DCF 51.10 Note
Note: A proposed adoptive parent or parents who adopted a child in a foreign jurisdiction before April 1, 2007, and that adoption is recognized by the State of Wisconsin, will not be considered a first-time adoptive parent or parents for purposes of DCF 51.10.
DCF 51.10 Note
Note: A proposed adoptive parent or parents who adopted a child in the court of any other state or nation, while the parent was a resident of that state or nation, and then seeks to adopt a different child in a Wisconsin court will not be considered a first-time adoptive parent or parents for the purposes of DCF 51.10.
DCF 51.10(2)
(2) Who may provide preadoptive preparation training. As required under s.
48.84 (1), Stats., preadoptive preparation training shall be provided to a person identified in
sub. (1) by any one of the following entities:
DCF 51.10(2)(e)
(e) A state-funded foster care and adoption resource center.
DCF 51.10(3)
(3) Content and number of hours of preadoption preparation training. DCF 51.10(3)(a)(a)
Orientation. The training shall include a minimum of 2 hours of orientation for the adoptive parent or parents to the purpose and function of the agency through which the child is being adopted and a description of the support and services available to the adoptive family by that agency and other postadoption services available to the adoptive family through other agencies.
DCF 51.10(3)(b)1.1. Training on the core competencies identified in this paragraph shall consist of a minimum of 16 hours. Any training provided to meet the requirements of this section by any of the entities described in
sub. (2) shall include the attainment of specific knowledge by the adoptive parent or parents through the development of the following competencies:
DCF 51.10(3)(b)1.i.
i. Issues of children being adopted from an institutionalized care setting.
DCF 51.10(3)(b)2.
2. The training on the competencies shall assure that the adoptive parent or parents are provided with information appropriate to the needs of the child to be adopted.
DCF 51.10(3)(c)
(c)
Format of training. The preadoptive preparation training may be provided using a variety of formats including, but not limited to, face-to-face individual or group training, audio-visual means, and printed material. In all methods, there shall be an opportunity for the adoptive parent to discuss, in person, with a representative of the agency arranging the adoption the material presented and an opportunity to present and receive answers to any questions. The agency through which the adoptive parent or parents are adopting the child shall also determine through in person contact with the adoptive parent or parents whether the adoptive parent or parents have learned the competencies identified in
par. (b) 1. a. to
j.
DCF 51.10(4)
(4) Exception to the preadoption preparation training. DCF 51.10(4)(a)(a) If the preadoptive parent or parents held a foster care license and received foster parent training within the 12 months prior to the application to adopt a child, the preadoptive parent or parents shall do all of the following:
DCF 51.10(4)(b)
(b) The agency through which the preadoptive parent or parents have applied to adopt a child shall compare the competencies included in the foster parent training received by the preadoptive parent or parents under
par. (a) with the core competencies identified in
sub. (3) (b). The adoption agency shall require the preadoptive parent or parents to participate in the preadoptive training to the extent that is necessary for the preadoptive parent or parents to have received 2 hours of orientation training under
sub. (3) (a) and 16 hours of core training that includes all of the core competencies under
sub. (3) (b) through either the previous foster parent training or the preadoptive preparation training.
DCF 51.10(5)
(5) Documentation and record of the receipt of the preadoption preparation training. DCF 51.10(5)(a)(a) Documentation of the receipt of the preadoption preparation training shall be maintained in the preadoptive parent's or parents' record for at least 5 years, unless otherwise required by statute or regulation, by all of the following:
DCF 51.10(5)(a)2.
2. The agency through which the preadoptive parent or parents have applied to adopt a child.
DCF 51.10(5)(a)3.
3. The agency which granted the foster care license under
ch. DCF 56 to the preadoptive parent or parents.
DCF 51.10(5)(a)4.
4. The agency which provided the preadoptive preparation training to the preadoptive parent or parents.
DCF 51.10(5)(b)
(b) The documentation of the training received and competencies learned by the preadoptive parent or parents shall be provided by any of the entities under
par. (a) 1. to
4. to any county, state, or federal entity which is authorized to determine compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
DCF 51.10 History
History: Emerg. cr. eff. 4-1-07;
CR 07-028: cr.
Register July 2007 No. 619, eff. 8-1-07; correction in (5) (a) 3. made under s.
13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register November 2008 No. 635.
