Trainings

IowaCASA Approved Continuing Education Training Opportunities
This is a list provided by IowaCASA's Certification Review Committee of approved 2012 continuing education opportunities for IowaCASA certified advocates. Updated February 2012. Please note that these trainings are open to all interested individuals but certification is only available for individuals employed at IowaCASA member centers.

IowaCASA Training Policies
Training Fees
If payment is returned to IowaCASA due to insufficient funds, IowaCASA will charge a $30.00 returned item fee. In the event a payment is returned to us for non-sufficient funds, IowaCASA will only accept a money order, cashier’s check, or cash for payment of both the original NSF check plus the $30.00 returned check fee.

Registration Deadlines
Registration closes 72 hours prior to training.

Cancellation and No-Show Policy
Cancellations must be received no later than one full business day prior to the start of the training, otherwise the participant’s agency will be billed for the training. Substitutions (sending another person in the place of the one who originally registered) are welcome.

The participant’s agency will also be billed for any participants who do not attend or who cancel less than one full business day before the training.

IowaCASA’s Administrative Assistant, Delaine Statham, should be contacted for cancellations. Delaine can be reached at 515-244-7424 (ext. 37) or assistant@iowacasa.org.

Weather
If there is inclement weather that could affect travel, it is IowaCASA’s policy that we will send out a cancellation notification 24 hours prior to the start of the training. Notices will be sent out via the IowaCASA listserv and will be posted on the IowaCASA website (www.iowacasa.org). We encourage attendees to check the IowaCASA website prior to beginning travel.

Food/dietary Requests
IowaCASA will attempt to meet the dietary needs of training participants however depending on the nature of the request we may not be able to fulfill every request. The participant will be contacted if we will not be able to meet their needs and will be instructed that they will need to bring or get their own meals.

Parking
We require that those attending trainings or meetings at our office park in the Office Max parking lot located just north of our building on Ingersoll. The parking areas surrounding us are shared with several businesses and tenants. Please DO NOT park directly in front of our building unless you have a handicap placard or license plate.

Training Photographs
Giving the public and IowaCASA’s constituents the opportunity to view photographs of our events and trainings significantly contributes our ability to create awareness around the important work we all do to support survivors of sexual assault.  IowaCASA regularly photographs participants of our events and trainings for the purpose of posting on our webpage and social media forums. IowaCASA will announce at the beginning of each event and training that we intend to take photographs and give participants the opportunity to decline being included in photographs.