DSW Home / DSW Symposium / Agenda and Materials / Credentialing Programs



Right menu

What's New

State Chart Book on Wages for Personal & Home Care Aides

A new publication from PHI looks at the decline in inflation-adjusted wages for personal and home care aids.

DSW Symposium Follow-Up Call

All attendees of the Symposium are invited to participate in a follow-up call on August 4 to discuss themes that emerged from the Symposium and ideas for next steps.

National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week

The U.S. Senate recently adopted the ANCOR-drafted resolution designating the week beginning September 8th as National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week.

Stakeholder Recommendations to Improve Recruitment, Retention, and the Perceived Status of Paraprofessional Direct Service Workers in Texas

June 2008 report from the Texas Direct Service Workforce Initiative includes recommendations to improve recruitment, retention, and the perceived status of DSW in Texas.


Credentialing Programs

This session will provide an overview of how credentialing programs work, including how the Department of Labor's Registered Apprenticeship program might be used as a way to implement a credentialing program. Program administrators and participants from two well-established credentialing programs - Ohio's PATHS program and the Kansas Ad Astra program - will share their experience and lessons learned. Participants will also hear about a new state credentialing initiative in Pennsylvania.

Moderator: Marianne Taylor, Bristol Community College, Massachusetts Presentation
Panelists: Joe Angelelli, PHI Presentation
  Amy Gerowitz, Ohio Alliance of Direct Support Professionals (OADSP)/ Ohio PATHS and Stacey Krohn, Bittersweet Farms; graduate of Ohio PATHS Kansas Ad ASTRA credentialing

Presentation

Handout

  Kathy Stiffler, Individual Support Systems, Inc.  
  Pricilla Walker, Individual Support Systems, Inc., Kansas (apprentice)