
In Honor of Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week We Are Offering the Following Free Recorded Webinars
IDD AND MENTAL HEALTH: UNDERSTANDING DUAL DIAGNOSIS BASICS
Presenter: Melissa Cheplic, MPH; Rutgers University, The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
THE NADSP AND NADD DSP COMPETENCIES: SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH DUAL DIAGNOSIS
Presenters: Melissa Cheplic, MPH; Rutgers University, The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities; Dan Hermreck, Director of Certification and Accreditation, NADSP
ASSESSMENT SKILLS FOR DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS
Accurate assessment helps to identify physical or mental health symptoms, environmental triggers to behaviors, changes in moods, and other key information essential to support planning for people with IDD/MI. It can be a challenge to identify and evaluate factors that may contribute to signs and symptoms. This webinar will focus on strategies to differentiate between these causes, with an emphasis on indicators of a possible mental health condition.
Presenter: Melissa Cheplic, MPH; Rutgers University, The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
POSITIVE APPROACHES TO CRISIS PREVENTION FOR PEOPLE WITH IDD/MI
Presenter: Melissa Cheplic, MPH; Rutgers University, The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND THE ROLE OF THE DSP
Presenter: Melissa Cheplic, MPH; Rutgers University, The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
COMMUNITY CONNECTION AND COLLABORATION
Presenter: Melissa Cheplic, MPH; Rutgers University, The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
NADD & NADSP Summer Webinar Series
Healing from the Heart
How We Can Connect to Help Ourselves and One Another in Times of Trauma and Loss
With Presenter: Lara Palay
Session 5: One Step Ahead: Being a Trauma Responsive Supervisor in Crazy Times
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 (2-3 pm EST)
In this final webinar, we shift our focus to frontline supervisors. These have been stressful times for finding and keeping staff and putting out fires throughout the pandemic. Giving feedback, prioritizing, troubleshooting, supporting stressed-out staff and strengthening morale are key to doing your job effectively and reducing your own stress. This session will build skills in these areas. We’ll use principles from the previous sessions to help address burnout on the job. We’ll review critical skills supervisors need to help themselves and their staff feel supported—safe, connected, and in control.
Objective 1: Participants will learn critical supervision skills in troubleshooting, prioritizing and having critical conversations with staff.
Objective 2: Participants will be able to identify ways to strengthen morale in a trauma-responsive environment.
Objective 3: Participants will explore how to help themselves and their staff feel safe, connected, and in control while on the job.

For questions about webinar registration, contact us!
webinars@thenadd.org
