| (a) Other than the mandated topics, annual training
for caregivers must be in areas appropriate to the needs of children
for whom the caregiver provides care, which may include:
(1) Developmental stages of children;
(2) Constructive guidance and discipline of children;
(3) Fostering children's self-esteem;
(4) Positive interaction with children;
(5) Strategies and techniques for working with the
population of children served;
(6) Supervision and safety practices in the care of
children, including making reasonable and prudent parenting decisions
for a foster child's participation in childhood activities;
(7) Preventing the spread of communicable diseases;
(8) Water Safety;
(9) Administration of medication;
(10) Medical-related training to help children receiving
treatment services for primary medical needs;
(11) Helping children experience grief or loss;
(12) Prevention, recognition, and reporting of child
abuse, neglect, and exploitation; or
(13) Safe sleeping as specified in §749.883 of
this subchapter (relating to What curriculum components must be included
in the pre-service training for safe sleeping?).
(b) Other than mandated topics, annual training for
employees must be in areas appropriate to the needs of children for
whom the child-placing agency provides care, which may include:
(1) The areas listed in subsection (a) of this section
and;
(2) Emergency behavior intervention.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §749.941 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7522; amended to be effective December 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 9058; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 9944; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective June 27, 2021, 46 TexReg 3525 |
