Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
(1) You must have a pre-service training plan
of at least sixteen hours for new staff that includes:
(a) Relevant state law;
(b) Agency goals, ethical and professional
guidelines, organizational lines of accountability, policies and
procedures;
(c) The cultural
diversity of the populations(s) you serve;
(d) Potential short and long term effects of
prenatal exposure to alcohol, drugs and poor nutrition;
(e) The potential effects of separation and
loss by the child in respect to their family of origin;
(f) The process of developing emotional ties
to an adoptive family;
(g)
Attachment and post-traumatic stress disorders;
(h) Normal child and adolescent
development;
(i) The potential
effects of abuse, neglect and institutionalization on child
development;
(j) The potential
issues of race and culture;
(k) The
emotional adjustment of adopted children and their families;
(l) Open adoption, benefits of continued
relations with siblings;
(m)
Adoption support;
(n) The most
frequent medical and psychological problems experienced by children from the
countries of origin you serve;
(o)
Acculturation and assimilation issues, including those that arise from race,
ethnicity, religion, and culture; and
(p) Child, adolescent and adult development
as affected by adoption.
(2) If you provide inter-country adoption
services, there is additional training required. Pre-service training must also
include:
(a) The requirements of the Hague
Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-Operation in Respect of
Inter-country Adoption, the federal Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000,
Public Law
106-279, Immigration and Nationality Act and the
applicable Code of Federal Regulations;
(b) The adoption laws of any country where
your agency provides adoption services;
(c) Ethical considerations in inter-country
adoption and prohibitions on child buying;
(d) The effects of having been adopted
internationally;
(e) Factors in the
countries of origin that lead to children needing adoptive families;
and
(f) Outcomes for children
placed for adoption internationally.
(3) Employees may be exempt from elements of
the inter-country adoption services training requirements when the employee has
demonstrated experience with inter-country adoption and knowledge of the Hague
Convention and the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000.
(4) You must have a written in-service
training program of at least fifteen hours annually that includes current and
emerging adoption practice issues. If you provide specialized adoption
services, such as interstate adoption services or adoption services for
children with special needs, you must have a written in-service training
program for staff for the specialized adoption services you provide.
