NADSP Accreditation Form

National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals Accreditation Application
Thank you for your interest in having your Direct Support/Frontline Supervisor training/education program accredited by National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP).

NADSP accreditation assures that all learners who successfully complete your program are eligible for national credentialing, and ready to deliver the highest quality support.

If your professional development program can effectively prepare DSPs and FLSs for the NADSP certification, then you will have the opportunity for your program to become accredited. NADSP accreditation demonstrates that your program effectively teaches the ethics, knowledge, and skills that constitute best practice in community direct support.
- Ethics: NADSP’s Code of Ethics was developed by industry leaders and DSPs to serve as a straightforward and relevant guide for DSPs and Frontline Supervisors as they resolve everyday ethical dilemmas and as a tool to encourage them to achieve the highest ideals of the profession.
- Knowledge: CMS Core Competencies and National Frontline Supervisor Competency areas were developed through rigorous research methods and have been nationally validated. and are approved by the NADSP Board of Directors, which is comprised of a broad base of stakeholders- including DSPs and self-advocates.
- Skills: The application of NADSP accredited competency-based learning through the demonstration of skill offers powerful benefits to practitioners, their employers, and to the people they support through the demonstration of national best-practices and evidence-based practices in the workplace.
The accreditation process provides a structure to help you align your training program content with contemporary practice guidelines to become a leader in community human services professional development.

Please note that this application may take some time to complete. The online form will allow you to stop at any point, with your progress being saved. The Save button can be found at the bottom of the form.

If you have questions about the process, please contact Jennifer Muller at jmuller@nadsp.org.
Organizational Information
Organization Name*
Address*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Primary Contact Email*
example@example.com
Provide a brief summary of your Organization: *
Please list your organization’s mission statement*
Alignment with NADSP Goals

Explain how your program aligns with each of the NADSP goals listed below.
Strengthening the DSP workforce:*
Providing DSPs better access to education, training, and lifelong learning:*
Strengthening the working relationships and partnerships between direct support professionals, self-advocates, families, or other advocacy groups :*
Supporting people with disabilities in achieving their life goals:*
Curriculum Details
Provide a brief history of the educational program seeking accreditation: *
Describe how the educational program is organized, administered and governed: *
Describe the enrollment requirements for learners, the fee structure, and the average cost per learner: *
Describe how your instructors (or authors) are selected and prepared to teach (or develop content) in your program: *
Describe how learner records are maintained: *
Discuss how confidentiality is prioritized: *
Describe the documentation of completed learning that is provided to learners (certificates, transcripts, etc.), including what information is included (date of completion, number of hours, learner name, course title, etc.) *
Describe your process for curriculum creation and your process for updating curriculum content. Include dates if possible: *
Explain how your program uses best practices in adult education (such as being learner-centered, reinforcing concepts, and experiential learning): *
Describe how information about the NADSP credentialing process is shared with learners: *
Please provide at least three contacts (including email addresses) for people/customers who can serve as references. Please include various stakeholders. Additional references may be requested. *
Curriculum Details
Provide a summary of how your overall curriculum connects to the competency areas recognized by NADSP. (CMS Core Competencies and/or National Frontline Supervisor Competencies)*
Provide a summary of how your overall curriculum connects to the NADSP Code of Ethics.*
How many total hours of instruction are available to a learner? *
Provide an overview of the way content is delivered. Example(s): Online, Hybrid, Classroom: *
Describe any supports that are in place to help learners who might be struggling to meet the learning objectives of the curriculum: *
Describe assessment tools for evaluating learner knowledge and skill/competency: *
Describe how learners are encouraged to apply their learning to real situations they encounter on the job. *
Describe the methods used to evaluate the program and how evaluation outcomes are used to adjust the program: *
Describe the ways in which learner success is acknowledged (certificates , diplomas, ceremonies, etc): *
What types of stakeholders have been involved in the the development of this curriculum (DSPs, supervisors, self-advocates, etc.)*
Provide a description of how you gather and incorporate feedback from stakeholders (DSPs, supervisors, self-advocates, etc.) to help guide the program for which you are seeking accreditation. (This might include the use of surveys or having an advisory council in place.)*
How can reviewers view the content of your modules? (For online modules, this may involve sharing a username and password that can be used by the reviewer. For in-person training content, this may involving sharing a link to an online folder containing slideshows or other training materials.)*
CMS Core Competencies and National Frontline Supervisor Competencies Crosswalk

Please complete the Crosswalk form for each course/lesson/module for which you are seeking NADSP Certification. Use the Add Module button to create a new crosswalk form for each course/lesson/module in your curriculum.
Crosswalk Form for Each Lesson/Course/Module*
Billing Information

Following the submission of this application, an invoice for $5,000 will be sent to the contact provided in the 'Billing Contact' field. Your application will be reviewed once payment has been received.
Billing Contact Information
Name*

First NameLast Name
Job Title *
Billing Contact Email*
example@example.com
Phone Number*

Area CodePhone Number
Your application is complete!

Please confirm that all crosswalk forms for each accredited curriculum module have been provided.
After you have completed all of the required fields, please click the submit button below. You will then be directed to a confirmation page. All of the contacts listed above will also receive an email confirmation that the application has been properly submitted.

The Save button will allow you to save your progress without submitting the form to NADSP.
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National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals Accreditation Application

Organizational Information

Alignment with NADSP Goals

Curriculum Details

Curriculum Details

CMS Core Competencies and National Frontline Supervisor Competencies Crosswalk

Billing Information

Billing Contact Information

Your application is complete!