SECTION 749.881. What curriculum components must be included in the general pre-service training?

The general pre-service training must include the following curriculum components:

(1) Topics appropriate to the needs of children for whom the caregiver will be providing care, such as developmental stages of children, fostering children's self-esteem, constructive guidance and discipline of children, water safety, and strategies and techniques for monitoring and working with these children;

(2) Trauma informed care;

(3) The different roles of caregivers;

(4) Measures to prevent, recognize, and report suspected occurrences of child abuse (including sexual abuse), neglect, and exploitation;

(5) Procedures to follow in emergencies, such as weather related emergencies, volatile persons, and severe injury or illness of a child or adult; and

(6) Preventing the spread of communicable diseases.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.881 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective December 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 9058; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 9944; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective June 27, 2021, 46 TexReg 3525