The 19th Annual Conference

Registration • Hotel • Parking • Keynote Speaker

Exhibitor Form (adobe acrobat, 114 KB)

Conference Registration Fees
At a Glance

Pre-conference sessions
PC1 $25
PC2 $50

Early Bird (by 9/12)

Full registration—CASA volunteers $215
Full registration—board members, staff and others $240
1 Day registration only—Friday, 10/10— $195
1 Day registration only—Saturday, 10/11—$95

Full Fee/On Site

Full registration—CASA volunteers $230
Full registration—board members, staff and others $255
1 Day registration only—Friday, 10/10— $210
1 Day registration only—Saturday, 10/11—$105

CEU Certificate $5
Extra Lunch Tickets $35
Extra Dinner Tickets $55

Hotel Reservations

The Omni Austin Hotel Southpark is located at 4140 Governor’s Row, Austin, TX 78744. Room rates are $85/night single and $115/night double. Reservations for rooms must be made by 5:00 pm September 17, 2008.
The Hotel may or may not continue to accept reservations after the cut-off date based on space and rate availability. Reservations may be made by calling Central Reservations at 1-800-843-6664. In order to receive the group rate, it is very important that you identify yourself as a part of Texas CASA and the 2008 Texas CASA Annual Meeting.
All reservations must be guaranteed with a major credit card. Check in time is 3:00 pm and check-out time is 12:00 pm.

Parking

There is complimentary self and valet parking.

Airport Shuttle

There is complimentary airport shuttle service.

General Session/Keynote Address
Friday, Oct 10, 8:30 – 10:00 am

Renewing Our Commitment: Seeing the Hard Work with New Eyes

Naomi Haines Griffith Keynote Speaker Naomi Haines Griffith

We are very pleased to announce that this year’s Keynote Speaker for our conference will be Naomi Haines Griffith. Ms. Griffith grew up in Alabama and Mississippi. She holds a B.S. from the University of North Alabama, an M.A. from George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, and a Masters in Social Work from the University of Alabama. After teaching for several years, she worked in the North Carolina and Alabama child welfare systems from 1966-1984 when she became Executive Director of PACT, a pioneer child abuse prevention agency she helped to found. Naomi is presently president of her consulting company, Red Clay & Vinegar, based in Nashville, TN. She is the author of Red Clay and Vinegar: Looking At Family Through the Eyes of a Southern Child and co-author of The Unkindest Cut: The Emotional Maltreatment of Children.