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Employer: Resident Home Association
Length of Service: 12 years
Accomplishments: In 2008, received the
Erin Richey Memorial Award for his outstanding achievements in the Developmental Disability
field.
Personal Philosophy:
"I want them to enjoy life. They deserve to have a quality of life that is productive and meaningful."
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OADSP/NADSP Membership Benefits
- Subsciption to Frontline Initiative
- Code of Ethics card
- NADSP/OADSP Membership card
- 10% discount on all OADSP/DSPATHS Seminars
- 5% discount on the inital purchase price of the DSPATHS Training System Kit
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Outreach Ability Services, LLC
Butler County of DD Services
Larry McKinstry Services LLC
GMR Exceptional Care, Inc
West Side Support Services¸ LLC
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Transitional Living Centers, Inc
Community Support Services, Inc
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A Credentialing Program for Direct Support Professionals
The DSPATHS Credentialing program is an education and training program for Direct Support Professionals who work with individuals with
developmental disabilities.
New this September our 30 hour Basic Certificate Course.
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The OADSP E-flash Newsletter is funded by the Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council. We thank the Ohio DD Council for their generous
support.
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Katrina Sacay
Hi, I am the OADSP Training and Marketing Coordinator. I have worked in the field of developmental disabilities since
I was 18 years old. I have a daughter Alex, age 15 years who is an avid dancer and a son Morgan, age 11 years who is a REDS and BENGALS fan. In my free time I love to read and bike, but not at the same time!
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Donna was new to the field only 2 years ago, but hit the floor running. After only 14 months as a DSP, she was promoted
to DSP/Home Manager at Resident Home Association in Dayton, Ohio.
Donna is an active member of the DSP Council and has spoken at the OPRA and Synergy Conferences this year.
Outside of work, she keeps herself busy with her family. She has two sons, 14 and 11 years old and an 11 year old
step son. Donna enjoys music, participating in 5K's and became an avid golfer this past summer.
She is excited to be a part of the OADSP team and looks forward to contributing to the OADSP Eflash newsletter.
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Welcome to the October edition of the OADSP E-flash. We are excited to announce that we have a new editor, Donna Lawson.
The goal of the OADSP Eflash, is an eflash newsletter that is.... written "for" and "by" DSPs. Donna a DSP at Resident Home Association in Dayton, is a member of the DSP Council and is excited to contribute to the Eflash.
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2014 Ohio DSP Recognition Event
On Wednesday, September 10th, 2014,
OADSP
hosted over 450 Direct Support Professionals at the Xenos Community Center in celebration of the 5th annual Direct Support Professional Recognition event.
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2014 Award Winner - Joseph Mwambo
The Maureen Corcoran Award recognizes an outstanding DSPATHS credentialed Direct Support Professional who demonstrates the competencies
of the Community Support Skill Standards, upholds the NADSP Code of Ethics through his or her daily interactions with people with disabilities, and exhibits exemplary professionalism in all aspects of the job. Awarded at the OPRA Fall Conference.
Joseph Mwambo of Koinonia Homes is pictured with Vanessa Lee and Diane Beastrom.
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The Northeast Region of Ohio DSPATHS held their 2014 celebration honoring recipients of The Certificate of Initial Proficiency, The
Certificate of Advanced Proficiency, and The Basic Certificate on Monday, September 8, 2014. The event was hosted by the Educational Service Center in Independence, Ohio.
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What's it like to be a part of the DSP Council? There are various number of ways to describe what it's like to be
a part of the FIRST EVER DSP Council! Groundbreaking, exciting, educational are just a few, so let me put into my own words what I feel it is accomplishing for me and those around me.
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Ingredients we have covered are sugar, artificial sweeteners, caffeine, and phosphoric acid. If that is NOT ENOUGH
to make you stop drinking pop, then HERE are a few more!!!
ALL of the pop you drink has coloring agents to make it look good enough to drink. Believe me, if it was the color
of the ingredients, YOU WOULDN'T put it NEAR YOUR MOUTH!!!!
My motto is "IF YOU CAN NOT
PRONOUNCE IT.... DO NOT EAT IT!!"
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Jessi hasn't been feeling well over the past few months. She is big fan of the sock monkey, so I hope this picture of these two adorable
sock monkeys brings a smile to her face. Despite being laid up in her bed, she still managed to find time to write us an article, you are amazing Jessi, Stay Strong!
Your friends at OADSP!
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Article Submissions and Inquiries
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We hope you enjoyed reading the OADSP E-flash Newsletter.
OADSP would LOVE your submissions for consideration for our E-flash.
This E-flash is intended to be widely distributed; you do not need permission to forward. You do need permission to publish in a newsletter
or magazine.
Send us your articles, essays, paragraphs, sentences, poems, audio/videos, and other writings. Topics should benefit Direct Support
Professionals and the work they do to support others.
For Submissions and Inquiries:
Sincerely,
The OADSP Editors
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