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Keeping current with training requirements
It has been two years since the training requirements
related to Community Residential Services Businesses (RCW 74.39A) went into effect. These requirements include Supported
Living, Group Homes and Group Training Homes.
Effective July 1, 2017, WAC 388-829 was updated and includes all
developmental disabilities contracted settings to include Children’s Licensed
Staff Residential, Alternative Living, and Companion Homes under the definition
of “Community Residential Service Businesses.”
Upcoming training opportunities
Free Training
DSHS DDA Human Trafficking and People with
Developmental Disabilities by
Innovations Human Trafficking Collaborative
- Date:
May 23, 2018, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Location: Alki Bakery, 20809 72nd Ave S #170 Kent, WA 98032
- Presenter:
Jeri Moomaw, Executive Director, Innovations Human Trafficking Collaborative
- Workshop Description: Any
vulnerable person is at risk of being trafficked, but individuals with
disabilities are at higher risk of being targeted. This workshop will raise awareness and
empower direct support professionals to make a difference in stopping
human trafficking.
- Register here
- Continuing Education credit
available: 5 Hours
Conferences
25th Annual
Giving Care, Taking Care Caregiver Conference
- Date:
June 4, 2018, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- Location:
Tukwila Community Center
- Conference description: This conference targets family members and caregivers supporting vulnerable adults. It offers a
comprehensive day of workshops, a resource fair and keynote speakers meant
to empower and raise awareness about managing manager
caregiver stress, providing high-quality care and offering vital resources.
- Register here
Train-the-trainer Calendar
Week-long CE Series
Monday - Friday, April 16 - 20, 2018
- Monday - Peer Coaching
- Tuesday - Peer Coaching
- Wednesday - How To Build A Curriculum/Online CEs/Trainer Technical Support
- Thursday - Buzz for Adult Learning/Unconscious Bias
- Friday - DDA Risk Assessment/ Beyond Mandated Reporting
- Location: McClelland Arts Center, 951 Delaware St Longview, WA 98632
- Trainer: Sarah Blanchette, Developmental Disabilities Administration
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Register here by April 11, 2018. (10 participants must register or the course may be canceled)
Week-long CE Series
Monday - Friday, May 14 - 18, 2018
- Monday - Peer Coaching
- Tuesday - Peer Coaching
- Wednesday - How To Build A Curriculum/Online CEs/Trainer Technical Support
- Thursday - Buzz for Adult Learning/Unconscious Bias
- Friday - DDA Risk Assessment/ Beyond Mandated Reporting
- Location: Everett, WA (TBA)
- Trainer: Sarah Blanchette, Developmental Disabilities Administration
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Register here by May 9, 2018. (10 participants must register or the course
may be canceled)
Technical Support Monthly Webinars
We completed six webinars and received positive provider feedback. The webinars offer:
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Answers to frequently asked questions
- Updates on new training requirements
- Training tips to help you be a better
trainer
- Opportunity for live interaction with providers
The next webinar is April 26, 2018, 1 - 3
p.m. Register here.
Curriculum Updates
Updated 40-hour CORE video clips
Based
on recent feedback, DDA is undertaking a
new project! We are organizing a workgroup to update the
training videos included in our Residential 40-hour CORE curriculum. We
will work together to reflect our Guiding Values
and a person-centered approach. For now, a few videos needed immediate replacement. These videos will be removed from the YouTube website on April 15, 2018 and replaced by simple discussions and activities.
Video Replacement Series
- Chapter 4, slide 8: Replace Tails of Our Lives video with Not Special Needs video.
- Chapter 4, slide 11 and 12: Replace Entering a Person's Home videos with discussion.
Discussion: How to respectfully
enter an individual’s home and engage with the people we support in an engaging
way.
Activity: Direct Support
Professional (DSP) will demonstrate this skill.
- Chapter 9, slide 2: Replace Healthcare Detective video with discussion. Discussion: Helping DSPs learn to
be observant of healthcare changes, how to report those changes and where to
get help.
- Chapter 9, slide 5: Replace Visit to the Doctor video with discussion. Small Group
Discussion: Accompanying
and individual you support to a doctor’s visit.
- Chapter 9, slide 6: Replace Spreading Germs video with activity.
Activity: Contest: Naming how germs are spread.
- Chapter 9, slide 16: Replace Change the Stigma video with discussion. Discussion: Discussion about
invisible disabilities (example: depression) and their impact on co-workers and
individuals DDA supports.
- Chapter 9, slide 18: Replace Shades of Grey video with discussion. Discussion: The impacts of aging
and how this might impact individuals with developmental disabilities. What it means to support a person lifelong.
- Chapter 12, slide 5: Replace Person in the Office with Poor Hygiene video with discussion. Discussion: How DSPs can empower
and promote good hygiene.
- Chapter 13, slide 6: Replace Guardian Calls video with discussion. Discussion: Guardian Scenario
discussion.
- Chapter 13, slide 11: Replace The Mall video with discussion. Discussion: Scenario, accompanying the
person you support to the store and learning to safeguard this rights,
promoting dignity and honoring confidentiality.
- Chapter 13, slide 13: Replace Roommate video with discussion. Discussion: Scenario, how DSPs can
preserve confidentiality between roommates and with family members.
- Chapter 14, slide 5 and 6: Replace Grocery Store/Change videos with discussion. Discussion: Financial
exploitation scenario (keeping the change).
Contact Sarah
Blanchette for more information.
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