Section 388-829-0100. What is basic training?

(1) Basic training totals seventy hours of training: Basic training is made up of two components; the forty hour residential training and thirty hours of additional topics as defined by subsection (1)(b) of this section.

(a) DDA residential training – Forty hours.

(i) The core competencies and skills that LTCWs need in order to provide services effectively and safely;

(ii) Practice and demonstration of skills;

(iii) DD history;

(iv) Positive behavior support plan;

(v) Residential guidelines;

(vi) Individual instruction and support plan (IISP);

(vii) Effective communication:

(A) Between staff;

(B) With family; and

(C) With individuals;

(viii) Nutrition and dietary guidelines;

(ix) Health care/health management;

(x) Medication management;

(xi) Abuse and neglect;

(xii) Confidentiality;

(xiii) Emergency procedures;

(xiv) Staff roles, self-care, boundaries; and

(xv) Grief and loss.

(b) Additional topics – Thirty hours.

(i) Peer coaching as defined in RCW 74.39A.331 for on the job training.

(ii) Population specific if appropriate.

(iii) Individual specific.

(2) The core competencies requirement for DDA must be met by completing:

(a) The DDA developed forty-hour residential training; or

(b) The DSHS approved RFOC (or the approved curriculum by DSHS) and the eighteen hour DD specialty training.

(3) Additional training will be required:

(a) Individual specific training; and

(b) If changing agencies, the agency orientation;

(4) The LTCW must be able to ask the instructor questions during the training.

(5) There is no challenge test for subsection (2)(a) or (b).

[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.12.120, and chapter 74.39A RCW. WSR 15-20-045, § 388-829-0100, filed 9/29/15, effective 1/1/16.]

RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.12.120, and chapter 74.39A RCW. WSR 15-20-045, § 388-829-0100, filed 9/29/15, effective 1/1/16.