Training Opportunities with SATF
Through our Sexual Assault Training Institute, Oregon SATF has trained thousands of practitioners since 1999.
Scroll to learn about our current training offerings and registration.
Law Enforcement Webinar Series
When: March 20th at 12 PM PST, March 27th at 12 PM PST, May 29th at 12 PM PST
Where: Zoom
Investment: Free!
Oregon SATF is excited to partner with K Training and Consulting to provide a webinar series targeted towards Law Enforcement (open to any discipline). For more information, click the button below!
Adult/Adolescent SANE Clinical Skills Lab
When: June 12-13, 2025 (9am-6pm each day)
Where: Portland, Oregon
Investment: Free!
The Oregon Sexual Assault Task Force (SATF) is pleased to offer its Adult/Adolescent Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Clinical Skills Lab, a hands-on training designed for nurses who have completed an approved 40-hour SANE didactic course and are actively working toward clinical competency and/or SANE certification.
This two-day, in-person lab provides supervised practice in key forensic nursing skills, including:
Pelvic and anogenital examination with Gynecological Teaching Associates (GTAs)
Evidence collection techniques
Forensic photography
Trauma-informed patient communication
Case-based scenario integration
Purpose: The purpose of this educational activity is to prepare the didactically trained SANE for clinical aspects of the adult/adolescent sexual assault medical-forensic examination.
Who Should Attend: Registered Nurses or Advanced Practice Providers who have completed their Oregon or other IAFN-aligned SANE didactic training and are preparing for SANE certification and/or competency-based training.
Eligibility and Priority: Due to limited space, priority registration will be given to:
SANEs practicing in rural or frontier communities
Clinicians with limited access to clinical training or preceptorship
Registrants who sign up early
CE's and Accreditation: Participants who complete this training will be provided 16 Contact Hours. This activity has been submitted for IAFN approval.
A $200 travel scholarship is available for those traveling 40 miles or more to attend.
This Clinical Skills Lab opportunity is pending grant fund allocation. While we do not anticipate any scheduling changes, we are still awaiting our funding and changes may occur accordingly.
Statewide Comprehensive Violence and Abuse Prevention Training
When: June 24-27, 2025
Where: Newport, Oregon
Investment: Sliding Scale
Participants in this 4-day, in-person training will leave better prepared to: Implement/bolster comprehensive, effective prevention efforts in their communities, institutions, and schools, and; create professional partnerships with other preventionists across Oregon. Additionally, all participants will receive a copy of SATF’s nationally-recognized Comprehensive Prevention Toolkit, and additional resources relevant for practitioners collaborating on violence prevention efforts across the state.
40-hour Adult/Adolescent Basic SANE/SAE Training
When: July 16-18, 2025
Where: Center for Hope and Safety (605 Center St NE, Salem, Oregon)
Investment: $400
Oregon SATF provides training for nurses and providers seeking to gain certification as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner or Sexual Assault Examiner in Oregon. This is a HYBRID training, meaning that you will need to complete an online portion (twelve online modules) as well as an in-person class.
2025 Statewide Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Conference
When: August 14-15, 2025
Where: Salem, Oregon
Investment: Free!
The Statewide Sexual Assault Response Team Conference is an opportunity for teams around the state to come together and share successes, challenges and build connections to strengthen the sexual assault response across the state.
This year our focus is building a sustainable and inclusive response across the state. In a time when traditional methods may no longer serve, we invite presenters to explore how we can all work together for a more just future.
40-Hour Confidential Advocate Training
When: October 13-17, 2025
Where: Salem, Oregon
Join Oregon SATF for the return of our statewide, sexual assault-specific privileged advocate certification training!
Designed to meet Oregon’s Advocate Privilege training standards, this training will prepare advocates and their collaborators to:
support the needs of survivors and victims seeking support after experiences with sexual violence;
navigate systems; and
offer trauma-informed, survivor-centered direct advocacy services.
IMPORTANT: In alignment with Oregon ‘s Advocate Privilege law, participants must attend all 40-hours of training to receive certification. No refunds will be provided to participants that miss training sessions. If you have questions about certification, please reach out to our team at taskforce@oregonsatf.org.
Oregon SANE Connect
Oregon SANE Connect is a free course that focuses on Oregon-specific aspects of sexual assault medical-forensic care, including our chart, kit, laws, etc. It is intended to be taken as a follow-up to an online 40-hour adult/adolescent SANE training in order to ease transition into clinical practice in Oregon, and will also be useful for SANEs moving to Oregon from out-of-state.
Campus Advocate Online 40-hour Course
Investment:
Individual License: $75
Institutional License (15 participant licenses): $450
SATF’s online, 40-hour advocate training is the only campus-based, Oregon-specific online training available for advocates serving students on college and university campuses in Oregon.
This training aligns with the Oregon state standards for advocate privilege, and combines best practice with higher education mandates such as Title IX and Clery.
What participants are saying
“This is a wonderful curriculum. I wish something like this had been available 20 years ago when I first worked as an advocate.”
— Campus advocate 40-hour course participant
“Thank you so much for putting all of the work in to make such a comprehensive training program!!!”
— Advocate training participant
“This training gave me a tremendous amount of knowledge and skills to utilize in our job .”
— Comprehensive Prevention Training participant
“This was an expertly taught class! I appreciated that I could go at my own pace for the online modules.”
-40-Hour Hybrid SANE/SAE Training participant
“I have learned so much and feel I can better understand and implement these practices.
— Comprehensive Prevention Evaluation Training participant
“I can't express my appreciation and complement you all on the organization and presentation of this course.”