Direct Support Professional 1 (DSP I) Microcredential
  • Type Learning
  • Level Foundational
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Direct Support Professional 1 (DSP I) Microcredential

Issued by Jefferson Community College

The microcredential in Direct Support Professional 1 will enable students to demonstrate competency in several key areas including understanding human services organization structures and functions, ethical behavior in the workplace, and the importance of interpersonal communication skills. Students will earn 9 college credit hours that may later be transferred to JCC's certificate or degree programs like Human Services AS.

  • Type Learning
  • Level Foundational
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Skills

Earning Criteria

  • HUS 101, Intro to Human Services - 3 credits. This course will focus on the history, scope and current status of the helping professions. The students will explore the impact of personal/cultural values, technical vocabulary and techniques used in human services delivery systems. This course introduces students to cultural competency and the skills needed to understand, communicate with and effectively interact with people across diverse cultures.
  • HUS 210, Professional Codes of Conduct - 3 credits. Designed to help students develop a framework for ethical behavior & to become more effective in addressing ethical issues in the field of Human Service, Chemical Dependency & Criminal Justice Programs. NASW, ACA, American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, NAHSE, CASAC Cannon of Ethics and American Psychological Association standards will be used to build a theoretical framework for approaching ethical dilemmas.
  • STA 161, Interpersonal Communication - 3 credits. This course is designed to enable students to better understand interpersonal communication situations and improve the way they approach and respond to them. Types of human communication and interaction are emphasized, identified, defined, and analyzed. This course is intended to promote understanding of communication theory, rather than to develop performance skills.