The minimum sufficient level of care or MSL is a critical focus for CASA advocacy. How can advocates ensure that we are fully embracing the MSL in our decision-making and our recommendations to the court? Drawing on her legal background as an attorney and mediator, as well as her decade plus tenure with CASA, the brilliant Leslie Cocke joins us … Read More
The minimum sufficient level of care or MSL is a critical focus for CASA advocacy. How can advocates ensure that we are fully embracing the MSL in our decision-making and our recommendations to the court? Drawing on her legal background as an attorney and mediator, as well as her decade plus tenure with CASA, the brilliant Leslie Cocke joins us to unpack ways in which the MSL can be an important safeguard in our advocacy and to explore how CASA volunteers can strengthen their MSL lens.
Click here to find the MSL pocket guide Leslie mentions.
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The Fix | Episode 13 – Prevention Efforts & Supporting the Child’s Best Interest with Will Francis, LMSW
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88th #TXLege Update
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