Learning Center
Learning Center
We offer continuing education opportunities for all volunteers, ambassadors, and supporters through webinars, workshops, and in-person training.
IN PERSON
Working with Families to Achieve Success
CASA volunteers are invited to join us for a discussion on Working with Families to Achieve Success, hosted by Nadia Herrera, Esq. Deputy Public Defender, Office Of Parental Representation – Northern Region.
April 22, from 6-8pm at the Westfield Public Library, 550 E Broad St, Westfield, NJ 07090
Volunteers will learn:
- A basic history of child welfare
- About the OPR, Social Work Support, Trauma-informed Support, the future of Child Welfare toward prevention, support and safety
- Child Welfare Data & Outcomes
The Dynamic of Domestic Violence and the Law
CASA volunteers are invited to join us for a discussion on Domestic Violence and the Law hosted by Angelica Alvira and Karen Nagy, YWCA of Union County.
June 6, from 6-8:30pm at the Clark Public Library, Union County
Volunteers will learn:
- All different aspects of power and control including how abuse can take many informs including emotional, physical, sexual, financial, and coercive control tactics.
- The process for obtaining a restraining order in NJ, including who qualifies and which acts are defined as domestic violence under the law.
- The difference between a civil restraining order and the criminal “no contact order”
BOOK CLUB
CASA Book Club
Our next book for CASA Book Club is 'The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man's Quest to Be a Better Husband' - by David Finch.
This book tells the story of a husband's Asperger Syndrome diagnosis at the age of 30, and the impacts of this revelation on his marriage and family. This lighthearted, autobiographical book offers insight and perspective on life on the spectrum, and a wonderful reminder that we each see the world from our own view and based on our own experiences.
Here's a brief NPR podcast with the author, if you want a sneak preview: https://www.npr.org/2012/02/03/146342668/best-practices-learning-to-live-with-aspergers
Read this book and join us for one of the discussion dates below to receive 3 hours of in-service credit.
May 16, 6-8pm, Westfield address will be provided after RSVP.
May 20, 6-8pm, Wayne office
Email annie@casapassaicunion.org to RSVP.
VIRTUAL
Safe Babies Court Team 101 Virtual Training
Monday, April 15, 2024 from 6-7pm
The New Jersey Safe Babies Court Team (SBCT) uses the science of early childhood development to improve outcomes for New Jersey infants, toddlers, and families involved in the child welfare system.
The SBCT approach connects children ages 0-3 and their families to the services and support they need. The goal is for children to maintain healthy development and have lasting permanency, specifically family reunification, whenever safely possible.
CASA College Virtual Training:
CASA of NJ's CASA College offers many excellent training sessions online that are free for CASA Volunteers:
Aging Out
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 from 10am-12pm
‘Practical’ Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)
Wednesday, April 10, 202 from 6-8pm
Gives an overview of ACEs, explains how the brain responds to repeated traumatic experiences in childhood, and provides strategies to respond to people experiencing dysregulation.
History of Race in Child Welfare (HRCW)
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 from 6-8pm
Learning Resources
(to apply for in-service credit)
(to apply for credit)
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Belonging
Project Implicit (Harvard)
Harvard.edu hosts Project Implicit, a series of Implicit Association Tests (IATs) that attempt to identify implicit biases you may hold concerning different groups of people. Use the button below to visit the Project Implicit page. Once you complete the IATs you wish to take, you can log your participation using our CEU form.
Belonging: Boxes Experiment
Kirwan Institute Implicit Bias Series
This video training series on implicit bias is provided on-demand by the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University. You can log your participation using our CEU form.
Inclusion and the Power of Diversity
Growing Up LGBTQ in Texas Foster Care.
Recorded Webinars
In this free 11-week Harvard course, learn how to protect children from violence, exploitation, and neglect through law, policy, and practice in a human rights framework.
These courses cover the signs and symptoms of sexual abuse and possible risk factors.
Free tutorials from the National Center of Substance Abuse and Child Welfare
Free webinars that discuss the many issues of the Juvenile and Family Court systems
This free 10-part recorded webinar series covers domestic violence and caring for others while caring for ourselves
CASA College Archive
Training Recordings
DCF Kinship Placement Initiative Training Webinar, March 2021 Click here for webinar
Citizenship and Immigration Status with Randi Mandelbaum, January 2022, Courtesy of CASA of Morris and Sussex Counties Click here for webinar
Disability Rights New Jersey Presentation, March 2022 Click here for webinar
CASA College
DCPP and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, November 2022 Recording
Substance Abuse and Bias in Treatment, January 2023 Click here for webinar
Recognizing Complex Family Dynamics, February 2023 Click here for webinar
Special Considerations for LGBTQI+ Children and Youth, March 2023 Click here for webinar