2024 Kent County CASA In-Service Trainings

January, Wednesday the 3rd from 10am to 12pm

Permanency Options ~ Lauren Brueckner will partner with Child Attorney (Melissa Hutchison to discuss permanency options including reunification, guardianship, permanent guardianship, TPR/Adoption and APPLA.

February, Thursday the 1st from 12pm to 2pm

Let’s Play Jeopardy! ~ Lauren Brueckner will kick off the fall with a game! CASA volunteers will play Jeopardy and learn about a variety of topics related to child welfare

March, Monday the 4th from 10am to 12pm

Drugs In Our Community ~ Two members of the Delaware State Police will present information on current drug trends, what and how drugs are moved through the state and what happens when the state police respond

April NO IN-SERVICE.... Note: Protecting Delaware’s Children Conference will be on 4/18

May, Wednesday the 1st from 10am to 12pm

ACES & Trauma ~ Lauren Brueckner will lead a discussion on the Adverse Childhood Experiences study and how it relates to trauma within the families CASA volunteers work with. We will do this through a deep exploration of the book The Deepest Well by Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris. (If you read the book, you get another 2 hours of training credit)!

June, Wednesday the 5th from 10am to 12pm

Why Family First? ~ Lauren Brueckner will team up with DFS personnel to lead a discussion as to why familial reunification is usually the first permanency option sought in a dependent/neglect case. This training will also include family search and engagement activities as well as reference national research

July NO IN-SERVICE

August, Thursday the 1st from 10am to 12pm

Book Club: The Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott” ~ Lauren Brueckner will facilitate a discussion on this book and how the topics within relate to child welfare.

September NO IN-SERVICE WILL BE OFFERED in Kent County (please visit New Castle or Sussex County for September training)

October, Thursday the 3rd from 10am to 12pm

Medications for Mental Health ~ CASA Volunteer Stephanie Evans-Mitchell will present on what certain types of medications are for, how they are prescribed, and other things CASA volunteers should know about mental health medications

November NO IN-SERVICE

Event Venue

Office of Performance Management Training Center, Edgehill Shopping Center, 43 South Dupont Highway, Dover, United States