2024 Kent County CASA In-Service Trainings
Schedule
Wed Jan 03 2024 at 10:00 am to Thu Oct 03 2024 at 12:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Office of Performance Management Training Center, Edgehill Shopping Center | Dover, DE
Come join other CASA Volunteers to learn about specific techniques and tactics on how to best to advocate for your CASA child!About this Event
January, Wednesday the 3rd from 10am to 12pm
Permanency Options ~ Lauren Brueckner will partner with Child Attorney (Melissa Hutchison to discuss permanency options including reunification, guardianship, permanent guardianship, TPR/Adoption and APPLA.
February, Thursday the 1st from 12pm to 2pm
Let’s Play Jeopardy! ~ Lauren Brueckner will kick off the fall with a game! CASA volunteers will play Jeopardy and learn about a variety of topics related to child welfare
March, Monday the 4th from 10am to 12pm
Drugs In Our Community ~ Two members of the Delaware State Police will present information on current drug trends, what and how drugs are moved through the state and what happens when the state police respond
April NO IN-SERVICE.... Note: Protecting Delaware’s Children Conference will be on 4/18
May, Wednesday the 1st from 10am to 12pm
ACES & Trauma ~ Lauren Brueckner will lead a discussion on the Adverse Childhood Experiences study and how it relates to trauma within the families CASA volunteers work with. We will do this through a deep exploration of the book The Deepest Well by Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris. (If you read the book, you get another 2 hours of training credit)!
June, Wednesday the 5th from 10am to 12pm
Why Family First? ~ Lauren Brueckner will team up with DFS personnel to lead a discussion as to why familial reunification is usually the first permanency option sought in a dependent/neglect case. This training will also include family search and engagement activities as well as reference national research
July NO IN-SERVICE
August, Thursday the 1st from 10am to 12pm
Book Club: The Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott” ~ Lauren Brueckner will facilitate a discussion on this book and how the topics within relate to child welfare.
September NO IN-SERVICE WILL BE OFFERED in Kent County (please visit New Castle or Sussex County for September training)
October, Thursday the 3rd from 10am to 12pm
Medications for Mental Health ~ CASA Volunteer Stephanie Evans-Mitchell will present on what certain types of medications are for, how they are prescribed, and other things CASA volunteers should know about mental health medications
November NO IN-SERVICE
Where is it happening?
Office of Performance Management Training Center, Edgehill Shopping Center, 43 South Dupont Highway, Dover, United StatesUSD 0.00
