Ohio DSP training — initial, renewal, or one course at a time
Instant learner account, automatic enrollment after payment, and DODD-compliant certificates for every course. No agency required.
Ohio DSP 16-Course Initial Training Bundle
The complete Ohio DSP training program for new Direct Support Professionals: all 16 DODD-approved courses with a certificate for each, a full training transcript, and a training summary.
DSP Annual Renewal — 8-Course Bundle
For returning DSPs whose training is expiring: the 8 annual renewal courses (ODA / DODD). Completing them issues an updated certificate, an updated transcript, and a new 1-year expiration date.
Independent Provider Training Bundle — 16 Courses
For DODD Independent Providers working for themselves: the full 16-course Ohio training series with certificates, transcript, and training summary — everything needed for provider compliance reviews.
Individual courses
Buy exactly the course you need — certificate included with each.
Bill of Rights for People with Developmental Disabilities and the NADSP Code of Ethics
Ohio Revised Code 5123.62 rights of people with developmental disabilities, paired with the NADSP Code of Ethics — the ethical compass for every Direct Support Professional.
Choking and Fall Prevention
Two of the most preventable causes of serious harm: choking and falls. Learn risk factors, dining plan compliance, emergency response, and environmental safety.
Empathy-Based Care: Communicate with H.E.A.R.T.
The Cleveland Clinic H.E.A.R.T. framework (Hear, Empathize, Apologize, Respond, Thank) applied to Direct Support work.
Health and Safety: Unusual and Major Unusual Incidents (UI/MUI)
Annual health and safety essentials for DSPs: infection control, medication safety, recognizing health changes, seizure response, home hazards, and emergency readiness.
Immediate Actions and MUI Investigations
Major Unusual Incidents (MUIs) in Ohio: categories, your immediate actions to protect people, mandated reporting duties, and how investigations work.
Introduction to Empathy-Based Care
Build the core skill of direct support: empathy. Learn active listening, person-first language, dignity of risk, and how to see behavior as communication.
Introduction to Supporting People with Developmental Disabilities
Your introduction to the Direct Support Professional (DSP) role in Ohio's developmental disabilities system: what DSPs do, DODD certification requirements, and the values that guide this work.
Review of Health and Welfare Alerts
Review of DODD Health and Welfare Alerts: choking, constipation and bowel obstruction, sepsis, water safety, medication errors, and elopement — what every DSP must watch for.
Supporting People with Dual Diagnoses
Supporting people who have both a developmental disability and a mental health condition: diagnostic overshadowing, baseline awareness, daily strategies, and crisis planning.
The Ohio Individual Service Plan (OhioISP)
Understand Ohio's statewide Individual Service Plan: how it's built around what's important TO and FOR the person, your duty to read and follow it, and how plans change.
The Voice of the DSP in the Person-Centered Planning Process
Translating a person-centered plan into daily DSP practice: choice-making, the One-Page Profile, schedules built around the person, and how DSPs document outcomes.
Trauma-Informed Care and Restrictive Measures
Understand trauma's impact on people with developmental disabilities, the principles of trauma-informed care, and Ohio's strict rules on restrictive measures.
Understanding and Preventing Elopement
Elopement is a safety-critical event. This module covers risk factors, prevention plans, response protocols, and DODD reporting requirements.
Understanding the Role of the Guardian and Consent
Types of guardianship in Ohio, informed consent, supported decision-making, and the DSP's role in respecting each person's decision-making rights.
Universal Precautions
Bloodborne-pathogen safety, PPE, hand hygiene, sharps, and infection-control practices required for every DSP.
Valued Roles and Community Integration
Beyond care: helping people gain valued social roles — employee, friend, neighbor, volunteer — that bring respect, belonging, safety, and a life with purpose.
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