Meeting December 12th

Montgomery County CASAs: Monday, December 12th @ 6:00 will be our monthly meeting. The meeting will be in our usual spot at St. John Episcopal Church. Come join us for some good eats, fellowship, and a wee bit of training! There will be chili, cheesy potato soup, taco soup, french bread and some delightful sugary goodies.

We will have speakers from Rock Point Church. They will tell us about the new programs, Celebrate Recovery and The Landing. As we all know, drugs and alcohol are involved in nearly all of our CASA children's lives. It should be interesting learning about these two new programs and how they might help.

Looking forward to seeing you all !!!

Psychotropic Drugs on Foster Care Children ABC 20/20

If you missed 20/20 Friday night, there is a clip below.

You can watch the entire episode on Hulu by clicking on this link 20/20

20/20 Program Focuses on Psychotropic Medication Use Among Foster Youth

Post from National CASA

20/20 Program Focuses on Psychotropic Medication Use Among Foster Youth

This Friday, the ABC news program 20/20 will highlight the use of psychotropic medication on youth in foster care. National CASA has been closely involved in the development of this show and in educating the staff about the issue. While we have not seen the final version of the episode, the producers have interviewed CEO Michael Piraino. The episode airs Friday, December 2, on ABC at 10 p.m. ET. Check your local listings for the air time in your area.

National CASA has several resources on our website addressing the use of psychotropic medications on youth, including a tip sheet for advocates written by staff members of the King County (WA) Dependency CASA Program. Find this and other resources in the “Health” section of our Volunteer Resource Library.