Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 30 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Article 47 - FOSTER CARE LICENSING
Section 30-47-806 - Training
Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 30-47-806
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
(a) Prelicensure training. Before a license is issued, each applicant shall successfully complete the following:
(1) An instructor-led
family foster home preparatory program approved by the department;
(2) an instructor-led first aid training
course that includes a post-test;
(3) an instructor-led cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) course that includes a postskills test, applicable for the
ages of children to be placed. The licensee shall maintain current CPR
certification. The licensee of each family foster home licensed before October
1, 2019 shall complete a CPR course that meets the requirements of this
paragraph as part of the annual training;
(4) training in universal precautions;
and
(5) training in medication
administration.
(b) In-service training. Each licensee shall obtain eight clock-hours of training each licensing year. At least two of the required eight clock-hours shall include instruction between an instructor and participant. The training topics shall provide the opportunity to develop competency in two or more of the following areas:
(1) Advocacy;
(2) attachment issues and
disorders;
(3) child
development;
(4) crisis management,
including intervention techniques for problem or conflict resolution, diffusion
of anger, and de-escalation methods;
(5) communicating and connections with birth
families;
(6) discipline and
behavior management techniques;
(7)
human sexuality, including gender identification;
(8) human trafficking and
exploitation;
(9) indicators of
gang involvement;
(10) indicators
of self-harming behaviors or suicidal tendencies and knowledge of appropriate
intervention methods;
(11) medical
and mental health disorders, treatment modalities, and pharmacology;
(12) principles of trauma-informed care and
trauma-specific interventions;
(13)
reasonable and prudent parent standard;
(14) regulations governing family foster
homes;
(15) report writing and
documentation methods; and
(16)
resources and services available to youth transitioning to independent
living.
(c) Additional training requirements.
(1) Each licensee shall
participate in any additional or alternative training required by the
sponsoring child-placement agency.
(2) Each licensee using physical restraint
shall have a current certificate documenting completion of physical restraint
and de-escalation training approved by the secretary.
(d) Failure to meet training requirements.
(1) Each licensee who fails to meet training
requirements for any licensing year shall complete a corrective action plan
developed with the sponsoring child-placement agency to comply with prior
licensing year requirements. The training hours obtained under the corrective
action plan shall apply only to the prior licensing year. Failure to
successfully complete the corrective action plan within 30 days after the
initiation of the corrective action plan may result in an enforcement
action.
(2) Each corrective action
plan shall include the licensee's plan for maintaining compliance with this
regulation.
(3) A licensee shall
not accept any new child for placement until the sponsoring child-placement
agency documents that the licensee has successfully completed the corrective
action plan and the training obtained by the licensee meets the requirements of
subsection (b).
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