West Virginia Code of State Rules
Agency 78 - Human Services
Title 78 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES BUREAU FOR SOCIAL SERVICES
Series 78-02 - Child Placing Agencies Licensure
Section 78-2-19 - Training for Foster or Adoptive Parents

19.1.1. As a condition of approval, an agency shall require that each foster parent participate in approved pre-service training curriculum.

19.1.2. An agency shall develop and implement a written plan for the orientation, annual inservice training, and child-specific training for foster or adoptive parents.

19.1.3. An agency shall document in the foster or adoptive parents' record the date, subject, its duration, the format of the training and the name and title of the training instructor, if applicable.

19.1.4. Prior to the placement of a child, the agency shall complete foster parent training on the placement process, the agency's services and programs, legal aspects of foster care and adoption, the agency's discipline policies, behavior management, crisis de-escalation and intervention, first aid training, including cardiac pulmonary resuscitation, the lifelong implications of adoption, normalcy, reasonable prudent parent standards, and the dangers of trafficking.

19.1.5. In addition to orientation training, an agency shall provide foster or adoptive parents with a minimum of 15 hours of ongoing training during the first year of approval.

19.1.6. After the first year of approval, an agency shall provide foster parents with a minimum of 12 hours of ongoing annual training in addition to training in first aid and cardiac pulmonary resuscitation.

19.1.7. An agency shall provide child-specific training to assist foster or adoptive parents in implementing a child's service plan or a specific treatment objective.