Direct Support Professional Micro-Credential

 

WHY MICRO-CREDENTIALS?
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Academic quality is paramount in the development and approval of SUNY microcredentials.
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Microcredential have immediate value and stacks together with other microcredentials or learning experiences to meet the requirements of a certificate, initial or advanced degree.
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Microcredentials are designed to meet current and emerging market needs and align with relevant industry standards.
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Completion of our microcredentials is recorded on your transcript and/or highlighted in a digital badge so your accomplishments travel with you.

What is the Direct Support Professional Micro-Credential?

We offer two levels of this micro-credential: Direct Support Professional I and Direct Support Professional II.  

Local agencies are seeing a high need for direct support positions, especially those in the category of Developmental Disabilities. Direct support professionals may also work in child care centers, day treatment programs for persons with mental illness, residential treatment facilities, eldercare and respite programs, foster care agencies, jails and alternative correction programs, short‐ and long‐term rehabilitation centers, crisis centers, day habilitation programs, assisted living/skilled nursing facilities, sheltered workshops, and other human service settings.

The Direct Support Professional micro-credentials provide training to increase the potential for advancement within these organizations. The curriculum presented in this micro-credential aligns with the national certification offered to Direct Support Professionals through The National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP).

Direct Support Professional Level I

  • HLTH 1207 Foundations of Personal Health (3 credit hours)

  • HUSR 1010 Human Services I (3 credit hours)

  • HUSR 1030 Intro to Helping Skills (3 credit hours)

  • HUSR 1221 Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (2 credit hours)

  • HLTH 1010 Basic Life Support for the Professional Rescuer (1 credit hour)

Direct Support Professional Level II

  • HUSR 1040 Human Services II (3 credit hours)

  • HUSR 1520 Introduction to Differing Abilities (3 credit hours)

  • ENGL 1010 College Composition 1 (3 credit hours)

  • HUSR 1581 Working with Abused Clients, Victims and Perpetrators (1.5 credit hours)

  • HUSR 1620 Ethics for Human Services (3 credit hours)

Stackable to Degree Program

This micro-credential aligns aligns with requirements for the Human Services A.S. should students choose to continue their education after obtaining micro-credentials

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