Training

Conducts a longitudinal, randomized control study to examine the impact of Active Support (AS) interventions in 20 group homes in Minnesota. AS is an organizational intervention that enables Direct...

Examined why certain individuals with ID/DD have greater community participation and valued social roles, and why others have fewer such life experiences and opportunities. The study aimed to...

Held a series of 6 webinars (90 minutes each) for ANCOR, a national coalition of provider organizations. ICI's DSP Workforce Training Program provided customized (from a suite of existing...

Offers a nationwide, online, competency-based training curriculum to enhance the skills and knowledge of Direct Support Professionals (DSPs), frontline supervisors, and managers supporting...

Assisted Thomson Reuters Healthcare Inc. in preparing reports for the Minnesota Department of Human Services by assisting with collection of qualitative and quantitative data from the Department of...

Studied the access that people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (ID/DD) and their families have to consumer-directed community supports (CDCS). It used a participatory action...

Provided training to the staff of Consumer Directed Services Network (CDSN) in Berkeley, California, focusing on organizational assessment and intervention methods as well as strategies for...

Offers a suite of competency-based, online curricula for professionals providing services to people with intellectual, developmental, physical, and psychiatric disabilities, and to older adults....

Provides state-of-the-art resources to help people with disabilities and their families find and retain quality Direct Support Professionals (DSPs). Specifically, the program updates and markets...

Uses a standardized competency-based training program to assess the extent to which training directly linked to validated skills and knowledge needed by Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) affects...

Uses Web and Wiki technology to collect, preserve, and share the history of leadership in the developmental disabilities field over the past 150 years, and pass on to future leaders the stories of...

Examines the effectiveness of two different approaches to supporting community participation - those based in human services agencies versus direct approaches to community members. Social inclusion...

Conducted evaluative research on Minnesota's personal care attendant (PCA) program by: (1) analyzing legislation, rules, regulations, and policy documents to identify program changes and their...

Provides Web-based training resources for professional development for paraprofessionals -- including the Minnesota Paraprofessional Consortium site, and the...

Compiled, organized, thematically analyzed, and standardized each of the 17 individual case studies of Moving Mountains recipients. Qualitatively, the case studies were analyzed by theme to...

Assesses the relationship between employment customization strategies and vocational outcomes. It will also validate a training and mentorship approach for improving the skills of Direct Support...

Brings together in one place the nation's premier resources on the topic of Direct Support, with the goal of improving the quality, recruitment, and retention of the Direct Service workforce...

Developed and delivered National Training for Frontline Supervisors from participating agencies, assisting community human service employers, families and consumers to recruit, train, supervise,...

Produced an original Realistic Job Preview (RJP) video program and several 30-second public service announcements (PSAs) for broadcast television. The RJP was directed toward traditional service...

Conducts six annual case studies of exemplary initiatives in transformation of community living or employment supports, and two annual case studies of exemplary Direct Support Professional...

Provides resources and information on leading-edge, person-centered supports for use by individuals with disabilities, families, advocates, government officials, and service providers, in a wide...

Provided training to Ramsey County's Developmental Disability service team, county case managers, contracted vocational and residential providers, and people with intellectual and developmental...

Showcases best practices in person-centered supports from across the nation.

Conducts a wide range of research, training, and technical assistance and dissemination projects related to community supports under its center grant and related project funding. The RTC is a...