Offers a nationwide, online, competency-based training curriculum to enhance the skills and knowledge of Direct Support Professionals (DSPs), frontline supervisors, and managers supporting individuals with disabilities in community settings. It is part of DirectCourse, a suite of competency-based, online curricula for professionals providing services to people with intellectual, developmental, physical, and psychiatric disabilities, and to older adults. Operated by a partnership of the Institute's Research and Training Center on Community Living (RTC) and Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical, and medical information, DirectCourse is comprised of four colleges: The College of Direct Support, based at the RTC; The College of Employment Services, based at the Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston; The College of Personal Assistance and Caregiving, based at the Center for Personal Assistance Services, University of California, San Francisco; and The College of Recovery and Community Inclusion, based at Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities.
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