Welcome to Voices for Children Pre-Service Training!
Before you begin, please be sure you have submitted an application, completed an interview, and been accepted to training. To get started, visit Become a Volunteer. If you have questions about the process, please contact our Advocate Coordinator, D'Aja Joyner, at djoyner@casabaltco.org.
CURRENT & UPCOMING TRAINING DATES:
OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2026 TRAINING SCHEDULE
JANUARY FEBRUARY 2027 TRAINING SCHEDULE
Welcome to the Pre-service Training for Voices for Children Baltimore County! Below, you will find each Lesson's online component ("foundational course"), videos, hand-outs and Facilitator information. Many of the sessions have pre-work in a Reflection Question Form, to be submitted before each session.
*PLEASE NOTE: All Pre-Work must be submitted to the instructor by noon on the day of the online session. Below is the schedule of all in-person and online training - invitations to each online session will be emailed the day before.
If you have any questions about a specific session, please email the facilitator for that session at the email address provided below.
We look forward to working with you!
**The FIRST session and BOTH panels (Volunteer & Professional) will be IN-PERSON at the Voices for Children Office, in the CASA Training Room, #401:
102 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Ste. 401, Towson, MD 21204.
All other sessions will be online via Zoom.
*Please note while this is mostly a Monday-Wednesday schedule, there are two Thursday classes: Volunteer Panel Thursday, 11/12/26 and Post Training Panel Thursday, 11/19/26
Session 1 - Orientation
FACILITATOR: D'Aja Joyner, Advocate Coordinator
Monday, October 26th, 2026 - 6:30 to 8 p.m. (IN-PERSON)
Session 2 - Overview
FACILITATOR: Jennifer Stine, Executive Director
Wednesday, October 28th, 2026 - 6:30 to 8 p.m. (ZOOM)
Session 3 - The Bleux Case
FACILITATOR: Ellen Franklin, Advocate Supervisor
Monday, November 2nd 2026 - 6:30 to 8 p.m. (ZOOM)
Session 4 - The Greene Case
FACILITATOR: Gretchen Rockafellow, Advocate Supervisor
Wednesday, November 4th, 2026 - 6:30 to 8 p.m. (ZOOM)
Session 5 - The Amarillo Case
FACILITATOR: Helen-Marie Robertson, Advocate Supervisor
Wednesday, November 9th, 2026 - 6:30 to 8 p.m. (ZOOM)
Session 6 - Volunteer Panel
FACILITATOR: Lenae Ray, Advocate Supervisor
Thursday, November 12th, 2026 - 6:30 to 8 p.m. (IN-PERSON)
Session 7 - ACES Training
FACILITATOR: Joanne Lindsay, Advocate Supervisor
Monday, November 16th, 2026 - 6:30 to 8 p.m. (ZOOM)
Session 8- The Redd Case
FACILITATOR: Rebecca Behnke, Advocate Supervisor
Wednesday, November 18th, 2026 - 6:30 to 8 p.m. (ZOOM)
Session 9 - Post Training Professional Panel & Optima Training
FACILITATOR: Karen Coleman, Program Director
Thursday, November 19th, 2026 - 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (IN-PERSON)