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(3) The training record shall include documentation of the staff member’s receipt of the orienta- tion, training, and continuing education. Documentation shall include a summary training log for each caregiver for each license year followed by supporting documentation (e.g. certificates, training sign-in sheets if legible, etc.). The staff training log shall include all of the following: (a) Date and time of orientation and each training session; (b) Name of each person that conducted each orientation and training; (c) Training topic; (d) Total hours of training or continuing education received; (e) Whether the staff member completed the requirements of the training or continuing education session. (4) Each volunteer staff person included in staff-to-child ratios shall meet the training require- ments specified for caregivers. (5) Within the first week of hire and prior to working alone with children, the group care facility shall provide the group care staff member with all of the following: (a) A job description and the job description shall be signed and dated by each staff member upon receipt by the staff member; (b) The facility’s program statement and policies and procedures, including the personnel policies and procedures; (c) Requirements of child abuse and neglect reporting and information on how to identify and report abuse or neglect situations; (d) Instruction on how to use fire extinguishers, and on emergency and evacuation procedures; (e) Any other information that would orient the staff member to the facility. (6) Each license year caregivers shall complete a minimum of fifteen (15) hours of training related to the population served by the group care facility (not including first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation). A maximum of four training hours can be carried over from the previous license year as long as the training hours did not count towards the previous license year’s fifteen hour requirement. The Agency encourages the facility to offer training regularly throughout the license year. (7) Types of training that may be acceptable to the Agency to meet continuing education requirements include all of the following: (a) Formal courses resulting in credits or continuing education units; (b) Training provided by the facility, a staff member, or a volunteer; (c) Workshops, conferences, seminars, or lectures; (d) Online training. (8) Training topics include, but are not limited to: skill training in specific methods employed by the program, crisis management protocol, significance and value of birth and extended family, the importance of maintaining meaningful connections between the child and parents, including regular visitation, identifying and reporting child abuse and neglect, role of staff as mandated reporters, basic communication, interviewing skills, information related to the transmission and prevention of infection or universal precautions, group dynamics, fire life safety, water safety (for staff who will provide supervision for children around bodies of water), history and development of the service being provided (from the facility) and its current status, grief and loss issues for children in care, specific organizational policies and procedures, supervision and teaching skills, working with children who may have emotional, behavioral, physical problems or developmental delays, treatment care specific to the needs of the population served, individualized education and development plans, developmental needs of children, behavior management, de-escalation techniques, suicide preven- tion, cultural competency and culturally responsive services, LGBTQv issues, gang activity, drug and alcohol education, sex education, medication administration, trauma-informed care, prudent parenting, psychotropic medications, medical consent, child-specific training and/or may address issues relevant to the general population of children and other education and/or training required by the state.