Curriculum
The classes and courses we offer.
Curriculum Overview
The College of Direct Support (CDS) curriculum provides carefully designed training in the areas that have been identified as most important in the work done by Direct Support Professionals across disabilities. This also holds true for the College of Frontline Management and Supervision (CFSM), which is part of the CDS.
All of the high-quality instructional training is available on the Internet, 24 hours a day, seven days a week – accessible anytime, anywhere. Learners participate in the training at the times and places that are best suited for them.
The curricula for the CDS and the CFSM have undergone rigorous review by nationally recognized content and training experts. The content is based on a careful analysis of the knowledge, skills and attitudes required of direct support staff in their daily work in community-based settings. The CDS helps DSPs understand and apply these important competencies and ethical practices through timely, innovative, engaging and interesting training.
In this section you will find descriptions of the courses of the CDS and the CFSM and the various human resource and survey tools available and embedded within the training.
The CDS is a 21st Century Learning Management System filled with rich, interactive and important content with a mission of “Building Careers, Supporting Lives.”.
"The College of Direct Support has become the cornerstone of Heritage Christian's comprehensive effort to professionalize the position of the direct support work and to make it recognized as a valued career choice. Using it to provide a professional certification for frontline workers is Heritage Christian taking action to make this a nationally acknowledged credential. It has, as expected, led to improved job satisfaction and higher staff retention rates."
Daniele Lyman
former director of the Developmental Disabilities Education Network
Heritage Christian Services, Rochester, N.Y.
