster Care System
National CASA: The Effects of Methamphetamine on Children
National CASA: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Understanding Drug Endangered Children
Presentations:
Marijuana and Teens What's the Big Deal
Ted Talks:
Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong
How Isolation Fuels Opioid Addiction
Addiction is a Disease. We Should Treat It Like One.
The Agony of Opioid Withdrawal - and What the Doctors Should Tell Patients About It
Videos:
Anatomy of Addiction
Webinars:
National CASA Substance Use Disorders and Child Welfare Part 1
National CASA Substance Use Disorders and Child Welfare Part 2
National CASA Substance Use Disorders and Child Welfare Part 3
Illinois CASA: Fentanyl, Sizzurp, Vaping and Other Current Drug Trends
Illinois CASA: The Juvenile Journey from Marijuana to Heroin
Illinois CASA: The Opioid Crisis in Illinois
Illinois Helpline for Opioid and Other Substances

Articles:

Information About Adoption You Need to Know

Frequently Asked Questions About Adoption

About adoption from foster care

 

Books:

Honestly Adoption: Answers to 101 Questions About Adoption and Foster Care | By Mike & Kristin Berry

Adoption in America: What You Need to Know BEFORE You Adopt

 

Webinars:

Openness in Foster Care Adoption

Trauma: What You Need to Know

Adopting Older Children: What You Need to Know

 

Ted Talks:

How adoption worked for me

Articles:
Disproportionality of Race in Special Ed Programs
Early Signs of Learning Challenges
How tutoring could be a key to lifting kids out of 'COVID slide' (usatoday.com)
Mediators and Adverse Effects of Child Poverty in the United States
Navigating the Educational Gatekeeper
Providing Care for Children in Immigrant Families
Unaccompanied Immigrant Children
Books:
Children of Immigration
Every Student, Every Day: A No-Nonsense Nurturer® Approach to Reaching All Learners
Growing Up in the Care of Strangers: The Experiences, Insights and Recommendations of Eleven Former Foster Kids
Helping Foster Children in School
Other:
Educational Advocacy and the IEP
Educational Advocacy Examples
Educational Advocacy Overview
Getting Through the Educational Gatekeeper
Ted Talks:
Listening to Shame
To transform child welfare, take race out of the equation
Webinars:
Educational Advocacy and the IEP
Educational Advocacy for Youth In Care
Equity & Educational Advocacy | Fighting for Youth To/Who Matter
Getting Through the Educational Gatekeeper
National CASA Poverty, Income and Child Maltreatment
Articles:
About Child Trauma
How PTSD and Trauma Affect Your Brain Functioning
Navigating Trauma with Teens
Preventing ACES
Signs of Trauma in Children
We All Have a Number Story - Understanding, Preventing, and Healing from ACES
Books:
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook
Garbage Bag Suitcase
Human Development and Trauma: How Childhood Shapes Us into Who We Are as Adults
It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
Parenting Children of Trauma: The Foster-Adoption Guide to Understanding Attachment Disorder
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
Other:
ACES and Resiliency
ACES Training
Ted Talks:
The Big Data Behind Complex Human Emotions
How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime - Nadine Burke Harris
The Power of Vulnerability
Videos:
KPJR Films, Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope
Never Give Up: A Complex Trauma Film by Youth for Youth
What is Trauma - Raul Almazar
Webinars:
Becoming More Aware of Child Abuse & Neglect in a Virtual World
Child Grief and Loss: A Trauma Informed Care Approach
Childhood Trauma Informed Care for Teens and Tweens
Childhood Trauma Informed Care with Shenandoah Chefalo
Garbage Bag Suitcase Book Discussion with Shenandoah Chefalo
The Inner World of a Child with PTSD: Making Sense of Behaviors that Make No Sense
Intergenerational Trauma
Making Sense of Trauma
The Anatomy of Addiction
Advocate Supervisor Panel
Back to Basic Series, Termination of Parental Rights Hearing
CASA Back to Basics Series Volunteer Responsibilities to a Case.mp4
CASA Becoming More Aware of Child Abuse & Neglect in a Virtual World
CASA on Social Media
CASA Overview of Permanency Review Hearings - Back to the Basics Series
Childhood Development with Dr. Jennifer Kleinfeld
Childhood Trauma Informed Care with Shenandoah Chefalo
Domestic Abuse 101
Educational Advocacy and the IEP with Josh Axelson
Garbage Bag Suitcase Book Discussion with Shenandoah Chefalo
The Issue of Trust & the Parent/Child Bond
Managing Stress & Anxiety During the Pandemic - Dr. Mark Reinecke
Mediation in Child Protection Cases
Normalizing and the Role of Therapy
Older Youth Resources & Emancipation
Overview of CASA Edu
Self Care for Resilience with Dr. Miriam Ojaghi
Articles:
Child Development Basics
Childhood Development - Dr. Kleinfeld
Resilience
What Are Childhood Mental Disorders?
Books:
Discipline Your Kids with Positive Parenting: A Practical Guide to Building Cooperation and Connecting with Your Child
How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7
The Irreducible Needs Of Children: What Every Child Must Have To Grow, Learn, And Flourish
Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids
Podcasts:
Understanding Childhood Neglect
Webinars:
Childhood Development with Dr. Jennifer Kleinfeld
Stages of Development
Trauma Informed Care: Key Strategies for Healing and Behavioral Change
What Babies and Toddlers Need
Ted Talks:
How does income affect childhood brain development?
Lessons from the longest study on human development
Articles:
Communicating with Children Principles and Practices to Nurture, Inspire, Excite, Educate and Heal
Essential Tips for Interviewing Children
How to Navigate Difficult Conversations
Interviewing Children
Interviewing Children V2
Tips for Video Chatting with Young Children
Books:
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
Presentations:
Person First Language
Ted Talks:
The Importance of Using Inclusive Language
The Power of Vulnerability
Videos:
Effective Engagement: The Key to Building Resilience in Youth and Families
Webinars:
CASA on Social Media
Combating Bias to Create Belonging
Confidentiality in your Role
Conflict Resolution - Gloria Kelly
Introduction to Motivational Interviewing
Mediation in Child Protection Cases
Setting the Stage: Creating Rapport with Children and Youth in Your Advocacy Role
What did they say? Effective note taking for advocates and staff
Articles:
Back to Basics Permanency Review Hearing
CASA Back to Basics Series Volunteer Requirements to a Case
For Anyone Concerned About a Foster Child
Understanding Child Welfare and the Courts
Understanding the Indian Child Welfare Act
Books:
Representing Children in Dependency and Family Court: Beyond the Law
The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the American Family
Therapeutic Interventions for Families and Children in the Child Welfare System 1st Edition
Ted Talks:
How I defend the rule of law
How judges can show respect
Webinars:
CASA Back to Basics Series Volunteer Responsibilities to a Case.mp4
CASA Judicial Perspectives Study: Building Evidence for Best Interest Advocacy
CASA Overview of Permanency Review Hearings - Back to the Basics Series
Legislation 101 for CASA Volunteers and Staff
TPR Hearing - Back to the Basics Series
Understanding the Indian Child Welfare Act: Family, Connection and Culture
Articles:
LGBTQ Children
Moving Beyond Change Efforts: Evidence and Action to Support and Affirm LGBTQI+ Youth
Working With LGBTQ Youth and Families
Books:
Race, Class, and Gender: Intersections and Inequalities
Unconditional: A Guide to Loving and Supporting Your LGBTQ Child
Ted Talks:
To transform child welfare, take race out of the equation
Videos:
Historical Trauma and Cultural Humility Part 1
Historical Trauma and Cultural Humility Part 2
Webinars:
Compassionate Racial Awareness
Diversity & Inclusion, Steve Robbins
Juvenile (In)justice: Confronting Racial Disproportionality, Disparity, and Bias Against Children of Color
Strengthening families using a racial equity lens
Articles:
Can Domestic Violence be Stopped
Domestic Violence has Long Range Consequences
Podcasts:
National CASA: Domestic Violence
Ted Talks:
How We Turned the Tide on Domestic Violence
It's Time to Talk about Psychological and Verbal Abuse
Why Domestic Violence Victims Don't Leave
Videos:
Advocating for Trafficked and High-Risk Child and Youth Victims
Child Trafficking: Knowledge for Working with Survivors
Child Trafficking: Recognizing the Risks and Signs
How to Recognize, Report & Prevent Sextortion
Webinars:
Advocating for Trafficked and High Risk Child Victims
The Anatomy of Domestic Violence
CASA Domestic Violence 101
Ending Child Trafficking
Long Term Impact of Domestic Violence on Children
National CASA: Child Trafficking, Part 1
National CASA: Child Trafficking Part 2, Working with Survivors
Articles:
CASA Volunteers - Champions for Foster Children
DCFS Child & Family Team Meeting
FAQ's: Asked by Foster Parents - Answered by DCFS
Foster Care Child Trends
Helping Children in Foster Care Successfully Transition into Child Care
Welcome a Child or Teen into Foster Care
Books:
Invisible Kids
Podcasts:
The Bedrock Importance of MSL (Minimum Standard of Care)
Changing the Face of Foster Care
The Urgency of Placing Kids with Relatives
Ted Talks:
A child of the state
Videos:
Child Family Team Meetings
Webinars:
DCFS Child & Family Team Meeting
Digital Safety Education - Trending Apps

Articles:

3 Ways to Nurture the Positive in Difficult Times

How to Practice Mindfulness Throughout Your Work Day

11 Simple Ways to Find Joy in your Everyday Life

Books:

Make Peace with Your Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Your Inner Critic

Little Ways to Keep Calm and Carry On: Twenty Lessons for Managing Worry, Anxiety, and Fear

Webinars:

Managing Stress & Anxiety During the Pandemic - Dr. Mark Reinecke

Self Care for Resilience with Dr. Miriam Ojaghi

Ted Talks:

There's no shame in taking care of your mental health

Listening to Shame

The Power of Vulnerability

Articles:
Abusive Head Trauma in Infants and Children
Blueprint for Transformation - A Vision for Improved Behavioral Healthcare for Illinois Children
Emotional Wellness
Health Care Issues for Children and Adolescents in Foster Care and Kinship Care
How Anxiety Affects Teenagers in School
Mindfulness for Kids
Books:
Barefoot Books Yoga Pretzels: 50 Fun Yoga Activities for Kids & Grownups
CBT Workbook for Kids: 40+ Fun Exercises and Activities to Help Children Overcome Anxiety & Face Their Fears at Home, at School, and Out in the World
Mindful Kids: 50 Mindfulness Activities for Kindness , Focus and Calm
Ted Talks:
Why Students should have mental health days
Webinars:
Building Resilience in Children and Families
Managing Stress & Anxiety During the Pandemic - Dr. Mark Reinecke
Resources for Support the Health and Well Being of Children and Families During COVID
Podcasts:
Supporting Youth in Higher Education
Articles:
Promoting Independence
Are You There?
Extending Foster Care
Working with Youth to Develop a Transition Plan
Transition Toolkit
Get Goal'd
CASA Transition Timeline
Books:
Emancipating from the Care of Strangers: The Experiences, Insights and Recommendations of Ten Former Foster Kids
Macro Perspectives on Youths Aging Out of Foster Care
Grit & Gratitude: The Foster Youth's Playbook for Adulting
What I Carry
Webinars:
Developing Resiliency and Life Skills by Enhancing Protective Factors: Introduction
Developing Resiliency and Life Skills by Enhancing Protective Factors: Financial Literacy
Ted Talks & Videos:
The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain
Bridges of Hope: From Foster Care to College
The Silent Minority - Deeper Look into Foster Care
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