Casa Center for Positive Social Change

Casa Center for Positive Social Change is one of the most innovative and important programs I've found. It is my sincere hope that one day this education will be a standard part of every school program, but until then, I wish the good people at Casa the best!

We absolutely love CASA and have made it part of our Washington school. CASA helps improve our climate and culture with staff and students! Thanks so much for all you do for us . We are so very thankful for our trainers who come and teach our students wonderful things. Thank you CASA, we love you and everything you do for us!
Highly recommend CASA to everyone!

I'm proud to support an organization that facilitates the social emotional growth of children and young people in such a remarkable and life changing way. Casa has served the valley for over 40 years and continues to evolve to meet the needs of our diverse community.

I started writing grants for Casa more than 20 years ago and have learned firsthand how important Casa's mission of teaching Social and Emotional Learning skills is to children and families throughout the Valley. This is especially true in today's new social climate in which young people find it easier to bully through social media and the internet. Now more than ever, Casa's programs are needed to incorporate a social and emotional curriculum in order to prevent violence before it begins and to help our youth flourish and reach their potential.

Casa Center for Positive Change is an amazing non-profit! I have seen first hand how it has positively changed kids lives through the program they have that helps kids understand emotional intelligence and prevent future bulling/bullies. We need more of Casa in our schools!

Casa truly opened my eyes to the power of emotional intelligence. By educating our communities, in particular the next generation, Casa is helping push humanity to a better place.

For 43 years Casa has helped children develop emotional and social intelligence through their programs. In the Phoenix metropolitan area alone they have helped more than a million children! It has been my honor to be a volunteer for this fabulous organization.

I have been a trainer at Casa for over a year and have been able to see the impact and positive change this nonprofit makes up close! The children Casa serves are able to express emotions and communicate effectively by the end of the program they participate in. The best part is how much the kids LOVE to see Casa show up at their schools.

For over 40 years, Casa has been at the center of helping children, teens and adults. Casa understands that the key to reducing bullying, abuse, and violence are programs designed to develop social and emotional intelligence. As a member of the board, I am always amazed and inspired by Casa's commitment to families, to healthy relationships, and to making our world a kinder more loving place.

I’m honored to be part of The Casa Center for Positive Social Change. This amazing organization provides our youth with emotional intelligence through social and emotional learning which will significantly reduce societal challenges we’re faced with in the world today. Providing people with tools to help manage behaviors at a young age will greatly benefit them as future employees and leaders across the world.

I am so excited to be part of this organization! Arming our youth with coping skills will produce future leaders. We have so many children in school systems today that do not have the tools necessary to deal with the obstacles of everyday life. Our programs can provide the emotional intelligence skills necessary for each child to drive positive social change and pay it forward.

As a former Board Member, I have marveled at the way Casa has grown over the past 10 years by responding to the desperate need to teach children not only how to be happy and thrive, but how to avoid the downfalls of bullying so prevalent today.

Led by an extraordinary team, Casa continues to respond to the needs of our children and schools with fresh and thoughtful week and after week.

I have worked with CASA for over 10 years. One of my favorite things is to have a child tell me that they remembered me and what I had said to keep them safe. I have spoken with so many children over the years, that tell me of something that happened, and what they knew to do from attending the CASA programs. I often wonder what may have happen if CASA programs had not been available to them. I consider myself to be very fortunate to be a part of the CASA organization. Patye Shea

Dear Stephanie
Thank you so much for the informative presentation - we so appreciate the time that you took to prepare and to make the drive into Tempe! these are some of the comments I heard: What a wonderful presenter....so knowledgable....so interesting....what expert information...what an eloquent speaker...really enjoyed the guest speaker...she was so informative about a sensitive subject and at the same time funny and engaging...what wealth of information the presenter had...so involved in the field......
I specially enjoyed how organized you were with the information and the informative handouts. The information you provided was timely for many old timers and new staff to hear and be conscious of when working with students - we thought the tips you provided are useful and pertinent to the work we do. THANK YOU!!! from Student Support Staff at TD3

Casa is a non profit organization that takes care of children and adolescents that suffered domestic abuse or were molested. Casa does a amazing work by taking care of the future since kids are the future of the society.

I am a Brazilian Nursing Student living at Arizona, a few weeks ago I heard about Casa and start to learn more about their work. I am impressed with all the stories of behavior change they helped to perform, with their work with prevention through group program, and how the concepts of emotional intelligence and positiveness are present in every thing they do.

I have been a trainer with Casa for the past four years, and can tell many stories of lives being changed, for children and for parents. This past semester, one of the classes I worked with was middle-school students who are at risk of not graduating high school. They reported a significant improvement on behaviors that relate to emotional intelligence, personal responsibility, and relationship skills following a 9-week SEL course.

I had the privilege of working for Casa for 11 years. I loved this job more than any other I have ever had and, as I get older, realize that I will be lucky to get even close to level of satisfaction I had helping children, teachers, parents, and community members in Arizona as a Casa employee during the rest of my professional life. Casa's programs, simply put, work. They are built on the principle of fostering healthy relationships and educating both youth and adults on the necessity of understanding how our actions affect one another. i cannot think of a better organization to support as they lead our city in the struggle to end abuse and relationship violence.

As a volunteer with CASA I have seen first hand the difference the programs make and have read hundreds of thank you letters from the students for helping them to learn how to handle bullies, to know the difference between a healthy relationship and a abusive or violent reationship. They are also given the opportunity to talk one on one with the CASA teachers and if abuse is disclosed CASA contacts the authorties. Their programs aim to prevent distructive behaviors, get help for victims and to stop the cycle of violence and abuse.

CASA has come to our school to present prevention programs. This has resulted in increased awareness of sexual abuse for parents, staff, and students. It has led to student disclosures which have enabled us to help these children receive the help they needed. It has taught students what to do in a situation that is threatening and helped them to understand their rights to personal safety and the importance of informing an adult of threatneing situations. I have also made referrals to CASA for many years for help to victims of sexual assault and abuse.

I was a VP for National/Alamo Car Rental and actively involved in the Az Governor's Counsel for Domestic Violence and attended numerous meetings with a myriad of different organizations and got to know Stephanie Orr and Casa very well. I felt then and now that Mrs. Orr's agenda at Casa was incredibly pure and that her staff and its work at Casa is and will always be very important. The work done there is so important!!

CASA's programs to educate and highten awareness within our community on ways to prevent our children from becoming victims of bullying, and sexual predators. Amazing programs with immediate and measurable results!!

Casa is an amazing organization that takes a proactive stance against abuse and bullying. The are leading the way in prevention and trying to turn back the clock on abuse of all kinds.

I have heard about the wonderful work that this organization is able to accomplish in Phoenix. It is evident that all involved in this organization are helping to build a civil, caring society, where compassion reigns. However, every great, amazing organization needs someone at the helm who understands the needs of a community and searches for answers. Stephanie Orr is that person. As the leader, she helps instill in all of her staff that life is about continuous learning and modeling the compassionate life.

Casa is a tremendously important organization that does crucial work for the people our community. Most agencies involved in abuse take a reactionary stance as opposed to a proactive stance. Casa is one of the few organizations with a staff that is forward-thinking enough to put time, energy, and resources into education and prevention. As a donor, I feel confident that Casa is making good use of its resources to educate students, teachers, and other community members about building healthy and positive relationships.

Casa has helped over 700,000 of our Valley children to prevent abuse and violence, stop being abused, stop and/or prevent bullying and is teaching our future leaders how to have positive relationships to stop these cycles of violence and create emotionally intellegent children and adults in the future. Casa has proven over its three decades its ability to impact hundreds of thousands of children just here in the valley. The positive impact for our future in focusing on Social and Emotional Learning is key in teaching children skills to make great decisions and have happy and effective relationships. These programs should be required in every school.

CASA has tremendous immpact on the lives of countless individuals or all levels throughout the valley: Providing information to individuals and families for greater emotional growth and happiness. I attended a session specifically geared towards educating parents of teens on communicating about sensitive issues. The presenters were well versed and the panel so willing to open up and share to the benefit of those attending. Impactful.

CASA is a much needed and fabulous program touching many people's lives. It's reach is wide but could use much needed funds to increase their visibility in Arizona. The director is very visible and works tirelessly to make sure that the program reaches the vulnerable part of AZ communities.

I think CASA is a great organization. They know what they are talking about when they come to our school. They help where they can. They are good with the students. The students love when they come and talk about stranger danger. The students love the vedios. The students will all the time tell me do I remember about the girl in the vedio that was sad or the boy that was scared to tell that he was being hurt. The way that Casa talks to our students is age appropriate and they remeber the lessons. I feel that Casa cares about the community around the school. I have seen them help out a community memembers and rasie awareness for people that are in trouble in the community. When a girl was ganged raped and she was 11 and the boys were 11. Casa sought help for all of them. This is a wonderful organization and deserves all the praise. Thanks!!!

Casa is an excellent organization, a leader in the Valley , promoting social and emotional intelligence and healthy relationships . Their programs and facilitators are an outstanding example of proactive, preventive education.

CASA comes into the schools in our precinct and provides education and prevention information to the children. They are prepared to handle situations where children come forward about abuse they are experiencing or have experienced. CASA works with PD to ensure the matters are handled appropriately. They provide a much needed program for children.

CASA is an amazing organization with staff who are knoweldgeable and willing to provide the type of prevention and or intervention that my schools have needed. When I was on a school campus and leading the Peer Leadership program, CASA staff worked with my students to train them to teach their peers about sexual abuse, sexual harassment and dating violence prevention. The peer leaders were able to speak to their peers about these issues in a manner that would actually get the information across. I was also fortunate to have CASA staff co-facilitate an abuse victim support group on my campus. Now that I am at the district level and coordinating crisis response for the campuses, it has been invaluable to have CASA respond to crisis situations immediately and professionally. Our community is so fortunate to have this agency and all schools need these programs.

I have had the priviledge of working with Casa as both a Prevention Specialist and as an Independent Contractor on and off for 10 years. The work Casa does is commendable. Thousands of children have learned how to recognize and report child sexual abuse. Many others have learned how to recognize the many forms of bullying that happen everyday, and how to get the help they need if they are victims of bullying. Perhaps the most important aspect of what Casa does these days is its focus on Social and Emotional Learning. Stephanie Orr recognized early on how important the concepts of SEL are and has worked tirelessly to help schools and community groups learn why SEL is so important, and how it can become a regular part of what they do.

Casa is an incredible organization that has had a profound impact on the lives of hundreds of our students. As a school counselor in a K -8 Catholic school, it is my responsiblity to provide training to all of our students in the area of child abuse prevention. For the past seven years we have chosen to utilize Casa's Kids Talk program to provide this education to our students. The presentations are presented in an age appropriate and sensitive manner while teaching students appropriate boundaries and assertiveness skills. Every member of the Casa staff has been a joy to work with. They seem to go above and beyond in all that they do. I am very appreciative of this organization and for all that they do to make a positive difference in the lives of both children and adults.