by Yellowstone CASA | May 23, 2018 | CASA Blog, CASA Updates
Self Care The work we do as CASA Advocates can take a toll on our emotional well-being. Working with families and kids who have experienced trauma can lead an Advocate to experiencing compassion fatigue. It is important to dedicate time to ourselves, and address our...
by Yellowstone CASA | Apr 10, 2018 | CASA Blog, CASA Updates
Sadly, statistics confirm a psychiatric admission for a child in the foster care system is far from an unusual occurrence. Mariela Herrera, MD, Medical Director of Youth Inpatient Psychiatric Unit at Billings Clinic, is on the front lines. “A child’s relationship with...
by Yellowstone CASA | Apr 9, 2018 | CASA Blog, CASA Updates
The HBO documentary Addiction was produced by John Hoffman and Susan Froemke with Executive Producer Sheila Nevins. The documentary has nine segments that focus on case studies, brain imagery research and cutting edge treatments. Research and brain imagery are...
by Yellowstone CASA | Dec 1, 2017 | CASA Headlines, CASA Updates
Kip Atkinson went from “bad guy” to good guy in just a few months. The Billings man has now spent a year volunteering as a Court Appointed Special Advocate, or CASA, with abused and neglected kids. Before that, he spent five years shutting off power at...
by Yellowstone CASA | Aug 4, 2017 | CASA Headlines, CASA Updates
For full Gazette article click here In Montana where barely 10 percent of the people who need treatment for alcohol or other drug abuse actually get it, even the children suffer. “Substance abuse is reaching catastrophic levels in Billings,” said Jennifer Owen,...
