Optimizing Health, Safety, and Quality of Life Through Nutrition

This module covers different types of diets and how to help participants eat safely. It also discusses the importance of letting people make their own food choices.

Learning Objectives

Plan and serve healthy, nutritious meals
Ensure food safety
Avoid food allergens
Safely alter foods and drinks to ensure appropriate diet textures, as recommended by a speech therapist
Follow specialized diets as ordered by the provider

CMS Competencies

Community Living Skills and Supportsksdsw@tthree.org2025-08-15T13:38:56-05:00

Community Living Skills and Supports

The DSW helps individuals to manage the personal, financial and household tasks that are necessary on a day-to-day basis to pursue an independent, community-based lifestyle.

Assists the individual meet his or her physical and personal care needs (i.e. toileting, bathing, grooming) and provides training in these areas when needed.
Teaches and assists the individual with household tasks such as laundry and cleaning.
Assists the individual to learn about meal planning and shopping, and safe food preparation.
Provides person centered support and helps the individual to build on his or her strengths in life activities.

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Health and Wellness

The DSW plays a vital role in helping individuals’ to achieve and maintain good physical and emotional health essential to their well-being.

Supports the spiritual, emotional, and social wellbeing of the individual.
Gives medications or assists the individual to take medication while following all laws and safety rules.
Assists the individual to learn disease prevention and maintain good health.
Assists the individual to use infection control procedures and prevent illness.
Helps the individual make and keep regular health and dental care appointments.
Helps the individual follow health care plans and use medical equipment as needed.
Helps the individual to learn the signs of common health problems and take actions to improve health.

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Person-Centered Practices

The DSW uses person-centered practices, assisting individuals to make choices and plan goals, and provides services to help individuals achieve their goals.

Helps design services or support plans based on the choices and goals of the individual
supported, and involves the individual in the process.
Builds collaborative, professional relationships with the individual and others on the support team.
Provides supports and services that help the individual achieve their goals.
Participates as an active member of service or support team.
Works in partnership with the individual to track progress toward goals and adjust services as needed and desired by individual.
Gathers and reviews information about an individual to provide quality services.
Completes and submits documentation of services on time.

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Test Out Course ID: 1130102

Test-Out Version

To test out of this module:

You must pass a competency exam by 90% or more.
You only get one attempt to pass the competency exam.
You must answer all questions.
If you pass the competency exam, you will earn the certificate for this module without having to complete the training.
If you do not pass the competency exam, you will have to complete the full training module to earn the certificate for this module.
There is no penalty for attempting the test-out exam and not passing.

Test-Out Training

Preview Course ID: 1133187