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.
"The College of Direct Support combines contemporary curricula with information technology to deliver essential staff training to Direct Support Professionals on a multi-site and multi-state basis. This approach is not just creative and cost-effective -- it provides the field with a new and marvelous tool to improve the quality of care."
David Braddock, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities, University of Colorado
