WAC 388-112-0390   What are the minimum qualifications for instructors for manager and caregiver dementia specialty?  (1) The minimum qualifications for instructors for manager dementia specialty, in addition to the general qualifications under WAC 388-112-0375, 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 under 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 or train the trainer as follows:

     (A) For instructors teaching alternate curricula, a class in adult education that meets the requirements of WAC 388-112-0400, or a train the trainer class for the curriculum they are teaching;

     (B) For instructors teaching DSHS-developed dementia specialty training, successful completion of the DSHS-developed train the trainer.

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

     (2) Instructors for caregiver dementia specialty training:

     (a) Caregiver dementia specialty may be taught by a boarding home administrator (or designee), adult family home provider, or corporate trainer, who has successfully completed the manager dementia specialty training. A qualified instructor under this subsection may teach caregiver specialty to caregivers employed at other home(s) licensed by the same licensee.

     (b) Caregiver 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 18.20.090, 70.128.040, 74.39A.050, 34.05.020, 2000 c 121, and 2002 c 233. 02-15-066, § 388-112-0390, filed 7/11/02, effective 8/11/02.]