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Credentialing Curriculum for Delaware Direct Support Professionals

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DE-Center for Disabilities Studies, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2008

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Product Description:

For the past two years DelawareÂs Commission on Community-Based Alternatives for Individuals with Disabilities (CCBA) has identified the direct support workforce as a priority. The Workforce Development Committee of the CCBA has been instrumental in exploring and examining various strategies to increase recruitment and retention of direct support professionals (DSPs) by examining DSP wages, work environments, and training. For the past eighteen months CCBA contracted with the University of Delaware Center for Disabilities Studies (CDS) to lead and initiate a statewide process to explore, develop and/or identify content and values-based curricula to enhance the quality of care and service to individuals with disabilities. The goal was to ultimately introduce, pilot and implement the curricula across the divisions of DelawareÂs Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) that serve individuals with disabilities.

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Product/Publication Type(s):

Reports and monographs

Target Audience:

Consumers/Families, Professionals

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Electronic (disc, CD, 508 compliant web posting)

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