Welcome to CDS

Educating a workforce of Direct Support Professionals to support individuals with disabilities is what we do – “Building Careers, Supporting Lives.” Our curriculum, values and mission are based on the premise that all people should live life to its fullest in community-based settings.

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The who, what, where, when and why of CDS.

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Enjoy a quick ‘look and listen’ about the CDS.

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...and see how the CDS works for you!

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"The College of Direct Support embodies all the contemporary features of adult learning -- it is self-paced, highly motivational, has fully accessible language, excellent graphics -- and above all, the program modules help to ensure that good outcomes result for the people the direct support staff work with. It is unique in the international scene -- there is nothing else that can match its professional quality!"

Trevor R. Parmenter, Ph.D

Professor

University of Sydney