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CASCWA
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”
Frederick Douglas, 1852
August 5-7, 2015
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CASCWA
Date:
August 5th-7th, 2015
Location:
Holiday Inn
Visalia Ca 93277
9000 W Airport Dr.
559-651-5000
Special $89.00 CASCWA Room Rate Available
Mandatory SB 1626 Training
Since July 1, 2000 State Law requires that any person working more than 20 hours per week who work on k-12 campuses and whose responsibility it is to protect persons or property, must receive training approved by BSIS.
We are excited to announce the first school based training in the Central Valley for SB 1626 campus safety personnel. If you
have not trained your staff you are open to litigation. This training will satisfy the 24 hours of training required by SB 1626.
Additionally, it will increase the effectiveness of your campus security/monitors, reduce discipline issues at your site and increase
positive school climate. The training has been scheduled to occur prior to school starting, allowing districts to send personnel who
normally can not leave campus. We encourage you to send all of your campus security to ensure a common training and common language.
Mandated Topics Include:
Roles and Responsibility of School Safety
Laws and Liability
Awareness in the Educational Environment
Mediation/Conflict resolution
Disasters and Emergencies
Dynamics of Student
Behavior
Reasonable Suspicion
Safe School Plans
Positive contacts
Ethical Behavior
Student as the #1 client
Drug Identification
Communication Skills
Mental Health Development
Professional Demeanor
California Safe School
Plans
Registration Cost and Information (Space is limited)
2014-2015 and/or 2015-2016 LCAP funds can be used for registration. Registration can be complete prior to P.O being processed.
Members
Non Members
Members Early Registration Discount
Non Members Early Registration Discount
$300.00
$350.00
$275.00
$325.00
Group Discounts (250.00 per person) for 5 or more attendees contact Brian Chandler at 209-505-0503 for code
Group discounts can be combined with Training When It Matters
Use Code CASCWA2015 for Early Registration Discount Before June 1, 2015
Use the following link to complete registration.
http://www.cascwa.wildapricot.org/event-1804004
CASCWA
Date:
August 6th-7th, 2015
Location:
Holiday Inn
Visalia Ca 93277
9000 W Airport Dr.
559-651-5000
Special $89.00 CASCWA Room Rate Available
Training When It Matters
The new Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) mandates that schools and districts address
State established priorities. These priorities includes BASIC SERVICES, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, SCHOOL CLIMATE, AND OTHER STUDENT OUTCOMES. This training is specifically designed to address these LCFF areas related to your LCAP plans.
The San Joaquin Section of CASCWA is partnering with the top legal firms, educators, and
experts in the Central Valley, State, and Nation to provide the best information regarding programs,
policies, and procedures to support your ability to meet your established LCAP target goals and support your high needs students.
Registration Cost and Information (Space is limited)
2014-2015 and/or 2015-2016 LCAP funds can be used for registration. Registration can be complete prior to P.O being
processed.
Members
Non Members
Members Early Registration Discount
Non Members Early Registration Discount
$300.00
$350.00
$275.00
$325.00
Group Discounts (250.00 per person) for 5 or more attendees contact Brian Chandler at 209-505-0503 for code
Group discounts can be combined with SB 1626 Training.
Use Code CASCWA2015 for Early Registration Discount Before June 1, 2015
Use the following link to complete registration.
This years training will utilize break out sessions and a multiple strand approach. Certificates
for session and strand completion will be provided for professional development hours.
To register log onto
http://www.cascwa.wildapricot.org/event-1804004
Wednesday August 5, 2015 SB 1626 Training Day 1 7:45 a.m. —
8:50 a.m.
Registration
Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. —
8:50 a.m.
General Welcome and Opening
San Joaquin Section President
9:00 a.m. —
12:00 p.m.
Roles and Responsibility of School Safety Officers
History and development of campus security, school safety officers
authority both on and off duty, knowledge of the school safety officers
responsibility in the education environment, professional image, school
structure and organization.
12:00 p.m. —
1:15 p.m.
Lunch: Verbal De-Escalation Techniques
Real techniques that campus safety staff can utilize to prevent issues from
escalating into more dangerous situations. 5 second check ins, non verbal
cues to intervening, establishing trusting relationships, effective
communication techniques.
1:20 p.m. —
5:00 p.m.
Roles and Responsibility Cont.
Security Awareness in the Educational Environment
Understanding the unique circumstances that exist in a school environment,
potentially dangerous situations, trespassers, visitor control, and
understanding when problems are most likely to occur.
6:00 p.m. —
8:00 p.m.
Hosted Networking Opportunity
Thursday August 6, 2015 SB 1626 Training Day 2: Must select from sessions in blue Training When it Matters Day 1: May attend any sessions 7:45 a.m. —
8:50 a.m.
8:30 a.m. —
8:50 a.m.
9:00 a.m. —
10:10 a.m.
10:20 a.m. —
11:30 a.m.
Registration
Continental Breakfast
General Welcome and Opening
San Joaquin Section President
Session 1
Independent Study Accounting
Discipline and Sub Group Disproportionality
Foster and Homeless Support and Laws
Increasing Attendance
Getting It Right: Implementing Effective Behavior Interventions
Session 2
Legal Aspects of Dealing with Challenging Parents
Student Rights: Discipline, Free Speech & Search and Seizure
Crisis Plans/Safe School Plans
Increasing Attendance and SARB
Discipline that Restores (FPU model of Restorative Justice)
12:00 p.m. —
1:15 p.m.
Lunch: Why We Do What We Do! Stories of Success
1:30 p.m. —
2:40 p.m.
Session 3
2:50 p.m. —
4:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m. —
8:00 p.m.
The Effect of Poverty/Stress on Learning
Student Rights (Discipline, Free Speech, Search and Seizure)
Successful Mentoring Programs
Chronic Absenteeism and SARB Effective Community Approaches
Special Education/504 Discipline and Support
Session 4:
Dealing with Difficult Parents
Special Education/504 Discipline and Support
Raptor Visitor Management System
Student Records
Social Emotional Learning: What Does it Mean and What Does it Look Like
Hosted Networking Opportunity
Friday August 7, 2015 SB 1626 Day 3: Must select from sessions in blue Training When it Matters Day 2: May attend any sessions
8:00 a.m. —
8:50 a.m.
General Announcements Legal Updates
Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. —
9:50 a.m.
Session 5
10:00 a.m. —
10:50 a.m.
Drug Identification
Digital Media, Bullying, Cyberbullying
Youth Court
Working with Special Needs Population and Understanding Cognitive Development
Disciplinary Evolution: How we Got to Where We are & Why we do the Things we do
Session 6
Drug Identification
Run, Fight, Hide: Active Shooter Training
Human Sex Trafficking. Do you know what to look for?
SB 1088 Legal Requirements for Transitioning Student from Incarceration
Successful PBIS Programs
12:00 p.m. —
1:15 p.m.
Lunch : Ask the Experts
Attendees will have the opportunity to ask key presenters questions that
were not answered during the training, the panel will include legal
representation as well as various experts in the field. This is your chance
to get a direct answer to any questions you still might have.
1:30 p.m. —
5:00 p.m.
SB 1626 Training Wrap Up and Role Play & Questions and Answers
Put into practice what you have learned. This session will focus on team activities and
practicing what you have learned. Instructors will have scenarios in which you will have to
professionally intervene with student, parents, and staff. This is an interactive fun way to
improve your skills. Attendees will also have the opportunity to ask any questions that
may not have been answered during the three day training.
CASCWA is a leading professional association dedicated to improving school safety and increasing student attendance in
our schools within California. We are part of a network named the Pupil Services Coalition, whose members represent more
than 330,000 members of various California-based pupil services associations and organizations, we influence relevant
legislation and advocate for the needs of students, families, and schools.
Our organization includes four regional sections of California:
1.
Ten Reasons Why You Should Join
CASCWA
Keep up-to-date on education issues, trends, and findings.
2. “Ask-The-Expert” questions about CWA and receive
answers from our “Experts”.
3. Participate in professional development workshops
throughout the state.
4. Receive legislative updates related to CWA issues.
5. Provide scholarships for students-at-risk.
6. Influence the profession by collaborating with other
organizations.
7. Develop your leadership skills.
8. Improve the educational success of all students.
9. Receive the “Intercom”, CASCWA’s official newsletter.
10. Network! Network! Network!
Go to www.cascwa.org to join!
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President: Benita Washington, California State University Fresno
Past President: Sergio Mendoza, Porterville Unified School District
Vice President/Legislation: Brian Gonzales, Kings County Office of Education
Secretary: Maisie Young, Central Unified School Disrict
Treasurer: Brian Chandler, Ceres Unified School District
Scholarship Chair: Dr. Galen Wright, Madera Unified School District (Retired)
Legislative Representative: Roxanne Baeza, Fresno Unified School District
Conference Committee Specialist: Dr. Dennis Wiechmann, Sanger Unified School District
Board Advisor: Dr. Kevin Torosian, Central Unified School District
Board Advisor: James Tate, Clovis Unified School District
Web Master: Tom Mangione, Los Angeles Unified School District (Retired)
Thank you for your participation at this year’s training. We hope to see you at future events.
Visit us at www.cascwa.org!
CASCWA CASCWA POINTS OF INTEREST
History
The California Association of Supervisors Child
Welfare and Attendance (CASCWA) was established in 1936 to promote the work of Child
Welfare and Attendance/Student Services, and
to raise the professional level of workers in this
field throughout the State of California, by:

Providing a means for the dissemination of
innovative, creative, and constructive ideas
concerning the development of youth in relation to their school, home and community;
including the periodic publication and distribution of a statewide newsletter, known as
the Intercom.

Maintaining high standards for the training
and certification of Supervisors of Child
Welfare and Attendance.

Encouraging programs for guidance and
counseling of the in-school and out-of-school
youth until they have reached a period of
adjustment.

Advocating and assisting in the development and maintenance of adequate records
of the school, community, and home life of
youth.
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Influencing relevant legislation for the
needs of youth, families, and schools.
Mission Statement
CASCWA is an organization comprised of school
and community professionals who are dedicated
to improving school climate, safety, and increasing school attendance. We create a network of
professional support, mentors and educators,
and we influence relevant legislation and advocate for the needs of students, families, and
schools.
San Joaquin Section
2014
Outstanding Service Awards
Dr. Greg Bass
Dr. Bass retired from Clovis
Unified School District at the
end of the 2014 school year.
After many years of service
as a child welfare and attendance professional and
dedication to the youth of the
section and the state he
chose to move on to the next
phase of his life. He has
served at all levels of our organization including,
Section President and State President. Dr. Bass
has been influential in growing CASCWA into the
organization it is today. His legacy will not be
replaced or forgotten.
Dr. Kevin Torosian
Dr. Torosian is a long standing member of the San
Joaquin Section’s Executive
Board. Dr. Torosian has
been working and providing advice and trainings to
Central Valley Educators
for over 20 years. As an
attorney his expertise and
understanding of legal issues relating to suspensions
and expulsions make him a valuable resource for
our section members and to CASCWA as an organization.
QUICK CASCWA
QUICK CASCWA FACTS Common Causes of Loss of
Student Attendance:

Incorrectly accounting of student enrollment
and attendance

Obsolete data processing systems

Incomplete and/or flawed school district
attendance policies

Lack of quality and uniformity in managing
attendance interventions

Lack of alternative school placements in lieu
of comprehensive educational programs

Poorly implemented SST’s and SARB’s…no
truancy mediation or Probation 601
petitioning

Neglect of attendance as a training priority
among school staff
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Overlooking early patterns of chronic
absence displayed by students
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Not recognizing common “truancy profiles”
among students

Improper and careless attendance taking by
teachers

Lack of school wide understanding on school
finance

Lack of attendance monitoring/enforcement
of Probation 602’s
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No attempts to counteract known (or
potentially known) and predictable school
wide attendance trends
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Ill-timed (school calendar) startup of new
programs
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Absence verification given greater priority
than absence elimination

Being unaware of how the attendance
habits of school staff influence the
attendance habits of students
Resiliency Matters to Schools
Years of research exploring healthy development
and successful learning from various social science
disciplines has found a strong relationship between
healthy behaviors and academic success (Jessor
and Jessor, 1977; Austin, 1991). The implication
for schools is that a narrow focus on only cognitive
development ignores other critical areas of youth
development. Youth development is defined as the
process of promoting the social, emotional, physical, moral, cognitive, and spiritual development of
young people through meeting their needs for
safety, love, belonging, respect, identity, power,
challenge, mastery, and meaning. Schools can promote healthy behaviors as well as successful learning in young people by creating climates and
teaching practices that honor and meet these developmental needs.
Furthermore, these multi-discipline studies reveal a
clear set of principles to guide education and prevention practice. Resilience research, the long-term
study of positive youth development in the face of
environmental threat, stress, and risk, consistently
identify these principles as
 caring relationships
 high expectation messages
 opportunities for participation and contribution
These supports and opportunities, referred to as
protective factors, have been linked to the development of resilience—broadly defined as the
ability to rebound from adversity and achieve
healthy development and successful learning. They
should be available in all environments in a young
person’s world: home, school, community, and peer
groups (West Ed, 2014).
CASCWA San Joaquin Scholarships
History
Since the early 1990’s CASCWA’s San Joaquin
Section has provided multiple “Anthony Brucia
Success Awards” to deserving high school
graduates. This scholarship award is unique.
Winners may use the award as they wish. Most use
it to help with college education expenses or for
advance training in a technical field. The criterion
for the award is simple: Overcome an adversity or
obstacle in life to become a successful high school
graduate. Almost all winners had low school grades,
poor attendance or behavior in their early years;
yet demonstrated a great improvement by their
senior year. Past winners always seem to praise a
mentor that helped guide them. Perhaps this was a
relative, friend, coach, youth counselor, school
employee, or teacher. Applicants, who apply
through their high school scholarship counselor, come
from the Central California counties of San Joaquin,
Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Merced, San Benito, Mariposa,
Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Kern, Mono, Inyo,
Monterey, and San Luis Obispo.
In the 1990’s, the San Joaquin
Section scholarship program was
launched under the leadership of
past CASCWA President, Joe
Brucia. and his wife Shirley
Brucia. Their 19 year old son,
Anthony had just passed away.
There were many community
donations given toward a fund in
his name. Knowing that most
donated funds soon run out, Joe
and his wife, Shirley, offered to
transfer the funds to CASCWA.
To accept the donation, CASCWA
had to match and perpetuate the
fund. CASCWA
accepted and
soon made the
award an annual event that now
reaches students attending high
schools throughout Central
California. As of May 2015, just
over $100,000 has been
provided to the winners of this
award.
This scholarship program is at the heart of
CASCWA’s San Joaquin Section.
Who was Anthony Brucia?
The membership of this organization is made up of
school professionals who work with students in areas
of attendance, truancy or behavioral matters. By
providing scholarships, CASCWA recognizes those
students who, through hard work and support, made
the commitment and succeeded in improving their
character. For those students who are awarded
CASCWA scholarships, it represents a belief in
them, recognition of their achievements, and
commitment to their future. Their success is
CASCWA’s reward.
Anthony attended high school in Merced, California.
He was the type of student who would achieve “A’s”
in every shop class while “passing
with D’s” in English, math or science.
If a course was interesting,
motivating, or utilized “projects” he
did well. If it bored him, he did just
enough to pass. Many times, he
would do his homework yet fail to
turn it in. Needless to say, his
Summers were spent making up
failed classes. His passions were working part-time
and playing with the city-team soccer. There were
also instances when he and his friends participated
in some mischievous behavior. Anthony’s success
came after graduation. After not doing well in
community college and hanging with the wrong kids
he needed a fresh start. Always a follower, he also
needed new friends. He enjoyed the mountains
and, with the support of his family, was able to get
a job in Yosemite National Park. It was a great
place to work as he also received room and board.
The opportunity to meet young workers from all
over the United States was another plus. Soon
Anthony was feeling successful. During his off time,
he was mountain biking, hiking and exploring the
secret spots of the Yosemite area. Living within 100
miles of home, he would also routinely return in his
VW Bus with a smile, a bag of dirty clothes and
small gifts for his two sisters. His self-esteem was
high and it was obvious that he was successful in
both work and life. With his new buddies, there
were plans for trips far off. Two weeks shy of his
20th birthday, he and two other friends scrambled
up Yosemite’s Ranger Rock. Up about 200 feet
they sat on rocks and viewed Yosemite Valley and
its snow-capped peaks. When it was dinnertime
they headed back down. Anthony found a different
path and with one step the granite mountain pulled
away. He fell to his death.
The tragedy of his death will remain but it
has been lessened by the positive impacts of his
legacy. The memory of Anthony now lives with over
110 students in the Central Valley who have turned
2015 Anthony Brucia
Success Award Winners
Honoree
School
Future
Deanna Nicole
Marin
Bakersfield High
School
California State
University San Jose
Mia Neng Vang
Clovis East High School
California State
University Fresno
Darin Caton
Escalon High School
Undecided
Lillian Maestas
Kings River High
School
California State
University Fresno
Jade ZamoraAlvarez
Kings River High
School
Fresno City College
Caleb Larue
Kings River High
School
United States Army
Leo Carrillo
Hanford West High
School
Fresno Pacific University
it around. For that we thank him.
CASCWA’s “Anthony Brucia Success Award”
is the result of the organization raising money each
year specifically for the purpose of awarding seven
$1,000 awards. Primary funds come from
registration fees of workshops, raffles and private
donations. Official presentations of the awards are
made by CASCWA in May of each year. These
are made at CASCWA events and at the winner’s
school award program. Major donors are also
recognized with their identification on the award
certificate and the opportunity to make the
presentation.
If you would like to contribute to the scholarship
fund you may do so by logging onto
http://www.cascwa.wildapricot.org/AnthonyBrucia-Success-Award-Donations
Celebrate With
the San Joaquin
Board
2015 Anthony Burcia Success
Awards Luncheon
May 22, 2015
Pardini’s Banquet Facility
2257 W Shaw
11:30 a.m.– 2:30 p.m.
Register at www.cascwa.wildapricot.org/event1885172
CASCWA appreciates our sponsors and supporters
for the 2015 Training!
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CALIFORNIA LAWS RELATING
TO MINORS
This marks the 45th year of the "Redbook", a professional reference guide for schoolsite and district office administrators and other professionals who deal with schools
and juveniles. As the title reflects, this publication contains more than 1,400 current
California Code Sections along with related Federal Laws and Administrative
Guidelines that relate to minors. Subject areas include Attendance, Discipline, Due
Process, Student Rights and Responsibilities, Pupil Records, Special Education, and
much, much more! Related sections from the Penal Code, Welfare and Institutions
Code, Family Code and other important California Codes are also included.
A one of a kind publication, the "Red Book" also serves as a funding source for
annual scholarships for CASCWA, presented to "At-Risk Students" to assist them in
reaching their goals.