Talk:Court Appointed Special Advocates

Page needs work
This page really needs work. It reads like an advocacy piece, which is a violation of WP:NOT, and there is no real evidence of reliable, secondary coverage required to demonstrate notability or evidence it passes WP:CORP. The tone was terrible, it appeared to present conflicting messages (is the page about a person who acts as an advocate, or about an organization?) and was stuffed to the gills with unneeded external links. WLU (talk) 18:46, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Good Start
The tricky part of CASA is the fact that it is an overarching organization that can have such variance through each location. Being able to capture the true essence of not only the organization but of the impact that each individual volunteer is a difficult thing. Also, because of the nature of CASA being able to "source" out information can be more difficult than others. CASA provides children with somewhat of a safety net for not being lost in the system. The volunteers are given one child/case (some can involve siblings) and it is their job to assess each aspect that is a part of the child's life and legal situation. In some cases the volunteers will make check up visits to a child's former home, foster care home, school, and after school care program to interview those involved with the child's situation. This is done to draw the most accurate conclusion on how to help the given child and best represent their wishes and what is in their best interest in court. Countless children have benefitted from this organization and have chosen to be a part of it once they reach appropriate age in order to help others. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.166.4.251 (talk) 01:16, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

I completely agree that CASA volunteers provide children with a type of safety net for not being lost in the system. I have been a CASA in California for almost two years, and I've been assigned the same case the whole time. In California, each CASA program is associated with a court's jurisdiction. For another point of view, I believe in the State of Colorado, there is one CASA program for the whole state. Pcvjamaica (talk) 21:18, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

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Balance Needed
A Criticism section has been recently added, which is important to include, but if two studies and an article are cited indicating negative results without also including studies showing positive results, the article is unbalanced.

Some (of many available) options: Stanley, Jessica, and Chan M. Hellman. Nurturing Hope Among Children Experiencing Abuse & Neglect: Examining the Effects of CASA Volunteers. 2019.

Waxman, H.; Houston, R.; Profilet, S.; Sanchez, B. The Long-Term Effects of the Houston Child Advocates, Inc., Program on Children and Family Outcomes. Child Welfare. 2009.

Weiner, D., Farrell, A., Gitlow, E., Small, L., Kim, K., Anderson, C., & Goerge, R. The Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program: Judicial Perspectives Survey and the Path to Evidence. Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago: Chicago, IL. 2020. 2600:6C55:6700:1A50:C9FF:4931:A4AF:9F92 (talk) 20:55, 29 May 2023 (UTC)