Resources
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Resources Overview
The CDS Resource Center is a repository of workforce development materials which you can download as desired. Materials are added regularly, so please return often. Some examples of the kinds of materials you will find here include:
- The Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Crosswalk shows how courses, management tools and human resources and surveys of the CDS are used to address the focus areas and desired outcomes of the CMS Quality Framework.
- The state of Virginia conducted a year-long pilot demonstration pilot of incorporating the CDS into its statewide workforce development project.
- “Successful Foundations” is a handbook to help you plan for how the CDS can be best utilized for effective staff development, performance improvement and training programs for DSPs and frontline supervisors (FLSs). It helps you explore how the CDS can be used to replace, supplement or compliment your current training program and human resources learner management systems.
"Given the budgetary constraints under which disability services agencies must operate today, Web-based training has emerged as a crucial element in any well-designed strategy for addressing the growing workforce crisis in the United States. Since it was launched the College of Direct Support has demonstrated the extraordinary value of bringing online education to the doorsteps on tens of thousands of disability service organizations nationwide. Harnessing the tools of modern technology is the key to building a highly competent, stable direct support work force and the College of Direct Support has blazed the trail toward this promising future."
Bob Gettings
Former Executive Director
National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services
