This infographic describes an OTD Capstone of an online training program developed to support direct support professionals working with adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Submitted by: Katie Caspero @katie Setting of intended use: Community-Based Practice
What inspired this resource:
This infographic was created based on an OTD Capstone project by Dr. Amy Castagnino. Amy and I worked together to design this resource through my company, OT Graphically, and were connected through our alma mater, Duquesne University. The EMPOWER program includes online training modules supporting direct support professionals using person-centered services with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
How is it utilized:
This quick visual overview shows an example of an OT-led program that improves confidence and competence with direct support professionals using person-centered care.
What evidence supports it?
The capstone project was data-driven and demonstrated significant clinical effect sizes from pre and post-tests of competence and confidence surveys.
This resource can be used to advocate for OTs role in supporting direct support professionals. Sharing this infographic with the administration and executives of community-based companies may help lead to the creation of new jobs for OTs. This resource can quickly share with key stakeholders (administration) the improvements in outcomes of confidence and competence of their staff using an easily accessible online program.
Oooo good call, @ruthlincoln! I was looking at it on mobile and able to zoom-in but here on desktop it is hard to see! @katie I wonder if including the image as it is, but then attaching a larger file would be the way to go?
Also, how surreal to see @meghan7 on here as a co-author!!! I always love her thought-leadership on OT and ID! I highly recommend our interview with her to learn more about her work!
Good question, I was curious too and found this paragraph in the full article! (I feel comfortable sharing because the article is open access!)
The DSPs’ confidence was measured pre and post training through seven 4-point Likert-scale items focused on content areas such as community participation, supporting individuals with IDD, planning activity, identifying barriers and supports, addressing issues, and modifying an activity (e.g., 0 = not confident at all through 3 = very confident). This scale was created to evaluate the impact of the
training modules on the DSPs’ confidence in providing person-centered supports and was administered through an online Qualtrics XM (2019) platform. This was a researcher-created tool; therefore, no psychometric properties were reported. However, the tool was modeled after Zakrajsek et al.’s (2014) staff confidence measure for their DSP training module focused on improving staff’s ability to implement effective services for individuals with IDD.
