Section 388-112-0390. What are the minimum qualifications for instructors for manager and long-term care worker dementia specialty?

(1) The minimum qualifications for instructors for manager dementia specialty, in addition to the general qualifications defined in WAC 388-112-0380 (1) and (2) include:

(a) The instructor must be experienced in dementia caregiving practices and capable of demonstrating competency in the entire course content;

(b) Education:

(i) Bachelor's degree, registered nurse, or mental health specialist, with at least one year of education in seminars, conferences, continuing education or college classes, in dementia or subjects directly related to dementia, such as, but not limited to, psychology. (One year of education equals twenty-four semester hours, thirty-six quarter hours, or at least one hundred ninety-two hours of seminars, conferences, or continuing education.)

(ii) If required in WAC 388-112-0160, successful completion of the dementia specialty training, prior to beginning to train others.

(c) Work experience - Two years full-time equivalent direct work experience with people who have dementia; and

(d) Teaching experience:

(i) Two hundred hours experience teaching dementia or closely related subjects; and

(ii) Successful completion of an adult education class.

(A) For instructors teaching alternate curriculums, a class in adult education that meets the requirements of WAC 388-112-0400.

(iii) For instructors teaching DSHS-developed dementia specialty training, successful completion of the DSHS instructor qualification/demonstration process;

(iv) And has been approved and contracted by the department as a community instructor.

(e) Instructors who will administer tests must have experience or training in assessment and competency testing.

(2) Instructors for long-term care worker dementia specialty training:

(a) Long-term care worker dementia specialty may be taught by an assisted living facility administrator (or designee), adult family home provider (or designee), or corporate trainer, who has successfully completed the manager dementia specialty training. A qualified instructor under this subsection may teach specialty to long-term care workers employed at other home(s) licensed by the same licensee.

(b) Long-term care worker dementia specialty taught by a person who does not meet the requirements in subsection (2)(a) must meet the same requirements as the instructors for manager dementia specialty in subsection (1).

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520. WSR 13-02-023, § 388-112-0390, filed 12/20/12, effective 1/20/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090, 70.128.040, 74.39A.050, 34.05.020, 2000 c 121, and 2002 c 233. WSR 02-15-066, § 388-112-0390, filed 7/11/02, effective 8/11/02.]

RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520. WSR 13-02-023, § 388-112-0390, filed 12/20/12, effective 1/20/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090, 70.128.040, 74.39A.050, 34.05.020, 2000 c 121, and 2002 c 233. WSR 02-15-066, § 388-112-0390, filed 7/11/02, effective 8/11/02.

Rules

388-112-0380,388-112-0160,388-112-0400,