Sample Course A Day In the Life: An ASD Perspective The goal of this course is to help DSPs in IDD settings take the perspective of someone living with autism. Learn More
Webinar Fatal 5: Everything You Need To Know Watch this webinar to hear Cathy Kluttz-Hile, RN, BSN, MA, CDDN, discuss the importance of recognizing, understanding, and managing the Fatal Five conditions at your organization. Learn More
Webinar Empowering IDD Organizations To Prevent Abuse View this webinar to hear Nellie Galindo, MSW, MSPH, discuss methods and best practices that IDD organizations can employ to help prevent abuse of individuals with IDD. Learn More
Asset Fatal Five Posters Relias created these posters on The Fatal Five to help you educate your employees and protect the people you serve. Print these posters out on legal-sized paper, hang them in your offices and facilities, and save lives. Learn More
Webinar Accessible Healthcare: Removing Barriers for People with Disabilities In this session, you will learn how providers across the spectrum of healthcare can create more accessible spaces and policies to better serve individuals with disabilities. Learn More
Webinar Advance Care Planning for Individuals with IDD Watch this on-demand webinar to hear Dr. Christina N. Marsack-Topolewski, LMSW discuss the importance of advance care planning, including strategies to support families and individuals with IDD in advance care planning. Learn More
Webinar Emergency Preparedness and Response for IDD Organizations Watch this webinar to hear Dr. Christina Marsack-Topolewski, LMSW discuss why DSPs and IDD staff need to learn about emergency preparedness and response among individuals with IDD. Learn More
Webinar Rapid-Fire DSP Retention Strategies Join Relias to hear Dr. Hassan discuss strategies to boost DSP retention and decrease turnover. Learn More
Webinar Recognition Goes Further Than You Think Watch this webinar to hear John Nash, Executive Director of The Arc of North Carolina, discuss how recognizing DSPs is one small strategy that can have huge effects on your organization. Learn More
Webinar Employment Supports for Adults With Intellectual Disabilities In this webinar, Bitta DeWees, CEO of Stone Belt Arc, shares a variety of supports that can help persons with disabilities find and keep competitive integrated employment through discovering talents, work experiences, job matching, natural supports and more. Learn More
Webinar 2022 Crisis Prevention and Intervention Training Report: Key Findings Tune into this webinar to hear Nellie Galindo, MSW, MSPH, and Lance Kruse, Ph.D. share the results of the 2022 Crisis Prevention and Intervention Training Report, and how you can leverage these insights to improve the crisis response of your staff. Learn More
Webinar Career Growth in IDD Join us to learn best practices for providing career growth opportunities and engaging your DSP workforce with career development tracks, peer mentoring, and more. Learn More
Webinar Learn About Hiring Assessments for QIDPs and IDD Nurses In this webinar, Relias speakers, Nellie Galindo, Product Marketing Manager, and Katy Kunst, Curriculum Designer for HHS, discuss how Relias developed its personnel assessments for QIDPs and IDD Nurses and how they can help you enhance your hiring, onboarding, and professional development programs for these two roles. Learn More
Webinar The Evolving Mental Health Needs in IDD Support Settings Watch this webinar about the evolving mental health needs in IDD support settings and an inter-disciplinary clinical team panel discussion about an emerging population in need of specialized community-based services. Learn More
Webinar Innovations in Staff Training for DSPs and IDD Staff Staff training continues to evolve, with new learning theories and principles used to improve knowledge retention and knowledge application. Watch this session to hear Arlene Bridges, Senior Product Manager IDD/ABA at Relias, discuss how technology is improving staff training today. Learn More
Webinar Using a Trauma-Informed Approach in Crisis Intervention In this webinar, you’ll learn how using a TIC framework in your organization and services can complement your crisis prevention and intervention strategies with persons served. Learn More
Webinar Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care for IDD In this webinar, Nellie Galindo, MSW, MSPH, discusses different types of psychological trauma and how the trauma-informed care framework can be applied to IDD organizations. Learn More
Webinar Working Towards a Stronger Workforce in I/DD Services and Supports Join Gabrielle Sedor in this session to learn more about ANCOR’s Certificates of Achievement and how providers have incorporated them into their employee training and benefits programs. Learn More
Webinar 11 Steps to Implementing a Peer Mentoring Program A DSP peer mentorship program is a great way to increase employee engagement and retention. Hear experts share a step-by-step process to implementing a peer mentoring program at your organization. Learn More
White Paper Best Practices for Supporting DSP Career Growth Relias’ white paper, Best Practices for Supporting DSP Career Growth, outlines actionable career growth strategies IDD organizations can use to develop and retain their workforce. Learn More
Webinar The Art of Supervision in IDD: Q&A With Dennis Reid, Ph.D., BCBA-D Watch this webinar to hear, Dennis Reid, Ph.D., BCBA-D, answer audience submitted questions on being a great leader, mentor, and supporter for your DSP staff. Learn More
Course Preview Transitioning from DSP to Supervisor This course helps new supervisors understand some of the challenges they will face in their new roles and provides strategies for managing them. Learn More
Webinar The 2021 DSP Survey Report: Key Findings on DSP Satisfaction, Engagement, and Retention Watch this webinar to hear Relias and ANCOR experts share key trends and insights on DSP job satisfaction, supervision, recognition, and career advancement. Learn More
White Paper The 2021 DSP Survey Report Our 2021 DSP Survey Report highlights feedback from 679 direct support professionals (DSPs) across 43 states on job satisfaction, supervision, career advancement opportunities, and appreciation and recognition. Learn More
Webinar Taking Care of DSPs: 6 Strategies for Promoting Resilience Watch this webinar to hear six strategies for promoting resilience in your DSPs and learn the importance of building a resilient organization. Learn More
Webinar The 5 Principles of Navigating and Leading Through Change Watch this webinar to hear John Nash, Executive Director at The Arc of North Carolina, share how you can effectively lead through change. Learn More
Toolkit Lead Your DSPs and IDD Staff Through the COVID-19 Pandemic Whether you lead a small team of DSPs or oversee an entire organization, your leadership abilities continue to impact how you and your staff provide care during the pandemic. Learn More
Webinar New Certificates of Achievement: Professional Development Plans for DSPs and Other Staff in IDD Organizations Learn how the Certificates of Achievement can help you create engagement and improve retention at your IDD organization. Learn More
Webinar Building a Unified Learning Experience in IDD/ABA Learn more about platform improvements and how leverage them to deliver a better learning experience at your organization. Learn More
Webinar Relias & Open Minds: How PerformWise Can Help You with Business Sustainability Relias has partnered with Open Minds to offer an advanced subscription solution designed specifically for HHS and IDD provider organizations. Learn More
White Paper 5 Key Elements to Trauma-Informed Care for IDD Organizations Download this white paper to learn more about how trauma-informed care can positively impact persons served and staff at IDD organizations. Learn More
E-Book The DSP Retention Strategy You’re NOT Using: Improving Supervision in IDD Services Learn some of the principles and tools you can use to help your front-line supervisors provide strong direction and support for your DSPs. Learn More
Webinar Ask the Expert: How to Provide Strong Supervision in IDD In this webinar, Dennis Reid discusses how front-line supervisors can improve staff performance and increase DSP retention. Learn More
Webinar Relias Training and Personnel Assessments: How They Work Together for IDD Hiring, training and employee development—IDD service providers need to look at all three when they create a plan to increase retention of their direct support professionals (DSPs). Learn More
E-Book A Service Provider’s Guide to Customized Employment Customized employment can help you work with the people you serve and local employers to create positions that benefit both. Download the guide now. Learn More
Webinar How to Develop Employment Partnerships in IDD Learn more about The [email protected] program’s approach to supporting corporations to develop, implement and maintain neurodiversity hiring initiatives. Learn More
Webinar Supporting Choice-Making in People With IDD As an IDD service provider, helping the people you serve assert their thoughts, desires and goals is a fundamental part of being person-centered. Learn More
Webinar ABA Rule Changes That IDD Providers Need to Know Under new rules, you don’t have to be a Behavior Analyst to supervise RBTs®. This change could open new opportunities for IDD service providers. Learn More
Webinar Deep Dive Into Our DSP Survey Results What motivates a direct support professional to stay on the job for five, 10 or even 20 years? What can you do to encourage your newer DSPs to stick around? Watch this short webinar to hear the results of our DSP survey. Learn More
Webinar Guide Your DSPs to Greatness Being a DSP is often a difficult and complex job, and it takes great commitment, enthusiasm, fortitude and self-motivation to be a successful DSP. When properly managed, a DSP can play a critical role in the lives of the individuals they support. Learn More
Webinar Learn About Assessments for QIDPs and IDD Nurses Relias offers job knowledge assessments for qualified intellectual disability professionals (QIDPs), managers, and nurses. Learn how assessments can help you improve service quality. Learn More
Webinar ABA Training for IDD Service Providers Providing ABA services is a great way for organizations that serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to diversify their funding. Learn More
Webinar Hiring and Retaining Great QPs Developing a great qualified intellectual disability professional (QIDP) isn’t easy, and keeping one is even harder. Learn how to develop QPs as future leaders of your organization. Learn More
Webinar Challenges for Nurses in IDD: Practice Settings and Role Ambiguity Watch this webinar to learn how the transition from institutions to community settings affects nurses and what challenges nurses face in different settings. Learn More
E-Book Strategies for Decreasing DSP Turnover Download this helpful eBook to discover strategies for improving hiring and placement, boosting engagement and retaining your DSPs. Learn More
Webinar Developing Supervisory Skills in Your QPs For IDD service providers, improving the supervisory skills of their QIDPs is an essential part of any DSP retention strategy. Learn how to craft an effective supervisory training program. Learn More
Webinar Person-Centered Health Care for People with IDD Providing care in IDD settings can be challenging for nurses. Learn how to navigate the conflicts between person-centered and medical models of care. Learn More
Webinar How to Develop a Culturally Competent IDD Organization By elevating your cultural competency, your organization can become a hub connecting the diverse populations within your community. Learn More
Webinar How to Lead Your IDD Organization During Change Join John Nash of The Arc of North Carolina as he gives valuable insight into the best ways to lead your idd organization through change. Learn More
Webinar How to Boost Retention in IDD Services Learn how assessments can help you make better hiring decisions and how creating personalized development plans for your employees can improve retention. Learn More
Webinar Micro-Credentials for Direct Support Professionals Watch this webinar to learn how professional development of DSPs boosts retention and why credentialing is critical to the professionalization of direct support. Learn More
Webinar How to Create a Positive Company Culture in IDD Organizations Providing great IDD services begins with creating a company culture based on respect and dignity. Learn how focusing on culture can improve your organization’s performance. Learn More
Webinar Hiring and Developing Staff to Create a Better Workforce The consequences of high turnover and a poorly prepared workforce are severe. Being short-staffed negatively impacts the remaining staff, and the quality of services declines. Learn More
Webinar Improving Hiring, Retention, and Development with Assessments High turnover is a challenge facing organizations providing behavioral health services or services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Learn More
White Paper Hiring Conundrums in Human Services Organizations: Hunting Unicorns or Chasing Cats Download this white paper to discover strategies for making data-informed hiring decisions and retaining your staff. Learn More
White Paper Using Assessments for Employee Development in Human Services Turnover rates of direct care staff in human services organizations can be as high as 80%. Learn how assessments can improve onboarding and employee development. Learn More
Webinar Increasing DSP Retention Through Peer Mentoring Programs In this on-demand webinar, Arlene Bridges, an IDD business expert, gives you concrete steps that will help you develop better, more committed DSPs. Learn More
Webinar To Manage Risk in IDD and ABA, Focus on Quality While IDD and ABA organizations provide a variety of services, the potential for injury is significant because of the needs of the population served. Learn More
Webinar DSP Retention Strategies from an IDD Expert In this webinar, Arlene Bridges, an IDD business expert, offers applicable strategies to improve the hiring process and increase the retention of DSP staff. Learn More
White Paper Risk Management: A Primer for Providers of Community-Based Services for People With ID/DDs Download this white paper for a high-level primer on what the process looks like for managing risk, specific risks you may encounter, and best practices. Learn More
Course Preview The Fatal Four This course covers common health problems for people with IDD, including dehydration, UTIs, constipation, and aspiration. Learn More
White Paper Population Health Management: Let’s Get Started Having the tools for population health service delivery and financial management is a must for healthcare providers’ future business sustainability. Learn More
Webinar The Fatal Four and Other Health Hazards This webinar reviews common health emergencies and chronic health conditions that can rob a person with developmental disabilities of their health and life. Learn More
E-Book Best Practices for Training DSPs Discover the 9 elements of successful Direct Support Professional training programs and how focused learning can improve your training. Learn More
Sample Course Maintaining Client Dignity through the Behavior Change Process This sample course uses case studies and interactive situations to teach Registered Behavior Technicians how to approach behavior change interventions. Learn More
Sample Course Choice Making for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Intended for direct care workers such as CNAs in post-acute care settings, this course covers the assessment and management of urinary incontinence. Learn More
Webinar Using Behavior Analysis to Teach Vocational Skills Getting “Ready to Work” in WorkPlace Settings When preparing for vocational settings, it is important for us to focus on, …. Learn More