27^th Annual National CASA Conference

2007 Conference Resources

Audio Recordings Available Now

Didn’t make it to a session? Audio recordings of a majority of the workshops and general sessions from the 2007 National CASA Conference are now available for order. Please note that not all sessions are recorded and the information, resources and personal views of guest speakers are provided solely for informational and educational purposes. Audio recordings are available in cooperation with Network Communications.

Conference Handouts

The handouts from the 2007 conference workshops are now available for download. Please note that approval for posting has been provided by speakers represented and the opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the practices and regulations of the National CASA Association. Many workshops handouts are not provided because permission was not granted to post handouts.

Resources for Volunteers

• The Transitioning Youth Project (970 KB PDF)
• The Role of CASA Volunteers in Systems Improvement (189 KB PDF)
• “Who Takes Care of Me?” – Caring for the Caregiver in All of Us (123 KB PDF)
• Writing it Right! How to Structure, Write and Edit Effective CASA/GAL Reports to the Courts (747 KB PDF)
• Advocating for Permanency: Fulfilling our Promise to Teens Under State Guardianship (774 KB PDF)
• The Essentials of Case Building (434 KB PDF)
• Unaccompanied Alien Children in the Juvenile Court System: What Every Advocate Should Know (673 KB PDF; Also in Inclusiveness)
• Ethical and Evidentiary Issues in Abuse and Neglect Cases for CASA Volunteers and Judges (932 KB PDF; Also in Resources for All)

Resources for Programs

• The Nuts and Bolts of Transforming a CASA Program from Staff to Volunteer Advocates (370 KB PDF)
• National CASA 101 (626 KB PDF)

Recruiting, Retaining and Training Volunteers

• Retaining Volunteers: Lessons Learned from Cook County, Illinois (169 KB PDF)
• Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers – Let’s Make a Party Out of It! (236 KB PDF)
• Novel Opportunities: Utilizing Higher Education Partnerships for CASA Volunteer Development (116 KB PDF)
• CASA Quarterbacks – The Key to Male Recruitment (97 KB PDF; Also in Inclusiveness)
• Tactics and Strategies for Recruiting Diverse Volunteers at the Peace Corps (465 KB PDF; Also in Inclusiveness)

Fundraising and Resource Development

• VISTA: Using Americorps/VISTA to Build Sustainability (126 KB PDF)
• Maximizing Your Fundraising Efforts Through Major Gifts (94 KB PDF)
• Going ‘Hog Wild’ with Event Planning: High-Impact Events for Small Programs (126 KB PDF)

Inclusiveness and Cultural Competency

• Unaccompanied Alien Children in the Juvenile Court System: What Every Advocate Should Know (673 KB PDF; Also in Resources for Volunteers)
• CASA Quarterbacks – The Key to Male Recruitment (97 KB PDF; Also in Recruit, Retain and Train Volunteers)
• Erasing Racial Bias: Efforts to Address the Disproportionate Number of Minority Youth in the Foster Care and Family Court System (1.1 MB PDF)
• Exploring a Practical Guide to the Indian Child Welfare Act (263 KB PDF)
• Tactics and Strategies for Recruiting Diverse Volunteers at the Peace Corps (465 KB PDF; Also in Recruit, Retain and Train Volunteers)

Resources for All

• Ethical and Evidentiary Issues in Abuse and Neglect Cases for CASA Volunteers and Judges (932 KB PDF; Also in Resources for Volunteers)
• Educational Advocacy (195 KB PDF)
• Termination of Parental Rights (440 KB PDF)
• Dealing with Methamphetamine Addiction and Child Abuse: Meeting the Challenge of Effective Advocacy (860 KB PDF)
• Child Sexual Abuse: Dealing with the Traumatic Aftermath (1.1 MB PDF)