As part of our mission to support the continuing education of advocate volunteers and to connect CASA volunteers across the state, CASA of New York State offers continuing education training and workshops and promotes trainings offered by partner organizations.
The child welfare field is continually evolving. The needs of the children and families served by CASA are complex. Because of this, it is requirement that all CASA volunteers engage in at least 12 hours of continuing education, also known as in-service training, annually.
In addition to supporting CASA volunteers and staff, CASA opens some training to families served by CASA and service providers with whom CASA collaborates.
Upcoming trainings include:
The Child Catcher: A Fight for Justice and Truth
Thursday June 5th | 6pm to 7pm
Join us for a live discussion with the author, Andrew Bridge in a relaxed atmosphere for our next Book Read.
Open to CASA volunteers, volunteers in training, CASA staff, families served by CASA, service providers with whom CASA collaborates and community members. Offered via Zoom.
The Child Catcher is the true story of the fight to rescue the children confined to a violent and secretive institution in the rural South.
Andrew Bridge’s bestselling memoir, Hope’s Boy, told the story of his survival after he was taken from his mother, who struggled with schizophrenia, and was left to foster care. Bridge was first confined at one of our country’s most notorious children’s institutions, MacLaren Hall. Now, in The Child Catcher, he chronicles his role in the longest-running, most bitterly fought mental health lawsuit in American history. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Bridge joined the small team of civil rights lawyers representing the children of the Eufaula Adolescent Center, a violent and secretive institution in the rural South, against the State of Alabama.