by Nicole Dama | Jun 8, 2022 | News, Webinars
Webinar: Let’s Talk: Supporting People Through the Grieving Process People with intellectual disabilities have been left out of the grief conversation too many times and for far too long. Grief is hard and supporting people through grief can be challenging but,...
by Nicole Dama | Jun 7, 2022 | News |
NADSP E-Badge Earner of the Month: Kelley Soucia Congratulations to Kelley Soucia who has been selected as the June 2022 NADSP E-Badge Academy Earner of the Month.We are recognizing Kelley for her excellent ‘Data Collection’ E-Badge submission. This badge...
by NADSP STAFF | Jun 1, 2022 | Events, News |
Virtual Training: When It’s Time to Fade: Supporting People with High Risk Behaviors This 3 hour training session focuses on the very important topic of how to safely and effectively reduce restrictions and increases opportunities for individuals with...
by John Raffaele | May 24, 2022 | Guides, News |
Mental Health May May is Mental Health Awareness Month and given the seemingly endless number of tragic events in our country, we thought it would be a good time to offer some thoughts and advice to help with the emotional impact that we’re all experiencing. After...
by Nicole Dama | May 17, 2022 | News, Webinars
Webinar: Let’s Talk: Augmentative and Alternative Communication for the Direct Support Professional: Aided Language Modeling May is Speech & Hearing Month. During the month of May, Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists strive to improve awareness of...
by Nicole Dama | May 5, 2022 | News |
NADSP E-Badge Earner of the Month: Ronielyn C. Rosal Congratulations to Ronielyn C. Rosal who has been selected as the May 2022 NADSP E-Badge Academy Earner of the Month.We are recognizing Ronielyn for her excellent ‘Research’ E-Badge submission. This badge...
by Nicole Dama | Apr 28, 2022 | Campaigns, News |
The Point of Interaction Podcast: NADSP Interviews BJ Stasio In 2021, the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals announced that it would be conducting a comprehensive campaign across the country to explore COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among direct support...
by Nicole Dama | Apr 21, 2022 | Webinars
Webinar: Let’s Talk: The Power of Gratitude as Attitude This has been a challenging year in so many ways with ongoing pandemic issues, violent conflict between nations, an ecological crisis, racial inequities, and social tensions. Amidst all of this, we have...
by Nicole Dama | Apr 19, 2022 | Webinars
Webinar: Understanding the National Core Indicators®-IDD 2020 Staff Stability Report and COVID-Supplement COVID-19 disruptions have resulted in state developmental disabilities system challenges, program closures, direct support professional separation, dislocation of...
by Nicole Dama | Apr 7, 2022 | News |
NADSP Welcomes New Team Members Janet Wilson and Garrett Cole The NADSP Team is growing! We are excited to announce our newest staff members Garrett Cole and Janet Wilson. Garrett is our new Finance Manager and Janet joins us as our Manager of Certification and...
