Direct Support Professional: Certificate of Initial Proficiency Part I
  • Type Validation
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Weeks
  • Cost Paid
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Direct Support Professional: Certificate of Initial Proficiency Part I

Issued by Wichita State University

Understanding and utilizing assessments. The course provides training on augmented alternative communication systems and discusses the importance of self-determination and interpersonal communication. Includes 15 hours of classroom instruction (1-credit hour) of the required 60 hours of classroom instruction for the certificate of initial proficiency in DSPaths credentialing training through the Ohio Alliance of Direct Support Providers (OADSP) curriculum.

  • Type Validation
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Weeks
  • Cost Paid
Additional Details

Skills

Earning Criteria

  • Provides an overview of DSPaths and introduce students to the importance of understanding and utilizing assessments. The course provides training on augmented alternative communication systems and discusses the importance of self-determination and interpersonal communication.
  • 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. Graded Bg/NBg. Prerequisites:ISLE 300BA and ISLE 300BB