Continuing Learning Tracking Sheet

Iowa Child Advocacy Board CASA Continuing Learning Tracking Sheet

Please submit to your Program Coordinator for any training completed outside of ICAB’s In-Service Trainings.

Advocate/Coach Name: ______Date:______

Please Check Type of Alternative Continuing Learning Opportunity:

____ Other Agency Sponsored In-Service: Sponsoring Agency: ______Conference Course Lecture Other: ______Instructor Name: ______Title of Training: ______Date of Training: ______

____ Internet Training or Research: Source, Title, Author: ______Website Address: ______

____ Book Review: Title/Author: ______

____ Article Review: Source, Title, Author: ______

____ Media (movie, television program, etc.): Source, Title: ______

____ Other (Please specify):______

Number of hours spent (not including travel time):______Travel Time: ______This is to be counted towards your monthly time of volunteering for ICAB. This does not count towards training time.

To apply what you have learned to your role as a CASA Advocate or Coach, please outline the following:

1. What was the specific training content that you acquired that will specifically assist you in understanding the training topic and advocating for youth as a CASA?

July 2017 2. What questions might you ask, of the youth, the parent, the caregiver, or the provider, related to the (fill in the blank with the topic in the training, such as: “youth's mental health”) needs, services, or gaps in services to gather additional information to be able to share with the judge or to help you make effective recommendations?

3. What types of objective observations might you gather from the youth/parent to help provide a full picture of this issue in your CASA report?

4. What are potential strengths you might identify in the family, of the parent, or the child, related to the topic?

5. What are specific recommendations might you make in a CASA report related to a______(fill in the blank with topic: youth's mental health) issues, services or gaps in services?

July 2017 6. What did you learn that you would like to share with other CASAs? Would you recommend this training to others?

For Staff Use:

Approved by: ______Date: ______Number of Hours Credited: ______(Max 2 hours for videos/movies/books) Date CASA Notified of Approval:______Copy placed in Advocate’s Personnel file:______

July 2017