by Nicole Dama | Jul 11, 2019 | News
Two NADSP Credentialing Models: A Comparison by Dan Hermreck How do you know if a direct support professional (DSP) is competent? How can you tell if they provide high-quality support? One of NADSP’s roles is to provide a path to national certification for DSPs around...
by Nicole Dama | Jun 7, 2019 | News |
Community Living Skills and Supports by Dan Hermreck Doing laundry. Buying groceries. Preparing meals. Washing dishes. Mowing the lawn. There are always many tasks that need to be completed in our personal lives. There are always many chores to do. While we might all...
by Nicole Dama | Apr 2, 2019 | News |
In January, we launched The NADSP E-Badge Academy as part of our commitment to our mission to elevate the status of direct support professionals by improving practice standards; promoting system reform; and advancing their knowledge, skills and values. Over the last...
by Nicole Dama | Mar 28, 2019 | News |
We Won an Award! It has been an exciting week over here at NADSP. We started the week rallying for bFair2DirectCare with hundreds of direct support professionals, self advocates and family members at the NYS Capitol for wage increases for DSPs. BFair2DirectCare is the...
by Nicole Dama | Jul 9, 2018 | News |
Last week, most of the NADSP staff and several of our board members joined dozens of other advocates in St. Louis for a full-day summit with small and large group discussions about the systemic and pervasive direct support workforce challenges that have perplexed the...
