Virginia Adoption Requirements
22VAC40-131-210.A
The State of Virginia does not accredit courses used for compliance with the core competencies required by the State of Virginia for pre-service training to be provided to adoptive families; therefore, Creating a Family does not warrant or guarantee that the State of Virginia will accept our courses as evidence of compliance with these core competencies. We have done our best to create courses that we believe will prepare parents and staff for domestic and intercountry adoption as required by the State of Virginia. 22VAC40-131-210.A. requires training on the listed core competencies as applicable to the type of adoption. We have spoken with agencies in Virginia about which core competencies that state finds applicable to the different types of adoption and our packages are designed accordingly. If you have been told to include training on other core competencies for your adoptions, please contact us and we can suggest additional courses to cover those competencies.
For your convenience only, we have included the regulations that we believe our courses can be used in achieving at least partial compliance with the requirements; however, adoption service providers must decide for themselves. Our inclusion of these regulations implies only that we believe that the course addresses some of the topics included in the specified regulatory section and does not imply that the course can be used in complete fulfillment of that regulation.
For information specific to Virginia, go to the Child Welfare Information Gateway State Search site to find information on the Virginia requirements on background checks, consent to adoption, home study requirements, post-adoption contact agreements, adoption expense regulations, use of advertising, and who may adopt or place a child for adoption.
Virginia Domestic Adoption Package includes:
- Introduction to Domestic Infant Adoption
- Evaluating Risk Factors in Domestic Adoption
- Introduction to Prenatal Substance Exposure
- What You Need to Know About Open Adoption When You're Thinking About Adoption
- Should You Consider Adopting a Child of a Different Race or Ethnicity?
- Basic Baby Care
- 7 Core Issues in Adoption & Foster Care
- Introduction to Attachment
- Talking with Young Children About Adoption and Birth Parents
- Transitioning Home as a Newly Adoptive Parent
- Legal Process for Domestic Adoption
- Adoption Disruptions/Dissolutions - How to Prevent and When to Accept
- Helping Adopted Children Heal From Past Trauma and Loss
- Open Adoption: Handling Difficult Birth Family Situations
| Requirement 22VAC40-131-210 |
Domestic Package |
|---|---|
| 1. Factors that contribute to neglect, emotional maltreatment, physical abuse, and sexual abuse, and the effects thereof; | Evaluting Risk Factors in Domestic Infant Adoption |
| 2. Conditions and experiences that may cause developmental delays and affect attachment; | Evaluating Risk Factors in Domestic Infant Adoption Introduction to Prenatal Substance Exposure |
3. Stages of normal human growth and development; |
Basic Baby Care |
7. Legal and social processes and implications of adoption; |
Legal Process for Domestic Adoption Introduction to Domestic Infant Adoption |
| 9. The professional team's role in supporting the transition to permanency and preventing unplanned placement disruptions; | Transitioning Home as a Newly Adoptive Family Adoption Disruptions/Dissolutions - How to Prevent and When to Accept |
| 11. Purpose of service planning; | Legal Process for Domestic Adoption Introduction to Domestic Infant Adoption |
12. Impact of multiple placements on a child's development; |
Helping Adopted Children Heal From Past Trauma and Loss |
| 13. Types of and response to loss, and the factors that influence the experience of separation, loss, and placement; | Helping Adopted Children Heal From Past Trauma and Loss Talking with Young Children About Adoption |
| 14. Cultural, spiritual, social, and economic similarities and differences between a child's primary family and foster or adoptive family; | Should You Consider Adopting a Child of a Different Race or Ethnicity? Open Adoption: Handling Difficult Birth Family Situations |
| 16. Developmentally appropriate, effective, and nonphysical disciplinary techniques; | Helping Adopted Children Heal From Past Trauma and Loss |
| 17. Promoting a child's sense of identity, history, culture, and values; | Should You Consider Adopting a Child of a Different Race or Ethnicity? |
| 18. Respecting a child's connection to his birth family, previous foster families or adoptive families; | What You Need to Know About Open Adoption When You're Thinking About Adoption Open Adoption: Handling Difficult Birth Family Situations |
| 19. Being nonjudgmental in caring for the child, working with his family, and collaborating with other members of the team; | What You Need to Know About Open Adoption When You're Thinking About Adoption Open Adoption: Handling Difficult Birth Family Situations Legal Process for Domestic Adoption |
| 20. Roles, rights, and responsibilities of foster parents and adoptive parents; | Legal Process for Domestic Adoption |
| 21. Maintaining a home and community environment that promotes safety and well-being; | Helping Adopted Children Heal From Past Trauma and Loss |
Virginia International Adoption Package includes:
- Introduction to International Adoption
- Evaluating Risk Factors in International Adoption
- Introduction to Prenatal Substance Exposure
- Typical Behaviors in Children Adopted Internationally
- Should You Consider Adopting a Child of a Different Race or Ethnicity?
- Health, Emotional, and Developmental Issues Common to Children Adopted Interationally
- Parenting Children Who Have Experienced Trauma
- Common Special Needs in International Adoption
- Helping Internationally Adopted Children Develop a Healthy Cultural & Racial Identity
- Transitioning Home as a Newly Adoptive Parent
- Helping Kids Heal from Sexual Abuse
- Adoption Disruptions/Dissolutions - How to Prevent and When to Accept
- Talking with Kids About Adoption at Different Ages
- Talking About the Difficult Parts of Your Adopted Child's History
- Helping Adopted Children Heal from Past Trauma and Loss
| Requirement 22VAC40-131-210 |
Domestic Package |
|---|---|
| 1. Factors that contribute to neglect, emotional maltreatment, physical abuse, and sexual abuse, and the effects thereof; | Evaluting Risk Factors in International Adoption Typical Behaviors in Children Adopted Internationally Health, Emotional, and Developmental Issues Common to Children Adopted Internationally Helping Children Heal from Sexual Abuse |
| 2. Conditions and experiences that may cause developmental delays and affect attachment; | Evaluating Risk Factors in International Adoption Introduction to Prenatal Substance Exposure Health, Emotional, and Developmental Issues Common to Children Adopted Internationally Common Special Needs in International Adoption |
3. Stages of normal human growth and development; |
Typical Behaviors in Children Adopted Internationally Common Special Needs in International Adoption Parenting Children Who Have Experienced Trauma Helping Children Heal from Sexual Abuse |
| 4. Concept of permanence for children | Health, Emotional, and Developmental Issues Common to Children Adopted Internationally |
7. Legal and social processes and implications of adoption; |
Health, Emotional, and Developmental Issues Common to Children Adopted Internationally Introduction to International Adoption |
| 9. The professional team's role in supporting the transition to permanency and preventing unplanned placement disruptions; | Transitioning Home as a Newly Adoptive Family Adoption Disruptions/Dissolutions - How to Prevent and When to Accept |
12. Impact of multiple placements on a child's development; |
Helping Adopted Children Heal From Past Trauma and Loss Typical Behaviors of Children Adopted Internationally |
| 13. Types of and response to loss, and the factors that influence the experience of separation, loss, and placement; | Helping Adopted Children Heal From Past Trauma and Loss Talking with Kids About Adoption at Different Ages Typical Behaviors of Children Adopted Internationally Parenting Children Who Have Experienced Trauma |
| 14. Cultural, spiritual, social, and economic similarities and differences between a child's primary family and foster or adoptive family; | Should You Consider Adopting a Child of a Different Race or Ethnicity? Health, Emotional, and Developmental Issues Common to Children Adopted Internationally Transitioning Home as a Newly Adoptive family Helping Internationally Adopted Children Develop a Healthy Cultural & Racial Identity |
| 16. Developmentally appropriate, effective, and nonphysical disciplinary techniques; | Helping Adopted Children Heal From Past Trauma and Loss Typical Behaviors of Children Adopted Internationally Parenting Children Who Have Experienced Trauma Helping Children Heal From Sexual Abuse |
| 17. Promoting a child's sense of identity, history, culture, and values; | Should You Consider Adopting a Child of a Different Race or Ethnicity? Helping Internationally Adopted Children Develop a Healthy Cultural & Racial Identity |
| 18. Respecting a child's connection to his birth family, previous foster families or adoptive families; | Health, Emotional, and Developmental Issues Common to Children Adopted Internationally Helping Adopted Children Heal From Past Trauma and Loss Talking with Kids about Adoption at Different Ages Talking About the Difficult Parts of Your Adopted Child's History |
| 19. Being nonjudgmental in caring for the child, working with his family, and collaborating with other members of the team; | Health, Emotional, and Developmental Issues Common to Children Adopted Internationally Talking About the Difficult Parts of Your Adopted Child's History |
| 20. Roles, rights, and responsibilities of foster parents and adoptive parents; | Introduction to International Adoption |
| 21. Maintaining a home and community environment that promotes safety and well-being; | Helping Adopted Children Heal From Past Trauma and Loss Typical Behaviors of Children Adopted Internationally Parenting Children Who Have Experienced Trauma Helping Children Heal from Sexual Abuse |
| 22. Methods of less intrusive behavior support, crisis management techniques, and physical restraint methods approved by the licensee. | Helping Adopted Children Heal From Past Trauma and Loss Typical Behaviors of Children Adopted Internationally Parenting Children Who Have Experienced Trauma Helping Children Heal from Sexual Abuse |