Resources About Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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DSP Employee Burnout and Fatigue

Watch this webinar to hear Hassan M. Abdulhaqq, DBA, Vice President of Talent Acquisition, Development, and Engagement at AHRC Nassau, discuss employee ...

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Supporting Healthy Sexuality for People With IDD

Listen to hear Nellie Galindo, MSW, MSPH, and Rémy Jodrey, MS, LCMHC, discuss ways for DSPs to comfortably support IDD individuals with their sexuality...

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2023 DSP Survey Report

The 2023 DSP Survey Report highlights feedback from 763 direct support professionals (DSPs) across the country on job satisfaction, supervision, career ...

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DSP Staff Health and Well-Being

Watch this webinar to hear Tina Brown from Developmental Disabilities Resource Center and Jennifer Walton from Accord discuss the importance of mental and ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Fatal Five Posters

Relias created these Fatal Five infographics to help you educate your employees and protect the people you serve. Print these out as posters on legal-sized...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Rapid-Fire DSP Retention Strategies

Join Relias to hear Dr. Hassan discuss strategies to boost DSP retention and decrease turnover...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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A Day in the Life: An IDD Perspective

The goal of this course is to give Direct Support Professionals in IDD settings some perspective on persons living with IDD...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

Research Brief

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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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How to Develop Employment Partnerships in IDD

Learn more about The Arc@Work program's approach to supporting corporations to develop, implement and maintain neurodiversity hiring initiatives...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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Strategies for Decreasing DSP Turnover

Download this helpful eBook to discover strategies for improving hiring and placement, boosting engagement and retaining your DSPs...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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The Fatal Four

This course covers common health problems for people with IDD, including dehydration, UTIs, constipation, and aspiration...

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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...

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Best Practices for Training DSPs

Discover the 9 elements of successful Direct Support Professional training programs and how focused learning can improve your training...

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...

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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...

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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...