Episode 3: Promoting Resilience in Direct Support
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Samantha Hedden (Sam), MSc Ed discusses how direct support professionals (DSPs) can become more resilient and why this is important. Direct support professionals (DSPs) continue to face increased stress in their roles serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). While DSPs are always committed to helping people, they often neglect their own physical and mental health.
Resources:
Cleveland Clinic: Dialectical Behavior Therapy
DBT: Dialectical Behavior Therapy
The Gifts of Imperfection: Your Guide to a Wholehearted Live by Brené Brown
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