Direct Support Professional: Certificate of Advanced Proficiency, Part I
Issued by
Wichita State University
Provides an overview of DSPaths certificate of advanced proficiency, and the importance of advocacy and participant empowerment. Students learn how to promote self-determination and the importance of networking and promoting community service. This course includes 15 hours of classroom instruction (1-credit hour) of the required 60 hours of instruction for the certificate of advanced proficiency in DSPaths credentialing training through the Ohio Alliance of Direct Support Providers (OADSP).
- Type Validation
- Level Advanced
- Time Weeks
- Cost Paid
Skills
Earning Criteria
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Success in this 1 credit hour course is based on the expectation that students will spend, for each unit of credit, a minimum of 15 hours over the length of the course (normally 1 hour per unit per week with 1 of the hours used for lecture) for instruction and preparation/studying or course related activities for a total of 45 hours.
Standards
This course is part two of a four-course sequence for the Certificate of Advanced Proficienty certificate in DSPaths credentialing training through the OADSP curriculum. DSPaths credentialing requires 30 hours of classroom instruction for the basic certificate in their credentialing program.