SCRANTON – Patrick Quinn stood at the front of a small Lackawanna College classroom and delivered a lesson informed by four decades of serving people with intellectual disabilities. “All behavior is ...

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MOORHEAD, Minn. (Valley News Live) - This week is National Direct Support Professional (DSP) Recognition Week. To celebrate their work in the Valley, CCRI, or Creative Care for Reaching Independence ...

Direct support professionals, or DSPs, are workers that support disabled people in living independently. They may help a disabled person navigate their community, cook, do chores, pay bills and other ...

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SCHENECTADY — Cindy Barkowski’s son, John, receives care from direct support professionals, who tend to his everyday needs. But the industry, she said, faces massive turnover rates and she’s at a loss ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A state funding boost will expand the reach of a free college credential program for direct support professionals, who provide ...

A state funding boost will expand the reach of a free college credential program for direct support professionals, who provide assistance to people with disabilities, in the hopes of building that ...