We offer online curricula for emerging professionals that support people with physical and mental disabilities. Covering a growing range of roles, from direct support to employment services, we connect workers to a standardized set of skills that celebrates their contribution to society.
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of support for life in community
The DirectCourse/College of Direct Support (CDS) team at the University of Minnesota’s Research and Training Center (RTC) does more than just develop and author the CDS curriculum. They strive to understand its outcomes based on evidence gathered from its use in the field and report their findings in our Evaluation Briefs. Like the authoring process that is ongoing, the evaluation work is ongoing as well.
An expert panel appointed by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) is well into the process of making proposed changes to the definition of autism and most experts familiar with the work predict that the new definition will narrow the criteria for autism, thus drastically reducing the number of children who are diagnosed.
Featuring Elsevier Performance Manager: Core Development’s Survey Tool
The Elsevier Performance Manager: Core Development is an online educational and performance management tool that administrators use to train and communicate with their employees. A different Elsevier Performance Management Tool will be highlighted in the Admin Corner bi-monthly. This month we will focus on the Survey Tool.
Newly released DirectCourse courses (CDS and CES) do not automatically populate assignable module listings. Administrators must create new modules to make them available to their learners. If you would like to learn more about creating and assigning modules please visit the help documents on your administration page and choose the Assign E-Learning option or visit our help document, http://www.webinservice.com/helplinks/kds/AdmAssignmentManager.doc for step by step written instruction.
Elvin Alvarez is not your typical 26 year old. Ask anyone at Miami Cerebral Palsy (MCP) Residential Services about him and you’ll quickly learn that this young Colombian is a star, a rock-solid Direct Support Professional(DSP) who also is now a Residential Services Coordinator. Part of his job is to train others to become DSPs. He’s that good!
