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ORPARC's library also has many free high quality webinars & trainings available in audio, DVD and digital formats.
Check out our Ongoing Online Training page to explore additional training opportunities, including free webinars & tools on AdoptUSKids. Visit the ODHS Ongoing Resource Parent Trainings Page and Live Trainings Calendar.
April 2025
Raising Resilient Kids (Gladstone, OR)
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 – 9:00am
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Addressing Behavior within the Classroom with your Neurodivergent Learner
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 – 2:30pm
Addressing Behavior at Home with your Neurodivergent Child
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 – 6:00pm
Positive Discipline Series: Creating Family Dynamics
Thursday, April 3, 2025 – 12:00pm
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Impacts
Thursday, April 3, 2025 – 4:00pm
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Called to Love - A Foster & Adoptive Mom's Retreat (Turner, OR)
Saturday, April 5, 2025 – 8:00am
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Curls & Coils Class with Mahaila Penson (Beaverton, OR)
Monday, April 7, 2025 – 5:30pm
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Trauma Responsive Strategies as Abuse Prevention (Oregon City, OR)
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 – 3:30pm
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Genetics Services for Children with Special Health Needs: Your Questions Answered!
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 – 6:00pm
Improving Placement Stability for Children & Youth Who've Experienced Prenatal Substance Exposure
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 – 10:00am
[Part 2] Gender-Based Violence: A Caring, Community Approach to Supporting Childhood Survivors
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 – 11:00am
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC)
Thursday, April 10, 2025 – 6:00pm
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Investment in Caregivers Conference: Caregiving with Courage & Compassion (Ontario, OR)
Saturday, April 12, 2025 – 8:30am
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Tricky Terrain: How to Help Your Teen Navigate Life Online (Portland, OR)
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 – 5:00pm
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Brain Training for our Foster & Adoptive Kids to be Solution Seekers
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 – 10:30am
Adoption and Guardianship Assistance Programs
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 – 6:00pm
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It's All Relative: Supportive Ideas for Relative Resource Families
Thursday, April 17, 2025 – 1:00pm
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**ORPARC Training** Hope for the Journey Conference (Part 1 of 2) - 2 Fridays in April
Friday, April 18, 2025 – 9:00am
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Circle of Security Parenting (Portland, OR)
Monday, April 21, 2025 – 10:00am
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Circle of Security Parenting (Portland, OR)
Monday, April 21, 2025 – 5:30pm
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Your Child's Plan for Special Education- IFSPs: Getting Started
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 – 6:00pm
Connection with Birth Families after Adoption
Thursday, April 24, 2025 – 1:00pm
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Part 1: Parenting Kids Who Struggle with Essential Relationship Skills (C.A.S.E.)
Thursday, April 24, 2025 – 4:00pm
Thriving Together: Understanding Youth Anxiety & Depression (Oregon City, OR)
Thursday, April 24, 2025 – 5:00pm
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**ORPARC Training** Hope for the Journey Conference (Part 2 of 2) - 2 Fridays in April
Friday, April 25, 2025 – 9:00am
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VOICES, a BIPOC Adoptee Reading Event (Portland, OR)
Saturday, April 26, 2025 – 6:00pm
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Money Skills, No Limits! Financial Empowerment for Youth with Disabilities
Monday, April 28, 2025 – 6:30pm
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+) Ally Training
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 – 11:00am
Peer Support Cohort: Parents of adoptees age 0 to 5 years
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 – 12:00pm
Online Safety: Being a Goldilocks Caregiver in the Digital Age (Happy Valley, OR)
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 – 6:00pm
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May 2025
The Five Most Common Challenging Behaviors and What to do About Them
Thursday, May 1, 2025 – 8:30am
Inside Transracial Adoption: A Conversation Between Isaac Etter and Julie Etter
Thursday, May 1, 2025 – 10:00am
Crisis Prevention Intervention - Verbal Intervention
Friday, May 2, 2025 – 9:00am
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Money Skills, No Limits! Financial Empowerment for Youth with Disabilities
Monday, May 5, 2025 – 6:30pm
**ORPARC Training** Supporting Kids with FASD and Challenging Behaviors from a Brain First Lens: How to Navigate the Chaos
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 – 11:00am
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[Part 1] Financial Planning for Nontraditional Families, A Three-Part Series
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 – 11:00am
Navigating Special Education: IDEA, IEPs, and Communicating with your School Team
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 – 5:30pm
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Supporting your Neurodivergent Child with their IEP Process for Parents and Caregivers
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 – 9:00am
Neurobehavioral Differences: Understanding & Application of the FASCETS Brain-Based Approach
Thursday, May 8, 2025 – 9:00am
Children’s Mental Health Acceptance Day Celebration 2025 (Salem, OR)
Saturday, May 10, 2025 – 10:00am
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Reflective Foster Parenting 101: Understanding the Mind of the Child with Challenging Behaviors
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 – 8:30am
Your Childs Plan for Special Education Addressing Behaviors
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 – 6:00pm
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+) Ally Training
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – 11:00am
Suicide Prevention 202: Applied Case Practice for Suicide Prevention
Thursday, May 15, 2025 – 9:00am
Prenatal Substance Exposure Workshop for Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Parents
Thursday, May 15, 2025 – 9:00am
The Couple Check-Up: Building Relational Resilience in Your Adoption and Fostering Journey
Thursday, May 15, 2025 – 10:00am
Understanding and Managing Child Sexual Behavior
Thursday, May 15, 2025 – 6:00pm
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Why Culture Matters and Cultural Continuity Agreements
Monday, May 19, 2025 – 9:00am
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Building Stronger Bonds: Enhancing Parent-Child Attunement
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 – 10:30am
Tall or Small: Supporting your child to be themselves, no matter their age or size
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 – 6:00pm
Sibling Camp- Kindred Matters (Canby, OR)
Friday, May 23, 2025 – 9:00am
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Adoptee Stories Belong to Adoptees Writing Workshop (Portland, OR)
Saturday, May 24, 2025 – 1:00pm
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June 2025
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD): Understanding the Diagnosis
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 – 9:00am
Suicide Prevention 202: Applied Case Practice for Suicide Prevention
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 – 9:00am
Developing Open and Effective Communication
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 – 5:30pm
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Innovative Therapy and Service Approaches for Individuals with I/DD-Part 1
Thursday, June 5, 2025 – 10:00am
**ORPARC Training** Communicating & Direct Work with Traumatized Children
Friday, June 6, 2025 – 11:00am
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Down Syndrome Out Loud Book Talk (Portland, OR)
Sunday, June 8, 2025 – 3:00pm
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Social Connection and Cognitive and Social Emotional Competencies
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 – 6:00pm
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Exploring Identity, Celebrating Relationships, and Building Belonging (Part 2)
Thursday, June 12, 2025 – 10:00am
Innovative Therapy and Service Approaches for Individuals with I/DD- Part 2
Thursday, June 12, 2025 – 10:00am
Understanding and Managing Youth Challenging Behaviors
Monday, June 16, 2025 – 9:00am
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Rooted Family 3 1/2 Day Camp - TBRI® Inspired (Beaverton, OR)
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 – 5:00pm
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Rooted Family 3 1/2 Day Camp - TBRI® Inspired (Beaverton, OR)
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 – 9:00am
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Rooted Family 3 1/2 Day Camp - TBRI® Inspired (Beaverton, OR)
Thursday, June 19, 2025 – 9:00am
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Rooted Family 3 1/2 Day Camp - TBRI® Inspired (Beaverton, OR)
Friday, June 20, 2025 – 9:00am
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Suicide Prevention 202: Applied Case Practice for Suicide Prevention
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 – 10:00am
Risk is Not Destiny: Behavioral and Educational Interventions for Children and Teens Affected by Prenatal Substance Exposure
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 – 11:30am
July 2025
It's All Relative: Supportive Ideas for Relative Resource Families
Wednesday, July 2, 2025 – 6:00pm
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[Part 3] Financial Planning for Nontraditional Families, A Three-Part Series
Tuesday, July 8, 2025 – 11:00am
Connection with Birth Families after Adoption
Wednesday, July 9, 2025 – 6:00pm
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BIPOC Adoptees: Oxbow Campout (Gresham, OR)
Friday, July 18, 2025 – 9:00am
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ICWA/ORICWA: Why it Matters/Building your Understanding
Saturday, July 19, 2025 – 5:00pm
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August 2025
Trauma-Informed Responding and Answering Tough Questions
Wednesday, August 6, 2025 – 5:00pm
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Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC)
Thursday, August 7, 2025 – 6:00pm
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Sibling Camp- Kindred Matters (Rockaway Beach, OR)
Monday, August 11, 2025 – 3:00pm
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Prenatal Substance Exposure Workshop for Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Parents
Thursday, August 14, 2025 – 9:00am
Positive Discipline: Understanding Challenges and Life Skills
Thursday, August 14, 2025 – 10:00am
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Adoption and Guardianship Assistance Programs
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 – 10:00am
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Citizen Review Board (CRB) Hearings: What Resource Parents Need to Know
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 – 6:00pm
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September 2025
Positive Discipline Series: Meeting Children’s Unique Needs
Thursday, September 4, 2025 – 12:30pm
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Suicide Prevention Skills: Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR)
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 – 6:00pm
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Positive Discipline Series: Creating Family Dynamics
Thursday, September 11, 2025 – 6:00pm
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Impacts
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 – 6:00pm
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Understanding the Impact of Trauma on Youth in Foster Care
Thursday, September 18, 2025 – 12:00pm
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Positive Discipline Series: Parenting Tools for Long-Term Solutions
Thursday, September 18, 2025 – 6:00pm
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Crisis Prevention Intervention - Verbal Intervention
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 – 9:00am
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**ORPARC Training** Need Screen Time Solutions For Your Family? We Can Help!
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 – 11:00am
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