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.
"Just as the concept of “normalization” revolutionized the field of services and supports to people with cognitive, intellectual and developmental disabilities, the College of Direct Support is revolutionizing how direct support professionals are trained, supported and assisted to grow. The College of Direct Support makes it possible in every part of the United States to receive leading edge training and opportunities for professional growth and development."
Steve Eidelman
Robert Edelson Professor of Developmental Disabilities
University of Delaware
