DirectCourse | College of Direct Support brings training in line with the latest research and partners with other leaders in the field of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Since 2002, we’ve worked with the Research and Training Center on Community Living at the University of Minnesota as our partner on every College of Direct Support course. Since 1976, they have led the industry in researching how direct support professionals can best serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in getting more from every day in their communities. Their team of experts author courses filled with the most recent research so that your staff can deliver the best possible support.
In addition to our content and research partner, the College of Direct Support is proud to partner with these organizations to continue empowering direct support professionals:
We partner with The American Network of Community Options and Resources, a group of agencies and other providers of support to people with disabilities, to provide their members with our training at a discount. To learn more, visit their site.
DirectCourse has partnered with the Council on Quality and Leadership, an international provider of training, accreditation, consultation and certification services for human service organizations. As part of our partnership, we will make available online courses based on CQL’s Personal Outcome Measures – stay tuned for more information!
To ensure that our training is in line with best practices in direct support, we include National Advisory Board and National Editorial Board in our content creation process.
Meet our board membersThat’s our mission. We want to give you everything your organization needs so you can educate your staff, enrich their knowledge and help them inspire everyone they work with on a daily basis.