Share your ideas & meet new people.
The College of Direct Support’s CDS Blog and CDS Podcasts are both available now. These two communications devices offer anyone with an interest related to being a Direct Support Professional or someone with an interest in training this workforce to take advantage and become part of the conversation.
The new CDS Blog is free and open to one and all to keep us in conversation and connected with one another, whether you are a CDS subscriber or a non-subscriber. The new CDS Podcasts will be posted once and month and a tentative lineup of topics is listed below.
Both the new CDS Blog and the CDS Podcasts are accessible at http://collegeofdirectsupport.blogspot.com/ and on the Learner’s Personal page as well.
Kristin Dean of the University of Minnesota’s Research and Training Center is our Blog Master. If you are interested in posting on the blog or have a suggestion for a podcast, please contact her at deanx032@umn.edu
A blog is strictly opinion based. So, if you have an opinion you would like to share you can create your own posts by contacting Dean for help with this option.
Here’s what you can do on the CDS Blog:
The new CDS podcasts will be posted at least once a month and will include first-hand accounts of being a person with a disability, working as a DSP, being a family member supporting a person with a disability, as well as other relevant topics of interest.
Podcasts can be downloaded from iTunes and played on your iPod or iPhone as well as viewed on the web. To do this click on this link: iTunes downloads.
Here is a tentative schedule for the monthly podcasts:
"What I like about the CDS program is that it’s innovative, and provides a standardized curriculum which ensures the development of quality in the delivery of service to this population. It’s not something I’ve seen done uniformly on a statewide basis. It’s important we try to cultivate and encourage individuals to enter this valuable service sector, and I believe this is a wonderful way to approach it. This particular program can only assist our state in trying to develop the best quality-based work force for people with disabilities, and that’s our goal."
John Stephen
Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner
New Hampshire