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CASA Resources

Welcome to the CASA Resource Page.  This is your place to find information helpful to your work as a CASA volunteer.  We hope you will find this useful as you advocate for your child/ren and come back often.  To submit an idea contact Erin.

Continuing Education:  Marion County CASA standards require each CASA volunteer to receive 12 hours of continuing education annually.  Check here for upcoming inservice opportunities as well as on-line courses available. 

Web Resources:  Identifying resources and service providers can help meet our CASA children's needs.  The information is as up-to-date as we can obtain.  We do not assure the accuracy of these websites.
 
Continuing EducationTraining Opportunities

The Oregon Parent Training and Information Center  (ORPTI) is the statewide parent training and information center serving parents of children with disabilities. Check their website for local workshops and trainings.

 
Inservice Handouts:
 
1/12/10 - Educational Surrogacy - Questions to ensure that the educational needs of a child are being addressed, COMPARISON of ADA, IDEA, and Section 504
2/16/10 - Permanency Judicial Consultation - Power Point Presentation
  

Web Resources

DHS/CASA Memorandum of Understanding

DHS Child Welfare Procedures

Family Building Blocks  
Liberty House

Juvenile Rights Project
Teen’s Legal Guide to Foster Care
Teen’s Survival Guide to Leaving Foster Care

 

Mentoring

Youth Impact  
Catholic Community Service 

Foster Parents

Oregon Foster Parent Association - The mission of the Oregon foster Parent Association is to empower, support, and advocate for foster, adoptive and kinship care families who enrich the quality of life for Oregon's children.

National Foster Parent Association

Child Welfare Partnership

 
Mental Health/Drug and Alcohol Treatment

Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare 
Services include mental health counseling, crisis intervention, addictions treatment, and transitional, secure residential, and permanent housing for people with psychiatric challenges. 
New Perspectives Center
An outpatient behavioral health facility with a multi-disciplinary team of therapists and nurse practitioners who provide comprehensive services to children, adolescents, adults, and seniors.
DHS Draft Report - Psychotropic Medications For Foster Children
These recommendations are to ensure the safety of foster children on medications, to improve the overall quality of their mental health care and to enhance health and mental health outcomes.

AA Meetings in the Salem Area
NA Meetings in the Salem Area