WELCOME TO CONTINUING EDUCATION
We are excited to share resources and ideas for how you can get your 12 hours of continuing education this year. Scroll down to see monthly offerings and lists of suggested resources. Below you will find options for continuing education that are not time sensitive and are available on your schedule. There will be recorded webinars, websites, articles, books, podcasts and movies. Each month you will receive an update from Nancy Steele, Training Manager, with upcoming trainings you can register for. If you have not received these emails you can reach out to her at the email below.
Pre-Recorded Webinars You Can View on Your Own
- Continuing Ed Hours are counted from July 1 to June 30th.
- You need one hour per month to meet National standards. You can get more hours in a month if that works best for you.
- Your hours are prorated if you are sworn in after July of the current year.
- July 2021 – 11 Hours
- September 2021 9 Hours
- November 2021 7 Hours
- January 2022 5 Hours
- March 2022 3 Hours
- May 2022 1 Hour
- Remember to record your continuing education hours in Optima (see information below)
Download the FAQ document below to see answers to common questions.
Summary Response Guidelines for Optima
In order for your continuing education hours to be approved in Optima you will need to put the title and what type of material it was (book, video, presentation, podcast, article). Please add the following information :
- SUMMARIZE MAIN POINTS
- HOW WILL THIS HELP YOU IN YOUR ROLE AS A VOLUNTEER
- DOES THE INFORMATION APPLY TO YOUR CURRENT CASE? IF SO, HOW WILL YOU USE IT?
- WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THAT OTHER VOLUNTEERS WATCH THIS? WHY OR WHY NOT?
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- National Child Traumatic Stress Network Resources for Homelessness ( and many other resources) https://www.nctsn.org/resources/public-awareness/national-homeless-youth-awareness-month
- SHELTER (Full length Documentary)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUfNbNBFwRI
Book Recommendations
- National CASA Book Club. A recent book that was talked about in the National CASA Book Club
- “Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty. If you are interested in joining the National CASA Book Club
- “Three Little Words” Ashley Rhodes-Courter- “The inspiring story of the tumultuous nine years that Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent in the foster care system and how she triumphed over painful memories and real-life horrors to ultimately find her own voice.
- “What Happened to you?” by Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey. This book has been recommended by a number of volunteers because it addresses so many important aspects of trauma that can help us understand and support the youth on our cases and as one volunteer said-it helped her heal as well.
Recorded Trainings
- From National CASA-Poverty Learning Series Webinar Recording: Poverty, Income and Child Maltreatment Presented by Dr. Jessica Porter of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Recorded on October 7, 2021. If you need any help registering to view this, please email me.
- From Advocates from Children CASA: Jessica Fann, Co-Located Domestic Violence Advocate did an outstanding webinar DV 201 for our volunteer community. She was generous enough to allow us to record her, so please take some time to watch and learn. We are seeing a significant increase in the number of cases that have Domestic Violence. This was recorded on October 19th, 2021.
- From Colorado CASA- Mindset Coaching Webinar Recorded June 30, 2020 presented by Lisa Drake.
- From the Colorado Office of the Child Representative- a recorded webinar
TV Series Recommendation from volunteers
Maid- on Hulu.
Scroll down to find resource lists you can download to use as a guide.