DSP 1800 - Education, Training, and Self-Development in LTSS

Clock Hours: 17

Course Description:
This course is about the importance of obtaining and maintaining the necessary industry credentials and seeking opportunities to improve necessary work practices through further training. The learner will be introduced to the overall need for further education to improve their skills, experience personal growth, and explore opportunities for career pathways in industry settings. Focus will be put on the positive impact of sharing, collaborating, and applying newly acquired knowledge, strategies, and techniques with individuals supported, co-workers, and community members. The concept of a personalized development plan will be introduced to help guide the matching of the learner’s current and future abilities to potential career and college success in and related to Long Term Service and Supports service settings.

This is a capstone course that is designed to demonstrate the accumulated knowledge, skills, and abilities of the learner. Demonstration is required regarding how the learner’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and intellectual behaviors can be applied directly to improve the quality of support for the individual.

Student Learning Outcomes:
This course prepares the DSW to know and do the following:

Create a personal development plan and identify his or her career and/or college plan, with the support of a QuILTSS mentor.
Demonstrate self-objectivity in assessing professional strengths and weaknesses.
Complete training and continues to develop skills and seek certification.
Seek feedback from many sources and use to improve work performance and skills.
Learn and stay current with technology used for documentation, communication and other work activities.