Washington Administrative Code
Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of
CHILD CARE AGENCIES/LICENSING REQUIREMENTS
Chapter 388-147 - Licensing requirements for child placing agency and adoption services
FIRE SAFETY
Adoption Services
Section 388-147-1725 - What training must I provide prospective adoptive parents?

Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 388-147-1725

Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024

(1) You must provide a minimum of ten hours of training before approval of a home study that includes at least the following:

(a) The rights and responsibilities of adoptive parents and the adoption agency;

(b) The potential risks and challenges inherent in adoption;

(d) Attachment, separation and loss issues for children and families, including attachment disorders and other emotional problems that institutionalized or traumatized children may experience;

(e) The importance of cultural and ethnic identity to the child and ways to foster these identities;

(f) The long term implications for a family that has become multi-cultural through adoption; and

(g) The effects of adoption on the child and family.

(2) Training to prepare the adoptive family for a particular child must also be provided. This training must include the child's:

(a) Cultural, racial, religious, ethnic and linguistic background;

(b) Medical, social, birth and developmental history, and

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