Research and training resources
The following court and jail links can help volunteers gather important case-related information — and below these links, volunteers can find CASA-recommended books, videos and webinars for continuing education:
Statewide General District Court case search
Virginia Circuit Court Case Information
Virginia General District Court Information
The National Sex Offender Registry
The VINE Link (Victim Information Notification Everyday) website
Statewide Circuit Court records search
Rappahannock Regional Jail inmate information.
The 2-1-1 Virginia community resource directory
Fredericksburg Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court
King George Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court
Spotsylvania Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court
Stafford Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court
Rappahannock CASA recommends the following books, videos and webinars to CASAs for further education:
Movie/documentary list:
Maid
Dopesick
The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez
The Florida Project
Captain Fantastic
Cracked Up: The Darrell Hammond Story
Instant Family
Jacinta
Paper Tigers
Book list:
Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us (Rachel Louise Snyder)
The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog: And Other Stories From a Child Psychiatrist’s Notebook (Bruce D. Perry)
Educated (Tara Westover)
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Dopesick (Beth Macy)
So You Want to Talk About Race (Ijeoma Oluo)
What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing (Bruce D. Perry)
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (Anne Fadiman)
To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care (Cris Beam)
Webinars:
Culturally Responsive Child Advocacy
Part 1: History of the Child Welfare System(1 hour)
Part 2: The Current State and Climate of the Foster Care System (1 hour)
Part 3: Understanding Racial Bias and the Impact on Families of Color(1 hour)
Part 4: Tools for Closing the Gap(1 hour)
All Children-All Families: Advocating for LGBTQ Youth
Part 1: Setting the Foundation for LGBTQ Inclusion (1.25 hours)
Part 2: Advocating for LGBTQ Youth(1.25 hours)
Part 3: Advocating for LGBTQ Youthin the Educational System (1.25 hours)
Substance Use Disorders
Part 1: An Introduction to Substance Abuse as a Disorder (1 hour)
Part 2: A Family-Centered Approach to Understanding Impact(1 hour)
Part 3: Substance Use Disorders and Child Welfare(1 hour)
How to be Resilient in a Pandemic and Beyond (1.5 hours)
National CASA webinar: Understanding Relationships and their Importance to Early Childhood Development (1 hour) / (PowerPoint Slides)
National CASA Webinar: Recognizing and Responding to the Mental Health and Caregiver-Child Relationship Needs of Medically-Complex Foster Children (1 hour) / (PowerPoint Slides)