Selected Workforce Development Training Resources

The Institute on Community Integration

University of Minnesota

204 Pattee Hall/150 Pillsbury Dr., SE

Minneapolis, MN 55455

612-624-0060

http:/ /ici.umn.edu/products

http:/ /rtc.umn.edu/dsg/pubs/index.html

A Guide to High Quality Direct Service Personnel Training Resources, 2nd Edition (1997).

A resource guide with detailed evaluations and ordering information of high quality training materials for

Direct service personnel training. Cost: $35.00

Frontline Initiative: A Quarterly Newsletter of the Alliance for Direct Support Professionals.

This newsletter is dedicated to promoting the interests of Direct Support Professionals by encouraging a

better trained, more respected, and more involved workforce. Frontline Initiative is a project of the

National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals and is published by the Research and Training Center

on Community Living at the University of Minnesota's Institute on Community Integration. Cost of one

year subscription: $10.00, orders of20 or more are $5.00 per subscription. Sorry, we are unable to accept

Credit cards or purchase orders for Frontline Initiative.

IMPACT.

A quarterly newsletter containing in-depth articles on research, practices, philosophies, and trends in

specific focus areas related to persons with developmental disabilities. Provides practical information

useful to educators, service providers, families, advocates, and other professionals in a variety of fields. Available are the following topical issues:

.Feature Issue on Distance Education Technology for Staff Training (1995)

.Feature Issue on Direct Support Workforce Development (1998)

Cost: The first copy of each issue of IMP ACT is free; additional copies are $2.00 each.

Policy Research Brief.

A Summary of research on policy issues affecting persons with developmental disabilities. Each issue summarizes research in a different subject area and presents findings in a concise format especially useful

to policyrnakers, educators, college students, and researchers. Available issues summarize studies on the following topics:

.Training Issues for Direct Service Personnel Working in Community Residential Programs for

Persons with Developmental Disabilities (1994) Cost: $1.50

.National Voluntary Credentialing for Direct Service Workers (1996) Cost: $2.00.

New Employee Orientation Modules for Programs Serving Persons with Developmental Disabilities

(1997).

This curriculum is a competency-based orientation and training program for direct support professionals. I. Each of the seventeen, self-paced learning modules has a competency-based checklist for on-site

supervisors or mentors. Cost: $45.00.

DOL Partnerships for Success Recruitment and Retention Toolkit (2001)

Resources for frontline supervisors, agency administrators and human resources personnel to assess recruitment and retention outcomes and develop recruitment and retention interventions. Materials include a state workforce development plan, a DSP job analysis, realistic job preview overview, sample structured interview questions, a new staff survey, survey of current employees, exit questionnaire, guidelines for assessing retention outcomes and an annual DSP turnover and vacancy rate worksheet. Available free

from http://rtc.umn.edu/dsR/

Helping Hand: An Introductory Video to a Career in Direct Service (1996).

A video that provides a realistic industry preview for direct support professionals supporting people with disabilities in a wide variety of settings. This video portrays both the enjoyable and the difficult features of a career supporting people with disabilities. This video is designed for parents, provider agencies, and educational institutions that recruit potential direct support workers. (30 minutes; 1/2" VHS) Cost: $30.00.

The MN Frontline Supervisor Competencies & Performance Indicators: A Tool for Agencies Providing Community Services (1998).

This tool identifies 14 broad competencies with related competency statements and performance indicators required of frontline supervisors providing community support services to people with developmental disabilities. This information was gathered through a comprehensive job analysis conducted in the state of MN. It is useful in reviewing, revising, or creating accurate job descriptions for FLS, as well as identifying areas for training and professional development. Cost: $8.00.

Friends, Neighbors, and Co-Workers: Learning about Supporting People with Disabilities

This interactive CD-ROM provides an introduction to supporting people with developmental disabilities.

It includes profiles of several individuals with developmental disabilities as they talk about and reflect on their lives. The content includes pictures and voices of people with DD, interactive exercises, an option

for including agency policies, procedures and a welcome, training record tracking, and self-paced text. Cost: Call for information.

ICI Publications Catalogue.

A complete listing of all the publications available from the Institute on Community Integration. Cost:

Free

For further information about any of these training resources, please call (612) 624-0060.