Orientations and Training

Your first step to the foster care or adoption process begins with foundations training. Use the following navigation list to select the type of training you are interested in.

Foundations Training
Special Needs Adoption Training
Online Training
Parenting and Other Training
Orientation and Training by District

Foundations Training

Provider / Title	Description	Location	Upcoming Orientation	Phone
Oregon DHS Foundations Training	Many counties within the state of Oregon offer a series of weekly 3-8 hour classes to fulfill the requirement for Foundations training in the State of Oregon. Where there is public information available for a county, we have collected it into a page accessible from the county map or one of the county links below. You should call one of the county contact numbers on those pages for further information about orientation and start dates. (free)	Varies by county. See below.	Varies by county. See below.	Varies by county. See below.
Boys and Girls Aid / Independent Pre-Adoption Training	Boys and Girls Aid is offering weekend pre-adoption trainings for families that need to fulfill state requirements for private independent adoption in Oregon. (Read more...) *(fee)*	Portland, OR	10/16-17	(503)-542-2392

Special Needs Adoption Training

Provider / Title	Description	Location	Upcoming Orientation	Phone
Boys and Girls Aid / Special Needs Adoption Program	This training is open to all families pursuing adoption of a child or children from foster care. It meets Oregon’s minimum pre-adoption training requirements for special needs adoption. (Read more...)	Portland, OR	8/10, 9/14	(503)-542-2392

Online Training

NetLink Trainings / Child Welfare Partnership (by District): NetLink is an interactive, dynamic distance delivery training option that allows caregivers to receive training alongside other caregivers around the state in their homes or local branches. (Read more...)
Foster Parent College: Foster Parent College (FPC) offers affordable research-based training for foster, adoptive, and kinship parents. Using the World Wide Web, this self-driven online foster parent training is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Adoption Mosaic: Adoption Mosiac is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization providing educational resources and ongoing support to all those whose lives are influenced by adoption. (Read more...)

Parenting and Other Training

Provider / Title	Description	Location	Upcoming Orientation	Phone
Boys and Girls Aid / Becoming a Love and Logic Parent	This training program is designed to give you practical parenting skills that can be used immediately. Opportunities to practice and debrief are provided each week. Classes emphasize the use of love and logic with children who have experienced parenting disruptions and are being raised by foster, kinship, and/or adoptive families.(Read more...)	Portland, OR	9/16	(503)-542-2392
Child Welfare Partnership Training	Child Welfare Partnership is one of the first university-based programs in the nation to integrate child welfare research, training, and graduate education into a unified, coordinated effort to enhance outcomes for families and children. (Read more...)	by District / County
Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center	ORPARC offers training of their own as well as an extremely detailed summary of Oregon-based training, DVD, and other online training.(See the ORPARC Newsletter...)	by District / County	many offered	503-241-0799