NADSP https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Blog Home NADSP E-Badge Earner of the Month: Rhoda Mullen NADSP E-Badge Earner of the Month: Julius Nyabinda NADSP E-Badge Earner of the Month: Jennifer Hardin Let’s Talk: Beyond Companionship: How Dogs Support People To Thrive Let’s Talk: Burnout: Reclaiming Mental Wellness in Direct Support Work Let’s Talk: Embracing Diversity Equity and Inclusion: A Pathway to Professional Excellence for DSPs Let’s Talk: Summertime and The Living Should Be Easy: Supporting People with Significant Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Summer Activities Let’s Talk: The Art of Connection: Establishing and Repairing Rapport in Direct Support Settings Let’s Talk: Technology First: Empowering People, Expanding Possibilities Let’s Talk: Trust and Decision Making Let’s Talk: Mitigating Risk – How DSPs Can Promote Safety and Autonomy Let’s Talk: Sexuality and Healthy Relationship Knowledge is Power Let’s Talk: Flipping the Switch: Compassion Fatigue to Compassion Satisfaction and Psychological Safety for Direct Support Professionals Let’s Talk: Practice and Study Makes You Professional! The Role of Continuing Education for Direct Support Professionals Let’s Talk: Swallowing Complexities, IDD, and Ethics Let’s Talk: Aging and Sensory Loss: Considerations for Direct Support Professionals Time for Gratitude Time for Gratitude Frontline Initiative: DSPs Respond to COVID-19 Frontline Initiative: The Diverse Voices of Direct Support Professionals National Direct Support Professional Recognition Week – 2024 Let’s Discuss Long-Term Solutions NADSP’s 2024 DSP Week Webinars JUST ANNOUNCED: PCPID Delivers Report on Supporting People With Disabilities Through HCBS NADSP Welcomes New Team Members James Baptiste and Brian Gelb Time for Gratitude Frontline Initiative: DSPs Supporting Peoples’ Employment NADSP Welcomes New Team Members Time for Gratitude President’s Committee for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Releases Report on Community Living-Highlighting the Needs of DSPs Time for Gratitude NADSP Policy Update: A Call to Action for the Disability Community -March 18, 2025 A Time for Gratitude We’re Hiring: NADSP E-Badge Academy Reviewer Virtual Training: Understanding Informed Decision Making for Direct Support Professionals Virtual Training: Understanding Informed Decision Making for Direct Support Professionals Virtual Training: Trauma Informed Supports Let’s Talk: Promoting Staff Wellbeing Through Trauma-Informed Self and Community Care Let’s Talk: Supports & Sexually Concerning Behaviours Let’s Talk: Trauma-Informed DSP Practice Free Webinars: All About Decision-Making: Supporting People To Make Their Own Decisions Frontline Initiative: Choice, Direction, and Control Empowering People In Making Their Own Choices NADSP E-Badge Earner of the Month: Larry Lauff 2023 NADSP Annual Conference Let’s Talk: Balancing Joy, Boundaries, and Belonging: The Ethical Role of DSPs in Holiday Celebration and Connection BJ Stasio, Hingsburger Humanitarian Award 2025 Honoree Recognizing Direct Support Professionals 2025 John F. Kennedy Jr. Award for Direct Support Workforce Advocacy & Leadership Honoree: Bonnie Jean Brooks