Welcome to CASA of Baltimore County's 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, please visit Become a Volunteer. If you have questions about the process, please contact our Advocate Coordinator, D'Aja Joyner, at djoyner@casabaltco.org.
UPCOMING TRAINING DATES:
Welcome to the Pre-service Training for CASA of 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 meetings - 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 CASA office:
102 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Ste. 101, Towson, MD 21204.
All other sessions will be online via Zoom.
Session 1 - Orientation
FACILITATOR: D'Aja Joyner, Advocate Coordinator
Tuesday, January 13th, 2026 6:30-8:00pm (IN-PERSON)
Session 2 - Overview
FACILITATOR: Jennifer Stine, Executive Director
Wednesday, January 14th, 2026, 6:30-8:00 pm (ZOOM)
Session 3 - The Bleux Case
FACILITATOR: Ellen Franklin, Advocate Supervisor
Tuesday, January 20th, 6:30-8:00 pm (ZOOM)
Session 4 - The Greene Case
FACILITATOR: Gretchen Rockafellow, Advocate Supervisor
Thursday, January 22nd, 2026, 6:30-8:00 pm (ZOOM)
Session 5 - Volunteer Panel
FACILITATOR: Lenae Ray, Advocate Supervisor
Tuesday, January 27th, 2026, 6:30-8:00 pm (IN-PERSON)
Session 6 -ACES Training
FACILITATOR: Joanne Lindsay, Advocate Supervisor
Wednesday, January 28th, 2026 6:30-8:00 pm (ZOOM)
Session 7- The Amarillo Case
FACILITATOR: Helen-Marie Robertson, Advocate Supervisor
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026, 6:30-8:00 pm (ZOOM)
Session 8 - The Redd Case
FACILITATOR: Rebecca Behnke, Advocate Supervisor
Thursday, February 5th, 2026, 6:30-8:00 pm (ZOOM)
Session 9 - Post Training Professional Panel & Optima Training
FACILITATOR: Karen Coleman, Program Director
Tuesday, February 10th, 2026 6:00-8:00 pm (IN-PERSON)
*Please Note: The last class (post-training professional panel & Optima training) will run from 6pm to 8 pm in-person