Direct support professionals help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities live full lives in their communities. What DSPs do, why they matter, the national need and why the work is worth choosing.
· 8 min
Maryland DDA providers now attest to staff training each quarter. What COMAR 10.22.02.11 requires and how to be ready for the January 5 report.
· 6 min
If you run residential services, a day program, supported employment, respite, or another community-based program, Medicaid is not an abstract policy issue.
· 7 min
America is aging, and the way we care for older adults is shifting decisively toward the home and the community.
· 5 min
If you work in direct care — as a DSP, caregiver, home-health aide, or paraprofessional — you already do the hardest part of behavioral health every day: you build trust
· 6 min
In most workplaces, fire safety is about getting everyone out quickly.
· 5 min
If you work in home care, adult day services, or any corner of human services, you handle some of the most sensitive information a person can share: their diagnoses
· 4 min
Imagine spending ten years — sometimes twenty — as a Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional, coordinating supports, leading interdisciplinary teams
· 4 min
More than seven million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease today, and that number is expected to approach fourteen million by 2050.
· 6 min
Rala Raheem didn't set out to become a Direct Support Professional.
· 5 min
New Feature: Localization across 100+ trainings (including all core DSP and ADS courses) is now live in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Korean.
· 6 min
Direct support professionals navigate some of the most emotionally complex work in the human services field.
· 9 min
