June 2016 Reminder - Vanderburgh County CASA

Vanderburgh County CASA
2016 MONTHLY REMINDER
February – March – May –
June – August – September
– November – December
Staff:
Suzanne Draper
Executive Director
sdraper@vandcasa.com
Christine Lutz
Program Director
clutz@vandcasa.com
2016
Walk the Runway
Friday, August 26th
Contact Us:
728 Court Street
Evansville, Indiana 47708
812-424-5825
Office Hours: M – F
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Casey Blake
Development & Marketing Coordinator
Website:
cblake@vandcasa.com
www.vandcasa.com
Rebecca Brown
Office Manager
rbrown@vandcasa.com
Debby Gamache
Case Coordinator
dgamache@vandcasa.com
Shannon Schultz
Case Coordinator
sschultz@vandcasa.com
Informational Meeting
Monday, June 20, 2016
5-6 p.m.
CASA Office Training Center
ADDITIONAL WEBSITES:
National CASA website
www.casaforchildren.org
State CASA website
www.childadvocatesnetwork.org
Indiana Court Times website
www.courts.in.gov/times
Sally Carr
Volunteer Coordinator
scarr@vandcasa.com
Trish Brown
Volunteer Coordinator
tbrown@vandcasa.com
Yvonne Mans
Volunteer Coordinator
ymans@vandcasa.com
SAVE THE DATE:
2016 CASA State
Conference
Saturday, October 1st
Karen Hysell
Volunteer Coordinator
khysell@vandcasa.com
Dana Lewis
Volunteer Coordinator
dlewis@vandcasa.com
NOTE TO ALL VOLUNTEERS:
Be sure to always wear your
CASA ID Badge to court!
This publication is a
supplement of the CASA
Quarterly Newsletter for
April 2016.
PLEASE REMEMBER:
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RSVP for any event you plan to attend. When you send in your RSVP regarding an inservice, please include the date and location of the event you plan to attend.
Volunteers are responsible for
making all arrangements and
any cost related to attending
or participating.
Record your time from attending
or participating in any Continuing
Ed Opportunity in Optima in the
Training Logs tab. See photo.
If you receive a certificate for
attending or participate in an
event, please be sure the CASA
office receives a copy for your file.
In-services
& More…
Vanderburgh County CASA
Please be sure to enter ALL in-service
hours (CASA specific and community), of
events you attend, into Optima!
Your time is so valuable to us …we want
every moment to count in our state
report. Thank you for ALL you do!
JUNE:
Date: Monday, June 13th
Time: All Day Event – 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: CASA Office Training Center
Speaker: Deaconess Cross Pointe
Topic: Youth Mental Health
Lunch will be provided
RSVP by Friday, June 10th to rbrown@vandcasa.com
JULY:
Date: Monday, July 11th
Time: 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Location: CASA Office Training Center
Speaker: Samantha Freeman w/DCS Foster Care
Topic: Vanderburgh County Foster Care
RSVP by Friday, July 8th to rbrown@vandcasa.com
LOOKING AHEAD…
AUGUST:
Date: Monday, August 8th
Time: 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Speaker: Amy Abbott
Topic: Brentwood Meadows Addiction & Mental Health Services
RSVP by Friday, August 5th to rbrown@vandcasa.com
June Birthdays – Staff & Volunteers
Nancy Ubelhor, Stacy Wirthman, Yvonne Mans,
Diane Austin, Robert Hulsey, Jill Northener, Susan Burgdorf,
Debbie Kendall, Jack Burgdorf, Angie Coudret, Jeff Thompson, Casey Blake & Marty Miller.
MORE
Happy Birthday to YOU!
CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
WARRICK CO.
TRAUMA INFORMED CARE
This is a community education forum that is open to anyone interested in learning more.
Donna Culley, PhD, Director of Child and Family Services and chair of the Trauma
Informed Committee at Southwestern Behavioral Healthcare will present on this topic.
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Stepping Stone 4001 John Street
Evansville, IN
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Call 812-473-3144 no later than Friday, June
by 5:00 p.m. to RSVP for this FREE event.
A light dinner will be served and CEU’s will be available.
January is just around the
Indiana
Youth Institute presents Child Abuse 101: Indicators of Abuse & Neglect
corner!
with Carol
Cochard Pool, MSW, Prevention Education Specialist – Prevent Child Abuse IN
Thursday, June 9, 2016
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana Visitor’s Center 4000 S. Tulip Tree Drive Princeton, IN 47670
(Enter through the TMMI Visitor’s Center)
COST: FREE Lunch will be provided
Please RSVP to this link Gibson County YWC RSVP
If you have trouble please contact Debbie Jones at djones@iyi.org
HEPATITIS C: THE GROWING EPIDEMIC
with Matthew Zielske & Tim Chadwick from the AIDS Resource Group
JUNE 15, 2016
Southwestern Healthcare Welborn Room 412 Mulberry Street
Presentation 12:0 1:00 p.m. please feel free to bring your lunch Limited Seating Available
Please RSVP by June 8, 2016 by emailing Laura Walker at walkerl@southwestern.org
or join us on Facebook or call 812-213-3432
SUICIDE PREVENTION SEMINAR:
Oak Hill Christian Center 4901 Oak Hill Road Evansville, IN
June 21, 2016 6:30 p.m. FREE ADMISSION
Presented by Deaconess Cross Pointe Staff
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For more information call
DeAnne at 812-677-6043 or email at csplittorff@antioch.edu
Learn three life-saving skills that could possibly prevent someone from attempting to take their own life!
MORE
AND MORE…
Our Annual Geranium Fundraiser was a huge success!!
1374
Geraniums Sold
“Thank YOU” …to everyone who purchased, took orders or help with pickup day!
You were the reason for our great success!
IMPORTANT REMINDER: OPTIMA
When you get ready to go onto our Optima database site to view your case information, be sure that the link you are
using is the link listed below. There is another very similar link that will automatically pop up as you are enter our site
address in the search bar. It only has one character that is off or wrong and looks very much like the true site link. The
difference is, when you attempt to enter your information …problems will arise. If you don’t realize you are in the wrong
site, you will end up following the prompts and creating more problems without ever gaining access.
Please make note of this link and use it ONLY to access Optima.
https://in-vanderburgh.evintosolutions.com/Account/LogOn
MORE
…more Continuing Education Opportunities
SOUTHWEST INDIANA REGIONAL MEETING
With Melissa Butler, PhD, HSPP & Stephanie J. Cunningham, PhD
Friday July 29, 2016
Subjects:
“The Ethics of Multicultural Competence in Psychological Practice: What, Why & How”
“Providing Ethical Psychological Services to LGBTQ Clients: Fundamentals, Critical Issues and the Role of Personal Values”
8:45 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Central Time - 8:15 Registration
University of Southern Indiana University Center 8600 University Blvd.
Evansville, IN
Full event details and registration will be available soon at www.indianapsychology.org
2016 SUMMER WEBINARS:
WEBINAR INFORMATION PROVIDED BY STATE CASA:
Session 1: June 17, 2016 at 10am PT | 1pm ET
Parenting After Trauma, presented by Lorie Sicafuse, PhD, and
Alicia Summers, PhD, National Council of Juvenile and Family
Court Judges.
Here is information we received from our State CASA Office
and Indiana Youth Institute (IYI) regarding webinars that
are being offered during the busy summer months. This
may provide you with additional opportunities for getting
those much needed in-service hours completed …from the
comfort of your home! There are links provided below for
you to register, if you are interested.
Session 2: June 22, 2016 at 10am PT | 1pm ET CAPTA - A Primer for
Advocates, presented by Kiersten Stewart, Futures Without Violence
Session 3: July 27, 2016 at 10am PT | 1pm ET
Collaboration - A look at the Greenbook and the Safe and Together
Model, presented by Melissa Mangiarancina, JD, National Council of
Juvenile and Family Court Judges and David Mandel, David Mandel &
Associates
Session 4: August 4, 2016 at 11am PT | 2pm ET
Strong Collaborative, Strong Families: Co-located Domestic Violence
Services Within Child Welfare, panelists Jo Simonsen, Cara Lanza, and
Devin Rojas. Moderated by Lonna Davis.
Session 5: August 24, 2016 at 10am PT | 1pm ET
Working with Men Who Batter, presented by Fernando Mederos,
Battered Women's Justice Project
Session 6: September 7, 2016 at 11am PT | 2pm ET
Trauma-informed Approaches to Domestic Violence Exposure, Adverse
Childhood Experiences and Resiliency: Opportunities for Early Child
Care Providers, presented by Leiana Kinnicutt, Rebecca Levenson, and
a Head Start Provider from Grand Forks, ND, Defending Childhood
Initiative, TBD. Facilitated by Mie Fukuda.
Session 7: Date & Time TBD
We Believe Moms Matter: Enhancing Child Welfare Responses to
Mothers Experiencing Domestic Violence, presented by Rebecca
Levenson, Shellie Taggart, and Child welfare worker TBD. Facilitated by
Leiana Kinnicutt.
INDIANA YOUTH INSTITUTE WEBINARS:
Trauma-informed Care: Healing the Helper
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
1:00pm-2:30pm (Eastern)
12:00pm-1:30pm (Central)
Register Today!
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