‘Home and Community Living’ Is Newest Course Introduced to College of Direct Support Curriculum
Atlanta, GA, 15 June 2010 - The College of Direct Support (CDS), an internet-based college for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) and managed in partnership by Elsevier I MC Strategies and the University of Minnesota’s Research and Training Center, has introduced its newest course – “Home and Community Living.”
This latest course added to the main CDS curriculum will help DSPs and family providers learn to support a person in his or her home in ways that he or she wants to be supported.
This is the fourth new course added to the curriculum in 2010. Other courses released this year were “The First Few Weeks & Months as a Supervisor, the new Film for Thought course “Body & Soul,” and the new Disability Intensive Course (DIC) on “Depression.”
The University of Minnesota Institute on Community Integration, which authors the CDS curriculum, described the new course, “Our homes are important to us. The home is the heart of many activities that keep us connected to our communities, and they are also personal spaces. Helping people live at home more comfortably, more safely, and in ways that are meaningful is part of the DSP’s job. This course will help DSPs learn to support a person in his or her home in ways that he or she wants to be supported. The lessons in this course cover many important aspects of supporting someone at home. Topics include learning about the boundaries and expectations in this role. They also include facts, techniques, and methods of support. Many other areas are covered as well, such as cleaning, home maintenance and upkeep, and yard work. It also includes pet care, organization, and laundry.”
The following lessons are included in this course: Lesson 1: Supporting Home Living: The DSP Role; Lesson 2: Comfortable Living; Lesson 3: Maintaining a Clean Home; Lesson 4: Home Maintenance & Upkeep; and Lesson 5: Clothing Care and Laundry.
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About the College of Direct Support
The College of Direct Support is a learning gateway for contemporary best practices for Direct Support Professionals. By incorporating web-based learning, backed by nationally recognized curricula, the CDS is designed to promote a profession of direct support. The CDS is being used in more than 30 states and also in Canada. It is a partnership between Elsevier I MC Strategies and the University of Minnesota’s Research and Training Center’s Institute on Community Integration, which authors the curriculum.
CDS offers a complete lineup of courses offered on the Elsevier I MC Strategies Learning Management System.
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier’s online solutions include ScienceDirect, Scopus, Reaxys, ClinicalKey and Mosby’s Suite, which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite and MEDai’s Pinpoint Review, which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.
A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc, a world leading provider of professional information solutions. The group employs more than 30,000 people, including more than 15,000 in North America. Reed Elsevier Group plc is owned equally by two parent companies, Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. Their shares are traded on the London, Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RUK and ENL.
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