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.
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.
UPCOMING TRAINING DATES
March-April Training Class
Orientation
FACILITATOR: D'Aja Joyner, Advocate Coordinator
Monday, March 10th, 2025, 6:30-8:00pm (IN-PERSON)
Lesson 1 - Overview
FACILITATOR: Jennifer Stine, Executive Director
Wednesday, March 12th, 2025, 6:30-8:00 pm (ZOOM)
Lesson 2 - The Bleux Case
FACILITATOR: Ellen Franklin, Advocate Supervisor
Monday, March 17th, 2025, 6:30-8:00 pm (ZOOM)
Volunteer Panel
FACILITATOR: Lenae Ray, Advocate Supervisor
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025, 6:30-8:00 pm (IN-PERSON)
Lesson 3 - The Greene Case
FACILITATOR: Gretchen Rockafellow, Advocate Supervisor
Monday, March 24th, 2025, 6:30-8:00 pm (ZOOM)
ACEs Training
FACILITATOR: Joanne Lindsay, Advocate Supervisor
Wednesday, March 26th, 2025, 6:30-8:00 pm (ZOOM)
Lesson 4 - The Amarillo Case
FACILITATOR: Helen-Marie Robertson, Advocate Supervisor
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025, 6:30-8:00 pm (ZOOM)
Post Training Professional Panel & Optima Training
FACILITATOR: Karen Coleman, Program Director
Monday, April 7th, 2025 6:00-8:00 pm (IN-PERSON)
Please Note: The post-training professional panel and Optima training will run from 6pm to 8 pm in-person
Lesson 5 - The Redd Case
FACILITATOR: Rebecca Behnke, Advocate Supervisor
Wednesday, April 9th, 2025, 6:30-8:00 pm (ZOOM)