Figure: 40 TAC §749.863(a)

Who is required to receive the training?	What type of pre-service training?	How many hours of training are needed?	When must the training be completed?
(1) All caregivers	General pre-service training	8 hours	Before this person can be the only caregiver responsible for a child in care
(2) Caregivers caring for children receiving only child care services or programmatic services	Pre-service training regarding emergency behavior intervention	8 hours	At least 4 hours of training before the person can be the only caregiver responsible for a child in care, and all 8 hours of training within 90 days of being responsible for a child in care
(3) Caregivers caring for children receiving treatment services for emotional disorders, mental retardation, or pervasive developmental disorders	Pre-service training regarding emergency behavior intervention	16 hours, however, if your agency prohibits the use of emergency behavior intervention, then only 8 hours of training are needed	At least half of the required hours of training before the person can be the only caregiver responsible for a child in care, and all of the required hours of training within 90 days of being responsible for a child in care
(4) Child-placing agency administrators, treatment directors, child placement staff, child placement management staff, and full-time professional service providers, except those exclusively assigned to provide adoption services, or those exclusively assigned to children receiving treatment services for primary medical needs	Pre-service training regarding emergency behavior intervention	8 hours	All 8 hours of training within 90 days of beginning job duties