ADVOCATE Training & Continuing Education Resources

WEBINARS

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) Learning Center:

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• Developmental and Medical Issues for Young Foster Children
• Who are the Young Children in Foster Care? What Critical Points Must be Kept in Mind when Addressing Their Needs?
• Keeping Secrets: Family Communication After Trauma

Building Community, Building Hope: Film series showing real-world, collaborative solutions to the problem of child abuse and neglect. Each film comes with a discussion toolkit and supporting materials. 

National Criminal Justice Training Center: Strategies for supporting resilience and healing in victims of child maltreatment. 

TED Talks

• Why domestic violent victims don’t leave - Leslie Morgan Steiner 
• To transform child welfare, take race out of the equation – Jessica Pryce

VIDOES / MOVIES

All Rise: For the Good for the Children (75 min) - Takes you inside the courtroom of an unconventional judge in East Texas who takes a trust-based, trauma-informed approach to healing broken families in the child welfare system. Two families share how their lives were transformed through the support and intervention offered by Judge Carole Clark and her team of lawyers, mental health experts and child advocates. 

PODCASTS

Podcast CASA on the Go: the continuing education podcast for CASA Volunteers 

Texas CASA is excited to launch CASA on the Go, a new continuing education podcast for CASA volunteers and staff. Through short, dynamic episodes, this podcast connects CASA advocates with subject matter experts discussing topical issues connected to child welfare. Search for and subscribe to CASA on the Go on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher or Spotify. 

BOOKS / RESOURCE GUIDES

2021-2022 Prevention Resource Guide: Designed to help individuals and organizations in every community strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect. The Resource Guide focuses on protective factors that build on family strengths to foster healthy child and youth development.  

The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity By Dr. Nadine Burke Harris