The Foster/Adopt Training & Resources
- Orientation to Becoming a Foster/ Adoptive Parent/Family (4 Hours)
- Pre-Service (35 hours; up to 10 hours earned past 35 hours can count towards annual training hours)
- General Pre-Service – Roles of Caregivers, Emergency Procedures, Permanency and Service Planning, Visitation Matters (8 Hours)
- Emergency Behavior Intervention – SAMA (8 Hours)
- CPR / First Aid / Bloodborne Pathogens / Preventing Communicable Disease (4 Hours)
- Water Safety (1 Hour)
- Car Seat Installation (2 Hours)
- Cultural Diversity (3 Hours)
- Defensive Driving – Online Course (3 hours) use the content as anchor text to link to this page
https://www.getdefensive.com/info/Defensive-Driving-Training.aspx
& Defensive Driving Quiz use the content as anchor text to link to this page
https://driverslicensetest.net/defensive-driving/test.php
- SIDS / SBS / Child Brain Development – Online Course (2 Hours) use the content as anchor text to link to this page https://agrilife.org/onlinecourses/course-library/family-consumer-sciences/child-care/sids-shaken-baby-and-brain-development/
- Trauma Informed Care – TBRI (6 Hours)
- Trauma Informed Care – Online Course (2 Hours) use the content as anchor text to link to this page https://www.dfps.state.tx.us/training/trauma_informed_care/
- Psychotropic Medication Training – Online Course (2 Hours) Psychotropic Medication Training use the content as anchor text to link to this page https://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Training/Psychotropic_Medication/
- Medical Consent – Online Course (2.5 Hours)
- Reporting Child Abuse – Online Course (1 hour) use the content as anchor text to link to this page https://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Training/Reporting/
- Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
- DFPS Minimum Standards for Child Placing Agencies use the content as anchor text to link to this page https://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Child_Care/documents/Standards_and_Regulations/749_CPA.pdf
- Texas Foster Family Association use the content as anchor text to link to this page http://tffa.org/