(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