Washington — DSHS DDA DSP Training
Tracks the training required of DDA community-residential service staff under WAC 388-829: the 70-hour basic training (40-hour DDA Residential Services Curriculum plus 30 hours of population-specific training) due within 120 days, the 5-hour orientation and safety training, 12 hours of annual continuing education, and nurse delegation. Requirements follow Washington's own regulations — state-delivered cores are tracked as external evidence, while the population-specific block and annual CE, which WAC allows to be met with DDA/DSHS-approved curricula, are mapped to TeTS courses.
One organized view of what each learner has completed, what is still due, and what needs to be renewed.
Pathway curriculum
Each module shows the training or evidence that satisfies a requirement, when it is first due, and how often it must be renewed.
Part of the 30-hour population-specific block within the 70-hour basic training due within 120 days: understanding intellectual and developmental disabilities, person-centered practices, and community inclusion. WAC 388-829-0050(3) allows this block to be met with "other curriculum approved by DDA" — curricula gain approval through the formal DSHS application under WAC 388-112A (materials, outlines, skills checklists; DSHS curriculum number issued).
Mapped training
Part of the 30-hour population-specific block: positive behavior support and communication with the people served. Counts toward the 30 hours via DDA-approved curriculum (DSHS approval under WAC 388-112A; see approval note above).
The 30-hour population-specific half of the 70-hour basic training, due within 120 days of hire. The topical requirements in this pathway track coverage; this requirement tracks the hour total.
Twelve hours of continuing education each year for community-residential staff. Curricula and instructors must be DSHS-approved (WAC 388-112A; the public list of approved CE businesses includes an Online category) — DSHS approval noted per 388-112A.
Five hours of orientation and safety training before working unsupervised, using the DSHS-developed curriculum. State-owned curriculum — tracked as external evidence.
The 40-hour DDA Residential Services Curriculum, delivered by DDA-approved trainers, forming the other component of the 70-hour basic training due within 120 days of hire. Community-residential staff are exempt from HCA certification per RCW 18.88B.041. State-delivered — tracked as external evidence.
Staff performing delegated nursing tasks (including medication administration) must complete the state's 9-hour Nurse Delegation Core training and be delegated by a registered nurse. State-gated — tracked as external evidence.
Mapped training
Mapped training
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