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National CASA - casaforchildren.org
Children and the Grieving Process
Lisa Barsky Firsker, PhD, discusses how to work with children who are dealing with the death of a family member or other significant person in their lives. Firsker, executive director of CASA of Morris and Sussex Counties, describes services children may need and shares tips for volunteers about what they should expect from grieving children and how they can work through their own grief.
Communicating With Children Using Drawings
Lisa Barsky Firsker, PhD explains how the use of simple materials such as crayons, paper, colored pencils and markers can be a powerful way to communicate with a child. As she says: "Inside every quiet child there is a loud voice trying to get out."
Change From Within
This podcast features National CASA Association Kappa Alpha Theta Program Director of the Year Melissa Protzek of Allegheny County in Pennsylvania.
Volunteer's Story: Dee Horn
This is the second story teller from the 2010 National CASA Conference closing general session. It is a live recording of Dee Horn from Fulton County CASA, Georgia. In this podcast Dee shares his story about his volunteer advocacy work.
Helping Youth Succeed: A Former Foster Youth's Story Part II
The second segment of a two-part story. In part one, we heard Michael describe his experiences in foster care. In part two, we hear from the CASA volunteer and Casey Family Programs staff member who helped Michael overcome the odds and achieve success.
Volunteer's Story: Jo-Anne Vanin
Massachusetts CASA volunteer Jo-Anne Vanin explains how she views her role as a volunteer advocate and why she chooses to do this important work.
American Radio Works - americanradioworks.publicradio.org
A Mind of Their Own
Most children can be volatile at some point in their development, with no particular cause of worry. But at what point do irritability, mood swings and tantrums constitute a mental illness? Up to a half million children are believed to have bipolar illness. This is the story of three of those children, their families and the professionals who work with them.
Logging On and Losing Out: Dealing Addiction to America's Kids
Internet poker has taken America by storm. Three-quarters of high school and college kids are gambling on a regular basis. But adolescents are far more vulnerable to getting addicted to gambling than adults. And with Internet companies making millions from online gamblers, there's little incentive or legal controls to restrict youth gambling.
Rewiring the Brain
A unique study of Romania's orphans reveals the profound effects of social deprivation on brain development.
Wanted: Parents
Advocates for kids are trying to persuade more families to adopt teenagers. If teenagers in foster care don't find permanent families, they face a grim future. They "age out" of foster care, usually when they turn 18 years old, and many wind up on the streets. Every year, more than 24,000 American young people age out of foster care.
Trauma and the Brain
Terrifying events like the terrorist attacks of 9/11 trigger strong biological and psychological reactions. Most people can recover over time, but researchers are trying to understand by some never do.
The Forgotten 14 Million
One in five American children is growing up poor. Critics of welfare and other social programs say government spending hasn't solved poverty.
Child Trauma Academy - childtraumaacademy.com
The Amazing Human Brain and Human Development
Discover the hows and whys of the human brain, and gain a better understanding of brain functioning in maltreated children.
Surviving Childhood: An Introduction to the Impact of Trauma
Learn the physiological and psychological aspects of trauma, the effects of this trauma on our society and how you can help.
The Cost of Caring
Secondary traumatic stress and the impact of working with high-risk children and families.
Bonding and Attachment in Maltreated Children
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