Section 388-112-0395. What are the minimum qualifications for instructors for manager and long-term care worker developmental disabilities specialty?

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

(a) The instructor must be experienced in developmental disabilities caregiving practices and capable of demonstrating competency in the entire course content, including the administration of competency testing;

(b) Education and work experience:

(i) Bachelor's degree with at least two years of full-time work experience in the field of disabilities; or

(ii) High school diploma or equivalent, with four years full time work experience in the field of developmental disabilities, including two years full time direct work experience with people who have a developmental disability; and

(iii) Successful completion of the eighteen hour developmental disabilities specialty training under WAC 388-112-0120.

(c) Teaching experience:

(i) Two hundred hours of teaching experience; and

(ii) Successful completion of an adult education class as follows:

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

(B) For instructors teaching developmental disabilities specialty training, successful completion of the DSHS instructor qualification/demonstration process.

(e) Has been approved and contracted by the department as a community instructor.

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

(2) Instructors for developmental disabilities specialty training:

(a) Developmental disabilities 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 mental health or manager dementia specialty course, the eighteen hour developmental disabilities specialty training, and has successfully completed the instructor qualification/demonstration process. A qualified instructor under this subsection may teach developmental disabilities specialty to long-term care workers employed at other home(s) licensed by the same licensee.

(b) Developmental disabilities specialty taught by a person who does not meet the requirements in subsection (2)(a) must meet the same requirements as the instructors for developmental disabilities specialty in subsection (1).

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520. WSR 13-02-023, § 388-112-0395, 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, § 388-112-0395, filed 7/11/02, effective 8/11/02.]

RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520. WSR 13-02-023, § 388-112-0395, 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, § 388-112-0395, filed 7/11/02, effective 8/11/02.

Rules

388-112-0380,388-112-0120,388-112-0400,