By completing the Phase 4 Enhanced training package, you will meet the annual 10 hour requirement of continued training for direct care workers who are members of the Provider Coalition in the District of Columbia’s Department on Disability Services.
Phase IV Training is required of all staff with direct support roles and shall be maintained on an annual basis or at the person’s anniversary date of hire. Each staff in a direct support role is required to complete 15 hours of professional development/continued education training except members of the Provider Coalition who are required to complete 10 hours.
Choose any combination of 10 hours of training from the list of available courses below (new courses are added to this list as they are created):
- Accident Prevention
- The Aging Process
- ADHD
- Anxiety Disorders
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Basic Nutrition
- Bloodborne Pathogens
- Cognitive Impairment
- Communicable Diseases
- Communication Skills
- Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
- Depression: An Introduction to Understanding Depression
- Depression: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention
- Diabetes
- Dysphagia and Specialized Diets
- Eating Disorders
- Embracing Diversity in the Workplace
- General Characteristics and Needs of Individuals
- HIV/AIDS
- Individual Planning for DSPs
- Influenza Prevention
- MRSA: Identification, Treatment, and Prevention
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Principles of Behavior Change
- Promoting Community Integration
- Safe Lifting
- Seizure Disorders
- Sexual Abuse Prevention
- Sexual Harassment Prevention
- Slips, Trips, and Falls
- Stress Management
- Substance Abuse
- Supporting Individuals and Families in Making Choices
- Transference and Countertransference
- Tuberculosis Prevention
- Workplace Violence: Identification, Prevention and Handling
