Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a)
Applicability. OAC 340:100-3-38.13 sets forth training
requirements for staff or volunteers and direct supervisors providing direct
supports for a service recipient in an alternative group home per OAC
340:100-5-22.6.
(b)
New employee training. No
later than 30 days following the date of hire, staff providing direct supports
or supervising at any level the delivery of direct supports must complete the
online or first available Developmental Disabilities Services Division (DDSD)
approved foundation training course and effective teaching course. The first
available class is the first unfilled class held within 60 miles of the staff's
work location following the staff's date of hire.
(c)
First aid and cardio-pulmonary
resuscitation (CPR). All direct support staff must be certified in an
approved course of first aid and CPR before providing services alone or with
other untrained staff.
(1) First aid and CPR
certification of each staff must occur within 90 days following
employment.
(2) The service
recipient's Personal Support Team (Team) may determine, based on the service
recipient's needs, staff must receive first aid and CPR certification in less
than 90 days.
(d)
Medication administration training. Staff must be certified in an
approved medication administration course, per OAC
340:100-3-38.10,
before administering medication to a service recipient or assisting with a
service recipient's medication support plan.
(e)
Individual-specific in-service
training. Individual-specific in-service training is identified for
direct support staff in the service recipient's Individual Plan (Plan).
(1) Training requirements are based on the
service recipient's identified needs through team discussion and review of
available assessment information.
(2) A service recipient's Team specifies
required time frames for completion of individual-specific in-service training.
If time frames are not identified in the Plan, required individual-specific
in-service training must be completed before working with the service
recipient.
(3) As the service
recipient's needs require changes in supports or programs, the Team documents
in the Plan, or in addenda to the Plan, any new or additional in-service
training required, with time frames for completion.
(4) Individual-specific training is provided
by the person or persons designated by the Team and identified by name in the
Plan in accordance with policy, statute, and professional practice regulations,
if applicable.
(5) The responsible
Team member verifies staff has knowledge and skills necessary to provide the
identified services. Videos may be used when approved by the Team.
(f)
Job-specific
training.
(1) Staff must complete:
(A) within 90 days after date of assignment:
(i) Health course; and
(ii) Ethical and Legal Issues course;
and
(B) within six
months after date of assignment:
(i)
Communication course; and
(ii)
Skill Building course.
(2) Staff working in both residential and
employment or other settings must meet job-specific training requirements of
both jobs. Transfers to avoid completion of required training are
prohibited.
(g)
Specialized training. Additional specialized training is required
for each direct service staff working with service recipients in the
alternative group home.
(1) Staff supporting
a service recipient with a protective intervention plan that includes
non-restrictive intervention techniques must be trained on these techniques
before use.
(2) Completion of an
approved behavior support course is required for staff supporting a service
recipient with a protective intervention plan that:
(A) addresses challenging behavior that
places the service recipient's physical safety, environment, relationships, or
community participation at serious risk; and
(B) contains one or more procedures in (i)
through (iv) of this subparagraph.
(i)
Physical guidance to overcome resistance.
(ii) Physical guidance to move to
safety.
(iii) Physical hold to
restrict movement.
(iv) Intensified
staffing to ensure safety.
(3) Staff must complete the approved:
(A) behavior support course before working
alone or with other untrained staff, but no later than 60 days after starting
work with the service recipient; and
(B) physical management course before using
any technique of physical management contained in a protective intervention
plan.
(i) Staff working with the service
recipient implements the positive components of the plan, as well as
non-intrusive procedures to assist the service recipient during a crisis prior
to using physical management techniques.
(ii) Only staff and staff supervisors
providing support to the service recipient are trained on the use of a physical
management procedure.
(iii)
Training curricula regarding behavior support are approved by the DDSD director
of human resource development and DDSD director of psychological and behavioral
supports.
(4)
Training regarding physical management procedures must be obtained from DDSD
trainers approved by the director of human resource development.
(5) Staff must complete:
(A) an annual retraining on the physical
management or physical restraint procedures in the approved protective
intervention plan; and
(B) the DDSD
approved orientation specific to community protection issues within 60 days of
starting work with the service recipient.
(h)
Ongoing training. All direct
support staff employed by provider agencies complete 12 hours of approved
annual training.
(1) Annual training may come
from:
(A) required re-certification classes
in first aid, CPR, and medication administration training;
(B) courses per OAC
340:100-3-38(b)(1);
(C) courses, conferences, or workshops
approved by the DDSD director of human resource development;
(D) individual-specific training;
or
(E) agency-specific
in-services.
(2) Any
direct support staff supervising other staff must take 12 hours of supervisory
training annually that may be included in the hours required per OAC
340:100-3-38.13.
(3) Direct support
staff may challenge or test out of required annual recertification when an
approved option is available. Training completion hours are granted equal to
the number of hours for the standard recertification class.
(i)
Exceptions.
Exceptions to training requirements per OAC 340:100-3-38.13 may be made by the
DDSD director or designee.
Added at 25 Ok Reg
986, eff 5-15-08; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 897, eff
6-1-11
