SECTION 749.941. What areas or topics are appropriate for annual training?

(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.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.941 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7522; 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