by Ben McKee | Jun 28, 2018 | CASA Blog, CASA Updates
One of many things that makes the CASA program unique among volunteer organizations is the opportunity for leadership, through the ability to become a Peer Coordinator. Peer Coordinators, or PCs, are defined by the National Court Appointed Special Advocates...
by cbyler | Jun 21, 2018 | CASA Blog, CASA Updates
As Court Appointed Special Advocates, we are appointed by a Judge to serve as the investigative arm of the court and we become the voice of the child. One of the pledges we take at the onset of our case is to see the child a minimum of once per month. This initial...
by Yellowstone CASA | Jun 11, 2018 | CASA Blog, CASA Updates
Film Review: “The Florida Project” This special movie handles complex social and economic realities with balance and subtlety. It is summer vacation for kids who live in a cheap hotel a few miles from Disney World. There is irony in the disparity of those...
by AMilsop | Jun 8, 2018 | CASA Blog, CASA Updates
When I was a 25-year-old Peace Corps volunteer teaching English in a Ukrainian public school, I found myself stymied by one of my students. I don’t recall his name—Andriy or Sergei or Valeriy—but I still recall the day that I finally noticed something was wrong. The...
by jmack | Jun 4, 2018 | CASA Blog, CASA Updates
In an effort to help form good habits for navigating lane changes and turns, some drivers’ education programs use the SMOG acronym (signal, mirror, over-the-shoulder, go). Adapting the SMOG habit may be a helpful model as CASAs interact within the cultural environment...
