Georgia — DBHDD DSP Training
Tracks Georgia DBHDD's staff training mandate for NOW/COMP waiver providers (Provider Manual Part II, Section 1.E and the IDD Certification Review Instrument): pre-contact orientation, the 60-day topic set, and a minimum of 16 hours of competency-based annual training. Built for DSPs serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities; follows the state's own manual — DBHDD's certification review verifies topic evidence in personnel records, and its free course library is an option, not a mandate.
One organized view of what you have completed, what is still due, and what needs to be renewed.
Pathway curriculum
Each module shows the training or evidence that satisfies a requirement, when it is first due, and how often it must be renewed.
Before any individual contact: orientation to the provider's scope and policies, HIPAA/confidentiality, and the human rights of individuals served.
Mapped training
Accepted equivalent training
These options can document equivalent credit; they are not the training assigned by this pathway.
Recognition and reporting of abuse, neglect, and exploitation, required before any individual contact.
Training in person-centered values, holistic needs, and human rights within 60 days of hire.
Training in cultural diversity and competency within 60 days of hire.
Training in fire safety and emergency/disaster procedures within 60 days of hire.
Training in standard precautions/infection control and in body mechanics and safe lifting within 60 days of hire.
Training in suicide prevention (e.g., AIM or QPRP-aligned) and in dual diagnosis of IDD and mental illness within 60 days of hire.
Training in professional ethics for direct support work within 60 days of hire.
A minimum of 16 hours per year of competency-based training, including repeats of required topics; the hour count is tracked against courses mapped here.
Behavior support and crisis de-escalation training through a nationally benchmarked system (e.g., CPI, Mandt, Safety-Care) plus Georgia Crisis Response System (GCRS) familiarization, within 60 days of hire. Upload the system certificate.
Basic cardiac life support (written and hands-on components; AHA/HSI/ARC) and first aid & safety within 60 days of hire. The hands-on component cannot be met online; maintain a current card per the certifying body's cycle. Upload the certificate.
Training on each individual's medications and side effects, with unlicensed administration only via RN-delegated proxy-caregiver arrangements (supervision of self-administration per Part II § 1.D). Individual-specific — upload the delegation/competency record.
Mapped training
Accepted equivalent training
These options can document equivalent credit; they are not the training assigned by this pathway.
Mapped training
Mapped training
Accepted equivalent training
These options can document equivalent credit; they are not the training assigned by this pathway.
Mapped training
Accepted equivalent training
These options can document equivalent credit; they are not the training assigned by this pathway.
Mapped training
Accepted equivalent training
These options can document equivalent credit; they are not the training assigned by this pathway.
Mapped training
Assigned training exists for this requirement but is not listed in the public catalog. Availability is confirmed during setup.
Accepted equivalent training
These options can document equivalent credit; they are not the training assigned by this pathway.
Mapped training
Accepted equivalent training
These options can document equivalent credit; they are not the training assigned by this pathway.
Mapped training
