WAC 110-147-1725. What training must I provide prospective adoptive parents?

(1) You must provide a minimum of ten hours of training before approval of a home study that includes at least the following: (a) The rights and responsibilities of adoptive parents and the adoption agency; (b) The potential risks and challenges inherent in adoption; (c) The needs and characteristics of children available for adoption; (d) Attachment, separation and loss issues for children and families, including attachment disorders and other emotional problems that institutionalized or traumatized children may experience; (e) The importance of cultural and ethnic identity to the child and ways to foster these identities; (f) The long term implications for a family that has become multicultural through adoption; and (g) The effects of adoption on the child and family. (2) Training to prepare the adoptive family for a particular child must also be provided. This training must include the child's: (a) Cultural, racial, religious, ethnic and linguistic background; (b) Medical, social, birth and developmental history; and (c) Educational data.