by NADSP Administrator | Oct 6, 2021 | Webinars
Let’s Talk: Trauma-Informed DSP Practice Please join Dr Karyn Harvey and Tanya Fritz LCSW as they explore the importance of Trauma Informed direct support practice. This session will explore the mechanics of trauma, the challenges of the direct support work, and...
by NADSP Administrator | Oct 6, 2021 | Webinars
Let’s Talk: Supports & Sexually Concerning Behaviours This webinar offers insight into Vita’s treatment program for people who engage in sexually concerning behaviours and supplements an accompanying article, which is authored by Alice Agbaw, Pat...
by NADSP STAFF | Oct 4, 2021 | News
Apply Today for the 2023 Moving Mountains Award 2023 Moving Mountains Awards: Best Practices in Direct Support Workforce Development Through a partnership of the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP), the Research and Training Center on...
by NADSP Administrator | Sep 29, 2021 | Webinars
Are We Ready To Be The Change We Want To Be? Dr. Monica McCall, President & CEO, Creative Options, Inc. Direct Support Professionals, you have the power of transformation that can change the world of supporting others. It is time to be fired up! Time to stand up...
by NADSP Administrator | Sep 29, 2021 | Webinars
Advocacy in Storytelling: Storytelling With Comics! Marek Bennett, NH-based Cartoonist, Musician, and Educator Josh Smith, Executive Director, Green Mountain Support Services Communicate your story, or your organization’s story with a powerful universal art form –...
by NADSP Administrator | Sep 28, 2021 | News
NADSP E-Badge Earner of the Month: Kathy Axline, DSP-III Congratulations to Kathy Axline who has been selected as the NADSP E-Badge Academy Earner of the Month for October of 2021. Kathy is being recognized for her excellent ‘Household Management’ E-Badge submission....
by Desiree Loucks Baer | Sep 24, 2021 | News
Join Us In Welcoming Our New Board Members! The NADSP Board of Directors and Staff would like to recognize with gratitude our outgoing board members, Gabrielle Sedor, ANCOR and Becky Watson, St. Joseph’s Home, for their years of service to the NADSP Board. As they end...
by Joseph Macbeth | Sep 22, 2021 | News
2021 Direct Support Professional Recognition Week Reflections As we conclude another year of National Direct Support Professional Recognition Week, I would like to extend our thanks and gratitude to all the people with disabilities, family members, agency managers and...
by NADSP Administrator | Sep 21, 2021 | Reports
Direct Support Workforce and COVID-19 National Report: 12 Month Follow-Up ICI’s Research and Training Center on Community Living for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (RTC-CL), in partnership with the National Alliance for Direct Support...
by NADSP Administrator | Sep 15, 2021 | Campaigns, News
The Arc GLOW: Ethical Decision-Making During Crisis Submitted By: Jeff Kantrowski, The Arc GLOW When locations are struggling to provide supports to specific individuals The Arc GLOW offers the chance to directly air concerns/roadblocks to the people “behind the...
