EC05 Extended Care - Supporting Skills Development
Supporting skills development is an important part of your job. Gaining confidence in your ability to provide ongoing support and training for individuals who have been admitted to an acute rehab setting, skilled nursing facility, assisted living facility or day care program in order to teach adaptive skills that will enable them to realize their f
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EC06 Extended Care - Advocacy
Your role as a Direct Support Professional is to help individuals identify issues of concern and help them know when they are being treated unfairly. Your role also includes helping them solve these issues. This is called advocacy.
In this module you will explore ways to work with the individual to gather information related to a situation
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EC04 Extended Care - Assessment
Assessments are critical in determining the services and supports an individual receives. Assessments also serve to identify changes and recognize newly acquired skills. The Direct Support Professional has an important role in monitoring the needs and wants of the individual and assuring that services provided support the individual’s goals. The pu
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LFS06 Frontline Leadership - Program Planning and Monitoring
The purpose of program planning and monitoring is to support functions and activities within your agency and ensure that programs are mission driven, outcome focused, effective, and efficient.Current programs and new initiatives should be the result of planning activities which provide a clear statement of program goals and objectives, expected pro
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MH07 Mental Health - Advocacy
The purpose of this module is to help you explore ways to work with the individual to gather information related to a situation that may require advocacy. You will also become aware of human rights, legal and other issues that affect all of us, including people using mental health programs. We will also review some advocacy strategies available to
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