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Empowered to Connect - Stream from Home!
You can now sign up to watch the Empowered to Connect Rewind from the comfort of your own home. Once you register on our site, you will receive a confirmation email with the link and information on how to view the conference from your home.
Empowered to Connect is a 2-day event that focuses on the needs of children who have experienced trauma. This event supports individuals working with children from hard places (especially children who have been impacted by adoption and foster care). You will learn the impact of trauma on a child's developing brain and body as well as learn practical ways to help bring healing to a hurting child. You will learn from top experts in the field about the importance of connection, understanding sensory needs and handling difficult behavior. Most importantly you will learn how to provide support for children who need it the most.
Individuals like (i.e. foster/adoptive parents, CASA volunteers, teachers, therapists, child welfare professionals, GAL's, and so many more) will find this event to be life-changing for the children they serve.
Featuring Trust-Based Relational Intervention® methods developed by Dr. Karyn Purvis and Dr. David Cross from the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development, this conference helps bring attachment and connection in families.
This will be a REWIND conference of 2018 Empowered to Connect Conference Simulcast. The $5 admission covers the two-day conference. If you have questions, please contact Rebecca Weber at rweber@casaswmo.org or call 417.770.4380.
To register: https://bit.ly/casaetc
How to stay Regulated in times of Crisis
Join Andrew Farmer, LPC and Trauma Trainer for Great Circle, on Friday, April 10th from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. as he shares:
1. How our bodies respond during times of stress,
2. The Different Mental States we go through, and
3. How to keep ourselves regulated before, during, and after a stressful situation.
This is great information to have in your toolbox, especially working with children who have been traumatized.
Virtual Visits 101
Join us to learn more about connecting with your CASA children in a virtual world.
Rescheduled - Smash the Cycle Video Game Tournament
Keep watching for a new date in October 2020!
Help us win in the fight against child abuse! As a sponsor, you will be making an investment in the future of abused and neglected children in our community while also encouraging STEAM education. Help us ensure that each child in foster care has a special advocate - a CASA Volunteer - by their side. Your support can truly Change a Child’s Story.
This event is for EVERYONE!!! Compete in the Smash Bros Tournament (singles or doubles) or the Rocket League. We will also have a room for some vintage games and a friendlies room.
4th Annual Lift Up a Child Fitness Event
High-intensity workouts paired with Olympic weightlifting. 100% of all proceeds will benefit CASA of Southwest Missouri.
$120 per team. Two-person teams, male/male or female/female. The divisions are Intermediate (scaled), or Advanced (Rx). Registration fees are non-refundable but transferable if needed.
Registration opens April 4, 2020!
Child Abuse Prevention Month
Support Child Abuse Prevention Month by purchasing Pinwheels for Prevention or inviting CASA to your work, civic group or church to talk about how every person can help in the fight against child abuse.
Purchase your pinwheels here: http://bit.ly/casapinwheels
