Adoption Services

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:

  1. Meet the protective, developmental, cultural and permanency needs of children placed with foster and adoptive families.

  2. Strengthen families, whether they are families of origin, blended families, extended or kinship families, foster families, adoptive families, or tribal members.

  3. Strengthen the quality of family foster parenting and adoption services by providing a standardized, structured framework for pre-service training and mutual assessment.

Upcoming PRIDE Training Classes:

  • Rapid City
    • Saturday class series from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. MT
      • September 17
      • October 1
      • October 15
      • October 29
      • November 12
      • Contact: Jennifer Hartshorn at 605-343-2598
      • RSVP by September 5
    • Tuesday evening class series from 6 - 9 p.m. MT
      • September 27
      • October 4
      • October 11
      • October 18
      • October 25
      • November 1
      • November 8
      • November 15
      • November 22
      • November 29
      • Contact: Audrey Randolph at 605-343-2598
      • RSVP by September 15
  • Sioux Falls
    • August 30 through October 25, 2011 in Sioux Falls.
      • Tuesday nights from 6 – 9 p.m. CT
    • September 1 through October 25, 2011 in Sioux Falls.
      • Thursday nights from 6 – 9 p.m. CT
    • January 9 through March 5, 2012 in Sioux Falls.
      • Monday nights from 6 – 9 p.m. CT
    • January 10 through March 5, 2012 in Sioux Falls.
      • Tuesday nights from 6 – 9 p.m. CT
    • April 3 through May 29, 2012 in Sioux Falls.
      • Tuesday nights from 6 – 9 p.m. CT
    • April 5 through May 29, 2012 in Sioux Falls.
      • Thursday nights from 6 – 9 p.m. CT
    • Contact Lori, Children's Home Society