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We have been doing visits with the kiddo we were matched with. Before visits we had to go through his casefile at the agency's office. There were notations made about the CASA who has been with him for a long time and it was recommended that the relationship continue.
In your experiences does the CASA contact the foster/adoptive parents once the child is actually placed? or should we be requesting the CASA's contact information so we can contact him or her to make sure the realtionship continues?
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Is this for adoption? How old is the child?
I haven't kept a relationship with the GAL/CASA, but ours have been crappy to begin with.
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we were in love with our casa....she continued to see the children every month before they were adopted....and once they were adopted we continued our relationship with her....she sees them at least once a year...sometimes more, and we email/phone/mail on occassion as well. she was their most consistent person in their life before they met us....and really...their only advocate. our casa, although not really "their" casa anymore...continues to care about the kids and wouldn't dream about NOT being a part of their life. she's happy we let her stay. :) my 2cents would be that if it said it needed to conitnue...i'd feel that out. i would ask for the contact info and go from there. ours was SUPER helpful during transitional times....because they trusted her more than they trusted us, it was cool that i could feed her information...like that the kids were having a hard time because they had never lived in a family with rules before. so when she took them bowling...they could talk about rules, and why most fmailies have them. it was so helpful! i hope your can be just as beneficial!
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He is 9 yrs old and we were matched for adoption. His CASA has been with him for almost 2 years. So its similar to what mommytoEli said about the CASA having been the most consistent person for him.
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Former CASA here... I'd encourage you to ask for the contact info. I always visited with my kiddos in adoptive placements until they finalized. I had one family invite me to a birthday party afterwards once. I thought it was so sweet, and I really enjoyed getting to see them together in that kind of setting. It is hard not to burn out as a CASA. It is so nice to be included in the good things in the child's life---helps keep you going!
Good luck and congratulations.
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I haven't kept a relationship with the GAL/CASA, but ours have been crappy to begin with.
Don't know what made her crappy, but keep in mind some GAL's are volunteers...and can get assigned a whole bunch of kids. My mother was a GAL (which is volunteer only here), and she had 5 kids all around the county to keep track of. Doesn't sound like much until you consider all the court dates, educational visits, follow up visits etc....all while working a full time job.
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