by Nicole Dama | Sep 12, 2022 | Events, News, Webinars
NADSP Virtual Event: A Retrospective of Providing Direct Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic Join Jerry Smith from the University of Minnesota’s Institute on Community Integration, Self Advocate BJ Stasio and John Raffaele from the National Alliance for Direct...
by Nicole Dama | Sep 12, 2022 | News, Webinars
Webinar: Progress to Policy: The State of Direct Support Professional Workforce, What’s Next? Six months ago, NADSP hosted its first policy and hill visit day resulting in virtual meetings with over half of the United States Congress. This historic event was many...
by Nicole Dama | Sep 8, 2022 | News, Webinars
Webinar: Recognition, Retention and Returns: How One Organization Empowers Direct Support Professionals In this sponsored webinar from Foothold Technology and NADSP, three direct support professionals from The Arc Northern Chesapeake Region and CEO Shawn Kros share...
by Nicole Dama | Sep 6, 2022 | News |
NADSP E-Badge Earner of the Month: Chelsy Widmer Congratulations to Chelsy Widmer who has been selected as the September 2022 NADSP E-Badge Academy Earner of the Month.We are recognizing Chelsy for her excellent ‘Supporting Wellbeing’ E-Badge submission. This...
by Nicole Dama | Sep 1, 2022 | Events, News
2022 NADSP Virtual Event Schedule Sponsors About The 2022 Virtual Event From September 14th – 15th, NADSP and the Research and Training Center on Community Living from the Institute on Community Integration at the University of Minnesota, will host our third virtual...
by NADSP STAFF | Aug 24, 2022 | News
Steve Eidelman, The Hingsburger Humanitarian Award 2022 Honoree The Hingsburger Humanitarian Award Steve Eidelman (2022) The life and work of Dave Hingsburger is difficult to summarize and his contributions to the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities...
by Nicole Dama | Aug 22, 2022 | News, Webinars
Webinar: Let’s Talk Communication in Group Living: Considerations, Inclusion, and Activities Besides family and close friends, direct support professionals (DSPs) can be the most important people in the lives of the people they support. This is especially true...
by Nicole Dama | Aug 18, 2022 | News |
The 2022 John F. Kennedy Jr. Award for Workforce Advocacy and Leadership 2022 John F. Kennedy Jr. Award for Direct Support Workforce Leadership and Advocacy Gary Blumenthal, InVision Human Services 2022 The National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals Board of...
by Nicole Dama | Aug 17, 2022 | News, Webinars
Free Virtual Training: Proud & Supported The New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council has generously awarded a three year grant to the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals, The Autistic Self Advocacy Network and The Burton Blatt...
by Nicole Dama | Aug 16, 2022 | Frontline Initiative, Guides |
Frontline Initiative: The Diverse Voices of Direct Support Professionals This issue includes diverse voices among direct support professionals (DSPs). It is about listening and broadening our understanding of lesser-heard DSP voices, and by doing this to learn more...
