Modules for Direct Service Workers

This eLearning training option provides 0.8 continuing education hours per module or 5 hours for completing the bundle.

This 6-module eLearning series was developed to educate Direct Service Workers (DSW) and others who provide support for individuals with IDD and co-occurring behavioral health conditions. This training explores challenging behavior in a new way and emphasizes the importance of supporting mental wellness in individuals with IDD.

Through this course you will learn to recognize the “whole person” and gain a better understanding of different factors influencing the way people with IDD think, feel, and behave. You will also learn how to positively impact their quality of life.

This training contains 6 modules and is estimated to take 4½ to 5 hours to complete. Each module is approximately 45 to 50 minutes in length. You may pause in the middle of a module and return to it later, or you may complete it in one sitting.

These modules were designed to be taken in the listed order to provide you with the best learning experience.

The Trauma Informed Care module is required for new employees of Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF’s/IID) and related conditions.

At the end of each module or bundle you will be asked to complete an evaluation.

DSW Module 1: Co-Occurring Disorders – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness

DSW Module 2: Trauma Informed Care for Individuals with IDD

DSW Module 3: Functional Behavioral Assessment and Behavior Support

DSW Module 4: Overview of Genetic Syndromes Associated with IDD

DSW Module 5: Overview of Medical Diagnoses Associated with IDD

DSW Module 6: Putting it All Together – Supports and Strategies for Direct Service Workers

Direct Service Workers (DSW) Bundle (Modules 1-6)

This option is available so you may enroll for all 6 modules as a single course.

This course provides 5 hours of Continuing Education Credits for the following licenses: Psychologist, Professional Counselor, Psychological Associate, Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapist, Chemical Dependency Counselor, Peer Specialist, Supported Employment Specialist and Certified Family Partner. Upon successful completion of all five modules in the course, you will earn a single certificate of completion and (if applicable) continuing education credit.

If you are required to take a specific module (or modules) – please register for the individual module(s). This bundle option does not provide module specific certificates. 

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