DSP Professionalism
Boundaries
Rights & Choices
Maltreatment
Abilities Schmabilities
100
Lifelong learning
What is the ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons?
100
Something you should not share with people you support unless you think it may help the person.
What is personal information about yourself.
100
The same rights as any other citizen of the US.
What is the right of Citizenship?
100
The infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation or cruel punishment.
What is Abuse?
100
A condition that is lifelong, occurs before the age of 18 years, is not remedied through medication, and is characterized by limited cognitive ability and understanding.
What is an Intellectual Disability?
200
A guide to the everyday professional conduct of Direct Support Professionals.
What is The National Association of Direct Support Professionals Code of Ethics?
200
Honey, sweetie, dear, etc..
What are terms we shouldn't typically call the people we support?
200
To believe in God, or not
What is the Right to Practice Religion?
200
The illegal or improper use of someone else's resources for another's profit or advantage.
What is Exploitation?
200
A condition that may be temporary or cyclical or episodic, can occur at any stage of life, is affected by medications, and is characterized by disturbances in thought processes and perceptions.
What is Mental Illness?
300
R-ecognize the dilemma I-dentify points of view G-ather information and resources H-ave a plan t-ake action
What is the RIGHT Method for Decision Making?
300
Something you should ask permission to do, or at least let the person know you are about to do.
What is touch?
300
To talk privately with visitors.
What is the Right to Private Communications?
300
A threat to the health or welfare of someone by deprivation of essential needs or lack of protection from these.
What is Neglect?
300
Some causes of intellectual disabilities.
What are pregnancy/delivery problems, early childhood diseases and accidents, exposure to toxins and environmental health hazards, and genetic anomalies and disorders?
400
Guidelines to dressing professionally and appropriately to match the activity
What is an agency's Dress Code?
400
Something you should not typically accept from the people you support
What are gifts or favors?
400
Participating in elections.
What is the Right to Vote?
400
The report made to the Department of Health and Human Services regarding rights violations and/or serious injuries or illnesses.
What is a Reportable Event?
400
Services in which a family or individual receives a stipend payment to provide a home for an adult with intellectual disabilities.
What is Shared Living?
500
Moral principles that govern a person's or group's behavior.
What are ethics?
500
Two things we don't do in connection with our friends.
What are writing progress notes and getting paid to spend time with someone?
500
To own, use and decide what to do with his/her possessions.
What is the Right to Personal Property?
500
Someone who has regular contact with vulnerable people such as children, disabled persons, and senior citizens, and is therefore legally required to ensure a report is made when abuse, neglect or exploitation is observed or suspected.
What is a Mandated Reporter?
500
Nature Trek
What is the Momentum program in which adults with intellectual disabilities are supported to go camping, skiing, hiking, kayaking, paddle boarding, swimming, white water rafting, and sky jumping?