About DSPTDirect Support Professional Training (DSPT) is provided by County Offices of Education throughout the state at no cost to enrollees through four Service Hubs. Butte County CTE is the Far Northern Hub and offers Year 1 & Year 2 Trainings. Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) are people who work directly with people with physical disabilities and/or intellectual disabilities with the aim of assisting the individual to become integrated into his/her community or the least restrictive environment.
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Registration, Resources and Additional Information
Registration:
Only direct support staff, including supervisors and administrators who provide direct care, currently employed in Community Care Facilities (CCFs) vendored by the regional center are eligible to take the Direct Support Professional Training (DSPT). Registration for DSPT must be completed using the eDSPT online registration and certification system. DSPs must create their own account.
To register go to www.dsptrain.org. Have the following information available:
For assistance with registration, call the eDSPT Helpline at 800-910-4604
Results Notification:
Approximately 20 business days after completion of the Training Class or Challenge Test, direct support staff and the administrator of the facility they are employed in will receive an email notification of results (a Certification Notice, a Certification Notice with Additional Training Needed, a Failure Notice, or an Incomplete/Failure Notice). All Certification Notices can be accessed online at www.dsptrain.org. Failure notifications cannot be accessed online. Paper certificates will no longer be issued.
DSPT Attendance Policy:
Training Class attendance is very important. Direct support staff may not miss more than 6 hours of classroom instruction. If more than 6 hours of instruction is missed, the system will automatically drop the DSP and the DSP must take the entire year of training again.
Announcements: Advisory Meetings
>Minutes for each meeting are available as downloads below
Tuesday, September 17th, 2019
12 pm to 2 pm
Far Northern Regional Center
High Chaparrel Conference Room
1900 Churn Creek Rd
Redding
>Download the Minutes
Thursday, September 19th, 2019
12pm - 2pm
Redwood Coast Regional Center
525 2nd St, Suite 300
Eureka
>Download the Minutes
Friday, September 20th, 2019
1pm – 2:30pm
North Bay Regional Center Board Room
610 Airpark Road
Napa
>Download the Minutes
Thursday, October 3rd, 2019
12pm - 2pm
Alta California Regional Center
2241 Harvard St. #100
Sacramento
>Download the Minutes
Resources:
For more information about DSPT you can go to the Department of Developmental Service’s (DDS) website at http://www.dds.ca.gov/DSPT/; email ccfdsp@dds.ca.gov or call the toll free number at 800-622-8904.
For questions regarding DSP registration or Results Notification, contact the eDSPT Helpline at 800-910-4604.
For DSPT implementation concerns, contact California Department of Education (CDE):
DSPT Project Monitor
Tara Neilson
tneilson@cde.ca.gov
916-445-5568
DSPT Fiscal Monitor
Lisa Schiro
lschiro@cde.ca.gov
916-323-5742
Only direct support staff, including supervisors and administrators who provide direct care, currently employed in Community Care Facilities (CCFs) vendored by the regional center are eligible to take the Direct Support Professional Training (DSPT). Registration for DSPT must be completed using the eDSPT online registration and certification system. DSPs must create their own account.
To register go to www.dsptrain.org. Have the following information available:
- Personal email address
- Phone number
- Social security number
- Facility vendor number where employed
- Facility or administrator email address where employed
For assistance with registration, call the eDSPT Helpline at 800-910-4604
Results Notification:
Approximately 20 business days after completion of the Training Class or Challenge Test, direct support staff and the administrator of the facility they are employed in will receive an email notification of results (a Certification Notice, a Certification Notice with Additional Training Needed, a Failure Notice, or an Incomplete/Failure Notice). All Certification Notices can be accessed online at www.dsptrain.org. Failure notifications cannot be accessed online. Paper certificates will no longer be issued.
DSPT Attendance Policy:
Training Class attendance is very important. Direct support staff may not miss more than 6 hours of classroom instruction. If more than 6 hours of instruction is missed, the system will automatically drop the DSP and the DSP must take the entire year of training again.
Announcements: Advisory Meetings
>Minutes for each meeting are available as downloads below
Tuesday, September 17th, 2019
12 pm to 2 pm
Far Northern Regional Center
High Chaparrel Conference Room
1900 Churn Creek Rd
Redding
>Download the Minutes
Thursday, September 19th, 2019
12pm - 2pm
Redwood Coast Regional Center
525 2nd St, Suite 300
Eureka
>Download the Minutes
Friday, September 20th, 2019
1pm – 2:30pm
North Bay Regional Center Board Room
610 Airpark Road
Napa
>Download the Minutes
Thursday, October 3rd, 2019
12pm - 2pm
Alta California Regional Center
2241 Harvard St. #100
Sacramento
>Download the Minutes
Resources:
For more information about DSPT you can go to the Department of Developmental Service’s (DDS) website at http://www.dds.ca.gov/DSPT/; email ccfdsp@dds.ca.gov or call the toll free number at 800-622-8904.
For questions regarding DSP registration or Results Notification, contact the eDSPT Helpline at 800-910-4604.
For DSPT implementation concerns, contact California Department of Education (CDE):
DSPT Project Monitor
Tara Neilson
tneilson@cde.ca.gov
916-445-5568
DSPT Fiscal Monitor
Lisa Schiro
lschiro@cde.ca.gov
916-323-5742
