ASD06 Autism Spectrum Disorder - Supporting Skills Development
Supporting skills development is an important part of your job. Gaining confidence in your ability to teach individuals new skills that will help them realize their full potential and lead to a more independent life can be challenging and satisfying. There are strategies and tools that you can use to assist you in this important task.
ASD05 Autism Spectrum Disorder - Community Supports and Service Networking
Positive relationships, social connections and an affiliation with community groups positively impact the quality of our lives and the lives of the individuals we support. The Direct Support Professional plays an important role in assisting an individual to develop and maintain meaningful relationships in the community, overcome attitudinal barrier
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DD10 Developmental Disability - Documentation
The purpose of this module is to define the process of and reasons for recording information in a defined format about supported individuals that helps communicate important information to others. The module also covers confidentiality, HIPAA, CFR-42 and stigma in documentation.
EC06 Extended Care - Advocacy
Your role as a Direct Support Professional is to help individuals identify issues of concern and help them know when they are being treated unfairly. Your role also includes helping them solve these issues. This is called advocacy.
In this module you will explore ways to work with the individual to gather information related to a situation
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ASD10 Autism Spectrum Disorder - Documentation
Documentation is the act of writing and description of your work with supported individuals that helps communicate important information to others. It serves as a resource and record on the individual’s behalf and should fulfill all legal, financial and regulatory requirements. Documentation makes people and programs more efficient, decreases error
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