Training Designed for CASA Programs Placement and Permanency Planning in the Juvenile Court

  • Advokids recognizes the critical role CASA programs play in California’s juvenile dependency system. We therefore offer a specialized training in permanency planning for CASA volunteers. It is important for CASA Volunteers to understand the avenues available to all parties and caregivers to participate in the juvenile court process in a way that encourages concurrent planning in the early stages of a dependency proceeding and ensures permanency as soon as possible for every foster child.

    The Juvenile Court is ultimately responsible for the safety and welfare of every foster child. This includes their need for permanency.

    Trainings offered by Advokids:

    IMPROVING ACCESS, ADVOCACY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE JUVENILE COURT

    Transparency & Accountability – Tools for protecting
    a child’s physical, emotional and developmental health

    • ASFA and child welfare policy
    • Improving the flow of information to the court from varied sources
    • Paternity, relatives, siblings, and identifying the permanency alternative home – upfront and early on
    • Critical crafting of measurable reunification plans
    • Review Hearings – who weighs in?
    • Review Hearings and the legal standards for return home, continued services, or termination of services
    • Transition Plans
    • The JV 180 as an advocacy tool
    • De Facto Parent Status
    • Transparency & Accountability--Tools for protecting a child’s physical, emotional and developmental health
    • Reporting Tools
    • JV-210-Affidavit to Commence Proceedings in Juvenile Court
    • A collective safety net – advocacy in action
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    PLACEMENT AND PERMANENCY PLANNING IN JUVENILE COURT CURRICULUM

    permanency efforts must start at the beginning of the case: When, Why & How

    • The critical first 60 days
    • Placement issues at detention, disposition, and review hearings
    • Timelines; Why they matter
    • What is NREFM?
    • Sibling placement considerations
    • CDSS Regulations and permanency, the Case Plan
    • Adoption planning
    • Guardianships
    • Permanency efforts never end, so never close the door on adoption

    bonding & Attachment and the permanency imperative:
    Impediments to permanency

    • ICWA notice
    • Paternity
    • Sibling issues
    • Continuances

    permanency protections

    • JV 290 Caregiver Report Form
    • De facto Parent Status, JV 295,296
    • Prospective Adoptive Parent Status, JV 321

    Securing permanency: Ultimately, whose job is it?

    • The role of County Counsel
    • The role of the parent’s attorney
    • The role of the minor’s attorney
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    PERMANENCY: A LEGAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MANDATE FOR FOSTER CHILDREN CURRICULUM

    A Multi-Disciplinary Training For:

    • Mental Health Providers
    • CASA Volunteers
    • Social Workers

    Topics addressed in Permanency training:

       • Concurrent Planning
       • Placement Considerations and
            Preferences
       • Relative Search Requirements
       • Reunification & Review Hearing
            Time Lines
       • Role of the Caregiver in
            Permanency
       • Permanency Tools
       • Attorneys’ Duties
       • Appeals & Writs
    		   • Attachment Theory
       • Types of Attachment
       • Emotional Tasks
       • Attachment & The Dependency System
       • Disruptions in Attachment
       • Factors to Consider Before
            Moving A Child
       • Repairing Disrupted Attachments
       • Nature & Legacy of
            Separation and Loss
       • Systemic Trauma
    View Permanency brochure (pdf) »

    — For further information, or to schedule a training, please contact us.

     

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