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National CASA/GAL Association Spring/Summer Book + Media List
Click here to view the full list with links to the following books:
How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir by Saeed Jones
How To Be An Antiracist: A Memoir by Ibram X. Kendi
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother’s Will to Survive by Stephanie Land
No Visible Bruises by Rachel Snyder
In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Dumpster Doll: The Early Years by Michelle Mays and Michelle Moon
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Pathways to Positive Parenting: Helping Parents Nurture Healthy Development in the Earliest Months by Jolene Pearson
Does Time Heal All? Exploring Mental Health in the First 3 Years by Miri Keren, MD; Doreet Hopp, PhD; Sam Tyano, MD
A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée
The Orchid and the Dandelion: Why Some Children Struggle and How All Can Thrive by Dr. Thomas Boyce
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough
The Deepest Well by Nadine Burke Harris MD
The Body Keeps the Score by Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck, PhD
Helping Foster Children In School: A Guide for Foster Parents, Social Workers and Teachers by John DeGarmo
Foster Girl, A Memoir by Georgette Todd
Another Place at the Table by Kathy Harrison
Podcasts & Webinars
National CASA
Various Webinars on diverse topics provided by National CASA. Just browse the catalog, click on the link for that webinar or training.
CASA College
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This LMS includes the Online Core Advocacy Skills Training (OCAST), new e-learning materials we are developing, such as the Fierce Advocate Series, and an archive of past e-learning materials such as our monthly advocacy webinars. All these materials are available for continuing education or volunteer pre-service training.
TED Talk: Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong
Watch the TED Talk Here
Podcast: Engaging Youth in Foster Care
Listen to the Podcast Here
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Safety Training
Read The Ultimate Guide to Protecting Your Child Online in 2022 Here
National Children’s Advocacy Center Online Training
Click here to access. Previously recorded webinars that offer information pertaining to multiple aspects of CASA cases can be found on the National Children’s Advocacy Center website and can be viewed at any time with no cost.
Building Trauma-Informed Services for Children, Youth, and Parents Impacted by Domestic Violence
This is a 10-part recorded webinar series that can be accessed at any time by clicking here.
Webinars from the National Center on Family Homelessness
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Webinar Series: Trauma-Focused Interventions for Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence
Watch the Series Here
“Faces of Human Trafficking” Video Series
Watch the Series Here
TBRI® An Overview: Putting the Pieces Together
This short video explains the principles and concepts of Trust-Based Relational Intervention®, a proven method for enriching the lives of at-risk, vulnerable children, adolescents, and their families. Click here to watch.
Meth Addiction in Hawai’i – Podcast Series
Listen to the Podcast Here
Promoting Family Health Through the Parent-Child Feeding Relationship
This presentation will discuss characteristics of children and parents that put some families at risk for eating challenges and how developing a positive parent-child feeding relationship benefits both parent and child. Click here to view.