Maryland Community Pathways Waiver - Direct Support Professional (DSP)
Seeded from the audience column in the Maryland DDA Provider Training Matrix.
One organized view of what each learner has 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.
Includes initial and renewal requirements.
How bloodborne pathogens are spread, avoiding exposure, and response steps after exposure.
Mapped training
Accepted equivalent training
These options can document equivalent credit; they are not the training assigned by this pathway.
Communication skills required for direct support staff under COMAR 10.22.02.11(D). Standalone regulatory requirement; not listed separately in the DDA Provider Training Matrix.
HCBS expectations related to community integration, full access to the broader community, and supporting people to be engaged in community life.
Includes initial and renewal requirements.
Basic first aid, CPR/AED, choking response, allergy response, wound care, and related emergency response training. If using Red Cross or National Safety Council, AED training is optional.
Human rights, responsibilities, and supporting individual choice.
Includes initial and renewal requirements.
Person-specific needs, wants, and supports captured in the PCP, nursing care plan, or behavior support plan.
Mapped training
Provider-specific incident reporting policies, abuse and neglect signs, and internal reporting procedures.
Includes initial and renewal requirements.
Relationship building, communication, behavior support principles, and required Mandt chapter certification/recertification.
PCP cycle, roles and responsibilities, Person-Centered Thinking, exploration/discovery, risk mitigation, and collaborative service planning.
Teaching prosocial skills, proactive responses to challenging behavior, and arranging environments to prevent problem behavior.
Principles of behavior change required before assignment to independent duties under COMAR 10.22.02.11(C)(2). Standalone regulatory requirement; not listed separately in the DDA Provider Training Matrix.
Suggested HIPAA, privacy, social media, and electronic communication basics for all provider agency staff.
Types, causes, signs, symptoms, and person-specific supports for people with seizure disorders.
Includes initial and renewal requirements.
Healthy sexual behavior, sexual rights and responsibilities, and identifying appropriate versus inappropriate sexual behaviors.
Mapped training
Supporting people with I/DD across the lifespan, recognizing changing support needs, and applying Charting the LifeCourse principles.
Learning, identifying, recognizing, and responding to preventable conditions that are often fatal to people with developmental disabilities.
Causes/effects of trauma, trauma impact for people with I/DD, supported decision-making, and vicarious traumatization.
Partnering with people and families, understanding people in family/community context, life stages, family cycles, lifelong family impact, reciprocal family roles, and Charting the LifeCourse principles.
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.
Basic first aid, CPR/AED, choking response, allergy response, wound care, and related emergency response training.
Mapped training
Accepted equivalent training
These options can document equivalent credit; they are not the training assigned by this pathway.
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
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
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
Mapped training
Accepted equivalent training
These options can document equivalent credit; they are not the training assigned by this pathway.
