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

& Defensive Driving Quiz use the content as anchor text to link to this page

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/

The Process