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CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers

CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers

Texas CASA

This continuing education podcast connects CASA volunteers with engaging and relevant training designed to help strengthen advocacy for children and families. Each short, dynamic episode features informative discussions with subject matter experts exploring topics connected to child welfare and best practices for CASA advocacy. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speaker(s) in their personal capacity and are not the official policy or position of Texas CASA.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers - Strengthening a Web of Supports for Teens and Young Adults in Foster Care

Strengthening a Web of Supports for Teens and Young Adults in Foster Care

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09/28/23 • 30 min

In this episode, we’re delighted to be in conversation with Laura Villarreal, the Neurodevelopmental Program Specialist with the Texas Workforce Commission Vocational Rehabilitation Services. Laura shines a light on the web of services and supports that the Texas Workforce Commission offers for teens and young adults in foster care to help expand their access to economic opportunities and supportive mentoring relationships with a goal of establishing life-giving stability as they transition to young adulthood.

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CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers - Collaborative Child Advocacy: Partnering with Attorney Ad Litems Featuring Lori Duke

Collaborative Child Advocacy: Partnering with Attorney Ad Litems Featuring Lori Duke

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11/01/23 • 31 min

Our guiding principles emphasize collaboration with and respect for all parties involved in the case. What can CASA advocates do to build effective working relationships and increase collaboration with attorney ad litems? For this conversation, we're honored to be joined by the deeply insightful Lori Duke, Clinical Professor and Co-Director of the Children’s Rights Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law. Lori shares strategies and best practices for collaborative child advocacy gathered from her immense experience representing children and youth.

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CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers - Lifting Youth Voices in CASA Advocacy with Prince Hayward and Josue Rodriguez

Lifting Youth Voices in CASA Advocacy with Prince Hayward and Josue Rodriguez

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11/01/21 • 24 min

Understanding the desires of the child or youth is central to best interest advocacy. How can CASA advocates partner with youth to ensure their voices are heard and their perspectives are valued? In this episode we're joined by two wonderful guests from Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS), Prince Hayward and Josue Rodriguez, sharing their expertise about how advocates can work to meaningfully include youth voices and input in our advocacy.
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CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers - Advocacy for Children 0 to 5 Years Old and Their Families Featuring Krystal Vann and Carollyn Thesing (Part 1)
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04/27/23 • 34 min

In part one of this two-part conversation, we're thrilled to be joined by the seasoned team of Krystal Vann and Carollyn Thesing from Child Advocates of Fort Bend to draw on their experience leading a trailblazing advocacy program for children five and younger and their families. We’ll be talking about best practices in advocating for the developmentally-specific needs of children in this age group and how CASA advocates can work to support and partner with their parents and families.

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CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers - The Power of Compassionate Advocacy with Maria McCord

The Power of Compassionate Advocacy with Maria McCord

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03/02/22 • 22 min

How can we learn from the stories of those who experienced our foster care system firsthand, and move towards more compassionate and holistic advocacy for youth and families? Join us for an inspirational conversation with Collaborative Family Engagement Coach Maria McCord about the importance of empathy in our work with children and families, and the lifesaving power of connection.

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CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers - The Bedrock Importance of the MSL with Leslie Cocke

The Bedrock Importance of the MSL with Leslie Cocke

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02/24/23 • 22 min

The minimum sufficient level of care or MSL is a critical polestar for CASA advocacy. How can advocates ensure that we are fully embracing the MSL in our decision-making and our recommendations to the court? Drawing on her legal background as an attorney and mediator as well as her decade+ tenure with CASA, the brilliant Leslie Cocke joins us to unpack ways in which the MSL can be an important safeguard in our advocacy and to explore how CASA volunteers can strengthen their MSL lens. Click here to find the MSL pocket guide Leslie mentions.

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CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers - Special Episode Featuring Kevin Campbell and Vicki Spriggs

Special Episode Featuring Kevin Campbell and Vicki Spriggs

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03/30/21 • 14 min

This special episode of CASA on the Go comes from our Distinguished Speaker Series, where we had the amazing opportunity to host conversations with trailblazers in equity and child welfare. In this episode, Kevin Campbell, developer of the Family Finding model, and Texas CASA CEO Vicki Spriggs discuss the role of compassion in child welfare work, and how CASA volunteers can influence the quality of justice experienced by families involved in the child welfare system. View Kevin’s inspirational talk at dss.texascasa.org.

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CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers - Learning from Lived Expertise with Renequa Burch

Learning from Lived Expertise with Renequa Burch

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04/25/22 • 63 min

At Texas CASA, we believe in learning from the stories and leadership of those who have experienced our systems firsthand. In this episode, we’re joined by Renequa Burch, a mother whose family has been impacted by the Texas foster care system in a deeply agonizing way. Renequa’s experiences offer crucial insights about the importance of engaging meaningfully with parents and family members from the very beginning of appointment, the power of effective communication and collaboration, the need to gather information independently and from the source, and the bedrock importance of ensuring advocacy is grounded in the minimum sufficient level of care.

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CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers - Authentic Youth Engagement in Family Meetings and Beyond (Part 2) with Lisa Merkel-Holguin and Anita Horner
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01/05/22 • 23 min

Our guest Lisa Merkel-Holguin has written that "children and youth, in systems that are designed to serve them, often experience their needs and opinions as being overlooked in the context of planning for them." Join us for part two of this episode featuring Anita Horner and Lisa Merkel-Holguin to learn more about creative and meaningful ways young people’s needs and interests could be better centered within case planning meetings and decision-making processes.

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CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers - Evidence-Based Family Engagement with Dr. Natalie Beck Aguilera

Evidence-Based Family Engagement with Dr. Natalie Beck Aguilera

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08/04/21 • 33 min

The CASA guiding principles stress that strengthening families, through recommendations for services, supports, visitation and communications, is in the child’s best interests to achieve stability and/or reunification. In this episode, we reflect on how CASA advocates can help bend the arc of child welfare practice to become more fully strengths-based and family-centered. The wonderful Dr. Natalie Beck Aguilera shares evidence-based strategies for engaging with families and explores why collaborating with family members is so crucial to effective child advocacy. Dr. Beck Aguilera's "reframe game" illuminates how a strengths-based advocacy lens can help us reconsider resistance we might encounter in our work with families, and she draws on her extensive social work experience to share insights about the ways in which our own attitudes impact our working relationships with parents and families.

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How many episodes does CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers have?

CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers currently has 44 episodes available.

What topics does CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers cover?

The podcast is about Non-Profit, Podcasts, Education and Business.

What is the most popular episode on CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers?

The episode title 'The Power of Compassionate Advocacy with Maria McCord' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers?

The average episode length on CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers is 29 minutes.

How often are episodes of CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers released?

Episodes of CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers are typically released every 36 days, 11 hours.

When was the first episode of CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers?

The first episode of CASA on the Go: Continuing Education for CASA Volunteers was released on Sep 3, 2019.

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