2009 Conference Handouts — "A CASA for Every Child"
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
- A1 – The Art of Leadership: Back to Basics (Powerpoint, 480 KB)
- A2 – Crisis Intervention Communications: Verbal Judo (Powerpoint, 203 KB)
- A3 – The Tapestry of Attachment (Tapestry of Attachment Handout, PDF, 646 KB)
- A4 – Compassion Fatique: Promoting Resiliency in Yourself and Others (Powerpoint, 335 KB; Stategies & Exercises PDF,106 KB; Report, PDF, 730 KB)
- A5 – Teens Aging Out (Powerpoint, 503 KB; Sweet 16 Best Practices, PDF, 44 KB; COS Checklist, PDF, 12 KB)
- A6 – What is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)?
- A7 – Taking a Quantum Leap with Your Special Event (Special Event Powerpoint, 48 KB; March of Dimes Powerpoint, 1.23 MB; Growing Your Running Event Powerpoint, 7.18 MB)
- B1 – Dually Adjudicated Youth: Improving Outcomes through a Coordinated & Integrated Child Welfare & Juvenile Justice System
- B2 – Crisis Intervention Communications: Verbal Judo (Powerpoint, 203 KB)
- B3 – Trust-Based Relational Intervention™ (Trust Based Relational Invervention Handout, PDF, 90 KB)
- B4 – What Young People Can Teach Us about Living and dying: Lessions from Journeys of Heartache and Grace (Powerpoint, 253 KB)
- B5 – Growing Your Nonprofit Successfully(Powerpoint 554 KB)
- B6 – Engage Your Network with Social Media
- B7 – Children Need Fathers too—Engaging Fathers in CPS Cases (Powerpoint, 375 KB)
- B8 – The Art of Leadership: Going to the Next Level (Powerpoint, 727 KB)
- C1 – Enmeshment vs Engagement: Walking the Invisible Line (Powerpoint 95 KB; Internal Support, PDF 35 KB)
- C2 – Cooking on All Four Burners: Understanding Four Diverse Generations fo Volunteers (Powerpoint, 291 KB)
- C3 – Nurses and CASA working Together to Ensure that Adolescents in Foster Care Get the Health Care and Hygiene They Need (Adolescent Health Screening, PDF, 66KB; Dirty Neck Syndrome, PDF, 984KB; Hair & Skin Care for African American & Biracial Children, PDF, 3.97 MB)
- C4 – Managing Risk for Your Nonprofit: Are You Covered?(Powerpoint, 536 KB; Internal Control, PDF, 32 KB; Monthly Checklist, PDF, 33 KB; Annual Checklist, PDF, 37 KB
- C5 – Teens Aging Out (Powerpoint, 503 KB; Sweet 16 Best Practices, PDF, 44 KB; COS Checklist, PDF, 12 KB)
- C6 – Charity Fundraising Events—Auction Tools and Tips
- C7 – CASA, CPS and Educational Advocacy (Powerpoint, 229 KB)
- C8 – A Better Web Site for Every CASA Program
Friday, October 9, 2009
- D1 – Enmeshment vs Engagement: Walking the Invisible Line (Powerpoint, 95 KB; Internal Support, PDF, 35 KB; Enmeshment/Engagement Quiz, PDF, 244 KB))
- D2 – Let me Tell You What I know—CASA Volunteers Speak Out (Volunteer Survey, PDF, 184 KB)
- D3 – Children in Need: Identifying and Treating Mental Health Disorders in Texas Foster Children (Powerpoint, 338 KB)
- D4 – Understanding Addiction: Preventing the Unpreventable Frustration of Working with Addicted Parents
- D5 – The Play
- D6 – Creating Sustainable Funding in Challenging Economic Times (Handouts will not be available)
- D7 – Identifying Children of domestic Violence & Improving Our Interventions With Them (Child Impact, PDF, 997 KB)
- D8 – Legislative Advocacy for CASA Volunteers (Advocacy Tips, PDF, 27 KB)
- E1 – Part 1: Indicatators & Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse
- E2 – Part 1: Achieving Service Equity: A Forum Promoting Practices to Address Disproportionality & Disparate Outcomes in Child Welfare
- E3 – Best Practices for Infants and Toddlers (Infant/Toddler Checklist, PDF, 26 KB; Visitation Checklist, PDF, 22 KB)
- E4 – Understanding Addiction: Preventing the Unpreventable Frustration of Working with Addicted Parents
- E5 – Getting Your Message Out (Powerpoint, 737 KB)
- E6 – Engaging Your Board in Creating Sustainable Funding (Handouts will not be available)
- E7 – Connecting the Dots: Desirable Factors in Child Placement
- E8 – Cooking on All Four Burners: Understanding Four Diverse Generations fo Volunteers (Powerpoint, 291 KB)
- E1 – Part 2: Indicators & Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse
- E2 – Part 2: Achieving Service Equity: A Forum Promoting Practices to Address Disproportionality & Disparate Outcomes in Child Welfare
- F3 – Development Ideas from Around the State: A Round Table Discussion (Development Plan, PDF, 105 KB)
- F4 – Children of Addicted Parents: Removing the Shame
- F5 – Surrogate Parent Training
- F6 – A Better Web Site for Every CASA Program
- F7 – Parents and Parent's Attorneys—"It doesn't have to be this way."
Saturday, October 10, 2009
- G1 – Judicial Leadership and CPS Cases
- G2 – Executive Transitions: Opportunities for Growth (Powerpoint, 176 KB)
- G3 – Managing the Madness: Winning the War Against Information Overload
- G4 – Legislative Update (Powerpoint, 69 KB)
- G5 – How to Work with Attorneys Ad Litem (AAL) to Effectively Advocate for Children
- G6 – Parents whose children were in CPS Care Speak Out—"What made a difference for me and my children."

