DSP TRAINING COURSES
Our DSP Training Courses provide a solid foundation for excellence in direct support. Trainees learn essential care skills, ability-aware practices, behavior-informed strategies, and effective communication techniques. Each course is designed to build confidence, strengthen professionalism, and ensure DSPs can support individuals safely, respectfully, and with a regulation-first approach.
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A comprehensive introduction to the core responsibilities of a Direct Support Professional. This training covers personal care, daily living support, safety practices, professionalism, boundaries, ethical decision-making, and emotional presence. DSPs learn how to show up with consistency, compassion, and confidence in every environment they serve.
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A mindset-shifting training that teaches DSPs to see beyond labels and support individuals through a strengths-based lens. This module explores diverse abilities, inclusion practices, dignity of risk, respectful language, and how to promote independence while honoring personal choice. DSPs learn to champion ability, not disability.
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A non-clinical behavioral training designed to help DSPs understand why behavior happens. This module covers the behavior cycle, triggers, cues, patterns of escalation, emotional safety, and supportive responses rooted in regulation rather than reaction. DSPs learn to observe behavior as data and respond in ways that reduce stress, prevent crises, and build trust.
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An in-depth introduction to your signature Regulation Support Plan (RSP™) — a proactive framework for emotional, sensory, and environmental alignment. DSPs learn how to identify regulation needs, implement support strategies, maintain capacity, design low-demand environments, and use the RSP™ to prevent escalation before it happens. This training equips teams with practical, repeatable tools that create safer and more supportive spaces for every brain.
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This module strengthens the communication skills every DSP needs to maintain quality care and team collaboration. DSPs learn active listening, respectful interactions, conflict reduction, clear verbal communication, and accurate documentation practices that support accountability, compliance, and client safety. The training emphasizes clarity, neutrality, and professionalism in all written and verbal exchanges.