Resources
Guides, reports, and more to help you elevate the status of DSPsThe National Alliance For Direct Support Professionals (NADSP) has compiled a number of resources to assist direct support professionals, people receiving services, family members, human service organizations, state/national associations, and more. These include guides, reports, toolkits, and more that cover a variety of topics related to the direct support professional workforce.
Code of Ethics
The NADSP Code of Ethics is intended to serve as a straightforward and relevant guide for DSPs as they resolve the ethical dilemmas they face every day.
Competency Areas
The NADSP Competency Areas offer DSPs the opportunity to address challenges, work on issues identified by the person they support, or assist someone in pursuing a goal.
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 ...
Mental Health May
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and given the seemingly endless number of tragic events in our country, we thought ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 people receiving ...
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 ...
NADSP E-Badge Academy Earner of the Month: Iva Mack
Congratulations to Iva Mack who has been selected as the April 2022 NADSP E-Badge Academy Earner of the Month.We are ...
NADSP President and CEO, Joseph Macbeth Appointed To Committee By President Biden
NADSP PRESIDENT AND CEO, JOSEPH MACBETH APPOINTED TO COMMITTEE BY PRESIDENT BIDENWASHINGTON, DC. (April 5, 2022) National Alliance for Direct ...
Save the Date! NADSP Annual Conference Returns September 2023
It’s official! The National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals' Annual Conference is back in person in 2023. For the first ...
Gratitude for the 2022 NADSP Advocacy Symposium
In early March 2022, NADSP embarked on its first ever national advocacy event, the 2022 Advocacy Symposium, Amplifying The Voices ...
