PRIDE Training
Parent's Resource for Information,
Development and Education
PRIDE is a model for the development and support of resource families. It is designed to strengthen the quality of family foster parenting and adoption services by providing a standardized structured framework for recruiting, preparing and selecting foster and adoptive parents.
PRIDE is 30 hours of training for all prospective foster and adoptive families in the State of South Dakota. Through this process, the adoption home study is also completed (at no cost) for families interested in adopting special needs children.
PRIDE training is based on the philosophy that the value of family life for children, however family is defined, is compelling. Because of this, knowledgeable and skilled foster and adoptive parents are integral to providing quality services.
PRIDE's goals are to help:
- Meet the protective, developmental, cultural and permanency needs of children placed with foster and adoptive families.
- Strengthen families, whether they are families of origin, blended families, extended or kinship families, foster families, adoptive families, or tribal members.
- Strengthen the quality of family foster parenting and adoption services by providing a standardized, structured framework for pre-service training and mutual assessment.
Upcoming 2009 PRIDE Classes:
Sioux Falls area:
- Tuesdays beginning April 28, from 6-9 p.m.
- Thursdays beginning April 30, from 6-9 p.m.
- Mondays beginning Sept. 14, from 6-9 p.m.
- Tuesdays beginning Sept. 15, from 6-9 p.m.
- For more information on Sioux Falls classes, contact (605) 334-3431 or PRIDE@chssd.org
Rapid City area:
- Tuesdays beginning April 14, from 6:30-9:30 p.m.
- Tuesdays beginning July 21, from 6:30-9:30 p.m.
- (Northern Hills) Saturdays beginning Oct. 10, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
- For more information on Rapid City classes, contact (605) 343-2598
For information on classes in your area, contact your local CPS Office.
