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Update/add competencies, such as:

•   (update) Factors that contribute to child traumatic stress, neglect, emotional maltreatment, physical abuse, and sexual abuse/exploitation and the effects thereof.

•   (add, to support supervision as related to rate structuring) Strategies for providing enhanced supervision to children with high levels of need, as well as documenting behavioral concerns/progress.

•   (add) Prudent parenting practices that both meet children’s needs for “normalcy” while adhering to the child’s safety, permanency, and well-being

•   (update) Reunification as the primary child welfare goal, the process and experience of reunification, and the resource family’s role in supporting this goal.

•   (update)  Importance of visits and other contacts in strengthening relationships between children and their birth families, including siblings, and how to help children manage the visitation experience.

•   (update)  The detrimental impact of multiple placements and placement disruptions on a child's development, functioning, and ability to form healthy relationships.

•   (add) The impact of fostering/adopting, particularly on children who are currently a part of the family (e.g., biological or adopted).

•   (update) Meeting the needs of adolescents in care, supporting independent living skills while providing adequate support and supervision).

•   (add)  De-escalation strategies, avoiding escalation, and conflict management with children, youth, and other adults.

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Do not distinguish competencies among respite-only versus fully-approved families.  They need to know the same things to meet children’s needs and it is common practice among LDSS to train them alongside fully-approved families anyway. 

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D: Would it be useful to clarify “access to a working phone with service at all times”?

J5:  include having an operable CO2 detector  if applicable

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B4:  clarify risk assessment and screening language, for example:  "Obtaining ... new tuberculosis risk assessment, TB screening (skin test), or other tests/assessments in compliance with ... and documenting either no risk for TB or teh absence of TB in its communicable form"