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USING THE “C” WORD:
ADD Commissioner’s Forum
February 20, 2003
Marianne Taylor, ([email protected])
Human Services Research Institute
WWW.HSRI.ORG
COVENANTS OF
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
WHAT ARE THE PROMISES IN OUR SYSTEM OF
COMMUNITY SUPPORT?
 Quality support every day
 Choices & control
 The chance to learn, grow, plan and
dream
 Value – money well spent
 Resources to do a good job –
Education & training;
Decent working conditions;
Living wage; Leadership and the
chance to fulfill a mission
Covenants and commitments
The New Freedom Initiative
My Administration is committed to tearing down
the barriers to equality that face many of the
54 million Americans with disabilities... My New
Freedom Initiative will help Americans with
disabilities by increasing access to assistive
technologies, expanding educational opportunities,
increasing the ability of Americans with
disabilities to integrate into the workforce, and
promoting increased access into daily community
life.
President George W. Bush in the Forward to the New Freedom Initiative (Executive Order 13217)
WHO WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT:
 Rapid job growth services & retail
accounting for ¾ of all
wage & job growth to
2010
 over half of 20 million
new jobs added by 2008
will be in service sector
(17% expansion)
 Human services will need
to fill from 1.2 million to
1.6 million new jobs by
2010.
Human Service Job Growth Compared to other
industries/jobs
 Human/ Social services,
except child-care, ranks
among the fastest
growing industries.
 Personal and Home Care
Aides is the seventh
fastest growing
occupation in the nation
 Human service workers
and assistants is the ninth
fastest
 Residential counselor is
the twelfth fastest
Source: BLS Occupational
Outlook Handbook –
2000-01 Edition
…If a promise you don’t keep…
“C” STANDS FOR CAREER

How do we adopt a career
focus?
 Kick it up a notch Revise your image
of the Direct
support role
 Build career and
educational
pathways
A New Vision: Direct Support as a
Profession
The Direct Support Professional
assists the participant to lead a selfdirected life and contribute to
his/her community; and encourages
attitudes and behaviors that enhance
inclusion in his/her community
Why are credential programs
important to a career focus?
 Implication is we have
 Potential workers,
to show and build
educators & policy
makers see dead end job. career paths to add
value to the role
 Much training is
irrelevant -out of touch
 Valid content competencies
 People need to see
 Credentials create
where their going, how
scaffolds for career
they get there and what
advncement
they get when they
arrive
The core of direct service practice
Technical Skill
Ethical practice
 Knowledge
Apprenticeship Features
 Work-based learning outlines:
2784 hours
Orientation to the DSP Role: Topics – job description
and requirements, Overview of needs of people
receiving support; employer’s philosophy & mission;
employer policy & procedures;
 Related
Instruction – classroom based: 216 hours
Intro to DD
Ethical & Professional Practice
Supporting People’s Well Being
Planning & Facilitating Support
Empowerment and Citizenship
Special Topics Customized to
work setting
Supporting Healthy Lifestyles
Benchmarks of a Quality Career/ Credential
Program
 Competency Based draws from CSSS or other
relevant validated,
competency set
 Transportable - parallel
curricula & identical
awards at different sites
 Articulates to other
educational awards, AA,
BA
 Must add value - higher
wage, college credit,
expanded career
opportunities
 Use valid, reliable, fair
assessments
 Guided by a coalition of
stakeholders: educators,
employers, employees,
 Incorporate method of
consumers
revising standards
 Accessible - cost, location,
support
 Call for periodic
recertification/ renewal
Person Centered
Planning
?
?
Positive Behavior Support
Direct Support
Supervision
4
Program / Habilitation
Manager
Specialization
2
Certificate of Advanced Proficiency in
Direct Support
Certificate of Initial Proficiency
in Direct Support
1
Registration
3
The PATHS Direct Support
Career Tree
As advocates
let’s make sure
that people
keep their
promises!
Web sites:
nadsp.org
AND
hsri.org
http://rtc.umn.edu/dsp