Direct Support Professional II
  • Type Certification
  • Level Intermediate
  • Time Months
  • Cost Paid
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Direct Support Professional II

Issued by SUNY Morrisville

Students will develop counseling and case management techniques by learning intentional interviewing strategies and effective intervention skills using a strengths-based perspective. They will learn to address critical practice, policy and research topics in the human services field as they emerge in a range of practice locations. Student will be able to fulfill the 50 hours of educational requirements for completion of the National Alliance of Direct Support Professional DSP II accreditation.

  • Type Certification
  • Level Intermediate
  • Time Months
  • Cost Paid
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Skills

Earning Criteria

  • HUMS 201 Counseling and Case Management (3 credits)
  • HUMS 150 Special Topics in Human Services: Community Engagement (1 credit)
  • Students will need to complete 14 e-badges through the National Alliance of Direct Support Professionals e-Badge Academy. Completion of badges is based on the review and approval of written narratives applying the content of the two courses to cases in which the students are working within the developmental disabilities field.
  • This is an OPWDD grant-funded program
  • Completion of the DSP I microcredential or the completion of the National Alliance of Direct Support Professional DSP I accreditation.