Supervision/Leadership Development

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Leading Through Change: 5 Tips for IDD Organizations

Leaders at IDD organizations have faced unprecedented amounts of change. Here are 5 tips for leading through change.

7 Ways To Improve Your Human Services Organization in 2021

The new year is a good time to reassess your strategies for success. These action items can get your human services organization off to a great start.

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Trauma-Informed Supervision: Building Strong Relationships and Organizations

Research shows that good supervision in the field is trauma-informed supervision, which leverages the power of relationships to support both supervisees and clients.

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Delegating Effectively to Nursing Assistants in Post-Acute Care

Nursing assistants, with their hands-on and eyes-on interactions with clients, serve a vital role in the healthcare system, and they are recognized during National Nursing Assistants Week.

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Five Tips to Nurture Your IDD Supervisors

Turnover among direct support professionals that provide services to individuals with IDD can be a big problem. Here are five tips to help you retain key members of staff.

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Supervision in IDD: Monitoring DSP Job Performance

It doesn’t matter what level you are at professionally or how good you are at your job. Being monitored by your supervisor is stressful.

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Supervision in IDD: Using Checklists to Evaluate DSPs

Creating checklists and sharing them with staff can lead to better supervision, better job performance and better employee morale.

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How Bethesda Lutheran Turned DSPs into Leaders

In 2017, Bethesda launched its DSP Leadership Team to engage and empower its direct support professionals. See how the program has done since launching.

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Changes to BACB Supervision: What You Need to Know

In December 2018, the BACB announced changes to supervision content and supervisor qualifications, as well as requirements for supervising trainees, RBTs and BCaBAs.

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DSP Survey Results: Frustrations with Management

There are a number of issues that may be the cause of dissatisfaction with management and supervisors. Take a look at some of our DSP survey results.

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