{"data":{"id":"us-va/22vac40-211-65","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"22VAC40-211-65","heading":"Training for individuals providing only respite care","body":"A. The local department shall ensure that preservice training is provided for respite care providers. This training shall address, but not be limited to, the following core competencies:\n\n1. Factors that contribute to neglect, emotional maltreatment, physical abuse, and sexual abuse, and the effects thereof;\n\n2. Conditions and experiences that may cause developmental delays and affect attachment;\n\n3. Reunification as the primary child welfare goal, the process and experience of reunification;\n\n4. Importance of visits and other contacts in strengthening relationships between the child and his birth family, including his siblings;\n\n5. The professional team's role in supporting the transition to permanency and preventing unplanned placement disruptions;\n\n6. Impact of multiple placements on a child's development;\n\n7. Cultural, spiritual, social, and economic similarities and differences between a child's primary family and foster or adoptive family;\n\n8. Preparing a child for family visits and helping him manage his feelings in response to family contacts;\n\n9. Developmentally appropriate, effective, and nonphysical disciplinary techniques;\n\n10. Maintaining a home and community environment that promotes safety and well-being;\n\n11. Promoting a child's sense of identity, history, culture, and values;\n\n12. Respecting a child's connection to his birth family, previous foster families, and adoptive families; and\n\n13. Being nonjudgmental in caring for the child, working with his family, and collaborating with other members of the team.\n\nB. The department shall provide opportunities annually for in-service training.","path":["Title 22. Social Services","Agency 40. Department of Social Services","Chapter 211. Foster and Adoptive Home Approval Standards for Local Departments of Social Services"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title22/agency40/chapter211/section65/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:53:59Z","sha256":"6be34dc539b921acbf5148e9cd8f0f8f199213aefaf56b80abc2b3d321c8ae41","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/22vac40-211-60","next":"us-va/22vac40-211-70"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}