Upcoming Events

NADSP is bringing together Direct Support Professionals and others to improve practice standards, promote system reform, and advance knowledge, skills and values. The NADSP Annual Meeting & Conference: ‘The Fifth One’ will take place in Cleveland, OH from September 6th – 7th, 2019, and lead up to the nationally-recognized Direct Support Professional Recognition Week.

Through a partnership of the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP), the Institute on Community Integration at the University of Minnesota (ICI) and the American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR), the Moving Mountains Award recognizes organizations using leading practices in direct support workforce development that result in improved outcomes for people with disabilities. […]

Presenter: Dr. Seth Keller In this webinar, we will focus on understanding of dementia; definition, description. Explanation of disease process. Risk factors for the general population and for people with ID/DD. Additionally, we will discuss: • The role of the DSP as health advocate: how to insure that the signs and symptoms of dementia are […]