Description: Each class is a 3-day series that is offered as a means of helping prospective parents to develop further insight into their capacity for adopting special needs children. This training fulfills Oregon DHS requirements for adopting children in state care.
Topics covered include:
Sign up if you are: This training is open to all families pursuing adoption of a child or children from foster care.
Time format: Weekend; Friday evening, Saturday & Sunday all day (Snacks and Beverages provided!)
Fees: $50 per person*
*may be credited toward Boys & Girls Aid Special Needs Adoption Program application fee
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Description: This training series is designed to prepare families accepted into Boys & Girls Aid Foster Care programs, as well as introduce them to the agency and the foster parent community.
Sign up if you are: Families who have applied to Boys & Girls Aid Foster Care programs are invited to attend this training.
Time format: Varies; contact for details.
Fees: Free
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Call here: 503.542.2323
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Description: This training program is designed to give you practical parenting skills that can be used immediately and provide with opportunities to practice and debrief each week. Classes highlight the use of Love and Logic Parenting® with children who have experienced parenting disruptions and are being raised by foster, kinship, and/or adoptive families.
Sign up if you are: All families are welcome; these classes do not fulfill any specific training requirements for adoption or foster care certification.
Time format: 6 consecutive weeknights (Beverages provided!)
Fees:
(Includes one workbook; additional workbooks are $10 each)
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Call here: 503.542.2338
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Description: This training series prepares families for placement and connects them with other waiting families.
Topics to be covered include:
Sign up if you are: Families who have applied to Boys & Girls Aid Infant Adoption program are invited to attend this training.
Time format: Weekend; Saturday & Sunday all day (Breakfast, Lunch, and Snacks provided!)
Fees: Included in program fees
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Description: Boys & Girls Aid is offering weekend pre-adoption trainings for families that need to fulfill state requirements for private independent adoption in Oregon.
Sign up if you are: This training is open to families pursuing independent and/or private adoptions in Oregon.
Time format: Weekend; Saturday & Sunday all day. (Breakfast, Lunch, and Snacks provided!)
Fees: $200 per family. (Includes one workbook; additional workbooks are $25 each)
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Description: This training, developed by Spaulding For Children and federally funded, will increase your knowledge about:
Sign up if you are: This training is open to all professionals and volunteers who may come in contact with pregnant women.
Time format: Varies; half-day and full-day options available (Lunch and Refreshments provided!)
Fees: Free; Contact Hours and CEUs are available to participants!
Location: Varies; visit http://www.iaatp.com for a list of scheduled classes. Or, call today to schedule a training in your area!
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.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Boys & Girls Aid’s training specialist, has been working in the field of child welfare since 1990, and has extensive experience with all members of the adoption triad. As the Training Specialist for Boys & Girls Aid, she regularly conducts in-depth, effective training for adoptive families. She has presented at multiple national, regional, and local conferences on topics such as Attachment; Brain Development in Children; and Culturally Relevant Practices. In addition to trainings listed below, Sally is also available to facilitate Non-Violent Crisis Prevention and Intervention Training, Collaborative Problem Solving, and other trainings as requested.
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Infant Adoption Clinician for Boys & Girls Aid, has been working in the field of adoption since 1999. Her experience includes working with children who are in residential treatment and with children and families in foster and adoptive placements. As an adoption clinician for Boys & Girls Aid, Cheri regularly works with all birthparents, adoptees, and adoptive families to ensure that children experience permanency in a healthy, happy manner. In addition to her role as an adoption clinician, Cheri regularly conducts trainings for adoptive families, as well as for professionals who work with pregnant women.
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Special Needs Pre-Adoption Training co-facilitator, has worked with youth and their families in various roles for over ten years. Since 2002, she has been a social worker providing individual, family and group therapy, primarily in school settings. Monica has experience teaching on topics such as girls’ empowerment, mentoring, family engagement, parenting the sexually abused child, navigating the stages of grief/loss, the culture of poverty, and self-harm. Presently, Monica serves as the Mental Health Coordinator for Portland Public Schools.