Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 749 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
Subchapter F - TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Division 8 - TOPICS AND CURRICULUM COMPONENTS FOR ANNUAL TRAINING
Section 749.941 - What areas or topics are appropriate for annual training?
Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code § 749.941
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(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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