Additional Handouts for DSP Course Coordinators & Presenters

These handouts are for Direct Support Person (DSP) Course Coordinators to bring to DSP Course Coordinator training and for DSP instructor to provide to DSP trainees during the 40-hour DSP classroom curriculum.  The suggested timing for each handout is referenced in the Presenters' Supplement.

• Burns & Scalding: Facts & Prevention (pdf) - digital thermometer
• Direct Support Person (DSP) Training Program - DHS Approved On-the-Job Training (OJT) Activities and Competency-Based (CBTAs) Training Assessments (pdf) - (241 pages - this document supersedes Appendix 3 effective 6/1/2013)
• Grief Following a Death Loss (pdf)
• Illinois Health Care Worker Registry Instruction Manual June 2013 (pdf) - (7 pages)
• MRSA Fact Sheet (pdf) 
• OSHA Advisory on Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders (pdf) - (44 pages)
• Sample Empowerment Worksheet (pdf)
• Staff Training Reimbursement Rates (xls)
• Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE) (pdf)
• The Top Ten Things I'd like to tell Disability Service Providers about Sexual Assault (pdf)