Adequate foster parent training has been identified as directly associated with increasing the length of time foster parents are willing to provide foster care and reducing the number of placement disruptions for children. Placement disruptions can be harmful to children by denying them consistent and nurturing support. Foster parents have expressed the desire to receive training in addition to the foster parent training currently offered. Foster parents who care for more demanding children, such as children with severe disabilities, would especially benefit from additional training. The department shall develop additional training for foster parents that focuses on skills to assist foster parents in caring for children with disabilities.
RCW 74.13.310
Foster parent training.
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 117 Wash. 2d 460 - Schwebke v. Lutheran Social Services (1991)
Most recently applied in Department of Social & Health Services v. Luak (March 2012)
2020 c 274 s 62; 2018 c 284 s 50; 2009 c 520 s 78; 1990 c 284 s 13.
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