Foster and Adoptive Home Development (FAD) caseworkers and leadership must complete one hour of suicide prevention and intervention training annually.

FAD foster parents must complete one hour of suicide prevention and intervention training during pre-service training and every two years after that.

The curriculum for the suicide prevention and intervention training includes:

• Risk factors, protective factors, and warning signs of suicide.
• Understanding safety planning.
• Understanding suicide screening.

DFPS must promote suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention training for non-employees, as appropriate.

FAD caseworkers and FAD parents may administer the ASQ Youth Suicide Risk Screening ToolPDF DocumentExternal Link only after they have completed the training.