CDS-E: Supporting Healthy Lives

On-the-Job Training Assessments

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CDS-E: Supporting Healthy Lives

These are the On-the-Job Training (OJT) Assessment statements for this course. OJT Assessments are observable measures of skills. They help connect lesson content to skills used in daily practice. Supervisors, employers, trainers, and educators can use the OJTs in a variety of ways. For example:

• To develop on-the-job training opportunities
• As part of a classroom demonstration
• To develop or revise job descriptions
• As measures within a performance review

The learner should be able to demonstrate these skills or similar ones after taking the course. Mentors or supervisors can help transfer these skills through demonstration, observation, and feedback in the work environment. Workers must be able to perform skills in the workplace.

The OJTs are directly connected to the content of the lessons. However, not all OJTs apply to every situation. They can be adapted to match activities that most closely relate to the learner’s actual work. A record of the observed outcomes can be recorded in Elsevier Performance Manager. Contact your learning administrator to find out more about these evaluation options. The following assessments are recommended OJTs for these lessons:

Lesson 1: CDS-E: Living Healthy Lives

OJT Description:

• The direct support professional demonstrates how to plan a nutritious menu for two weeks using the guidelines provided at ChooseMyPlate.gov.
• The direct support professional demonstrates how to encourage and support a person to participate in fun and relaxing activities that will lead to a healthy life.
• The direct support professional demonstrates how to support people to find and participate in regular physical activities and exercise, along with making it fun.
• The direct support professional demonstrates how to support a person to participate in routine health care check-ups, screenings, and immunizations.
• The direct support professional demonstrates the role modeling of healthy habits when supporting people to lead a healthy life.

Lesson 2: CDS-E: Health Across the Lifespan

OJT Description:

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Lesson 3: CDS-E: Individual Health Needs

OJT Description:

• The direct support professional identifies risk factors related to health for each person they support.
• The direct support professional knows critical aspects of the family medical and health histories of the person(s) they support.
• The direct support professional demonstrates sensitivity to differences in approaches to healthcare for the people they support.
• The direct support professional supports people to understand the advantages and disadvantages of various lifestyle choices and allows people to make personal choices.
• The direct support professional identifies the health risks associated with work and community environments for the person they support and describes strategies to deal effectively with these needs.

Lesson 4: CDS-E: Signs and Symptoms of Illness

OJT Description:

• The DSP can give a good description in observable, measurable terms of what the person is like when they are healthy. They can communicate this information effectively with other team members who support the person.
• The DSP demonstrates how they can use their senses to recognize signs and symptoms of illness.
• The DSP demonstrates how to take someone's temperature and identifies what normal body temperature usually is for the person they support.
• The DSP demonstrates where they can find information on the side effects of the medications that are taken by the people they support.
• The DSP demonstrates accurate documentation of how they provided treatment for the person who was not feeling well.

Lesson 5: CDS-E: Care of Common Health Conditions

OJT Description:

• The DSP identifies and provides specific care for a person with an acute, chronic, or acute-on-chronic health condition.
• The DSP identifies resources and uses them to provide adequate care for people they support who have diabetes.
• The DSP identifies resources for use and providing adequate support for the people they support who have high blood pressure.
• The DSP identifies resources for providing adequate support for people they support who have coronary disease.
• The DSP identifies and uses resources for providing adequate care to the people they support who have cancer.
• The DSP identifies and uses resources for providing appropriate supports to people they support who have arthritis.
• The DSP identifies and uses resources for providing appropriate support to people they support who have asthma.
• The direct support professional demonstrates they are knowledgeable about health conditions for the people they support. They are willing to share this knowledge with the person they support and their coworkers so they can provide the best possible support.
• The direct support professional demonstrates they are knowledgeable about common health conditions. They can recognize the symptoms early and provide recommended treatments. They are also able to help the person they support to understand what is making them feel sick.
• The DSP identifies, discusses, and evaluates the characteristics, strengths, and challenges of people they support or knows with autism spectrum disorder.
• The direct support professional is willing to learn more about the particular syndromes for the people they support. They demonstrate a basic knowledge of the traits and characteristics gained through research and education and are willing to share this information with others to support the person better.

Lesson 6: CDS-E: Working with Health Care Professionals

OJT Description:

• The DSP has collected accurate healthcare information on the people they support.
• The DSP is knowledgeable about the persons' rights to privacy and demonstrates ways of protecting the person's rights. Rights include knowing who has access to medical information and how the person, their family, and or legal representative (if appropriate) can get copies of the medical information kept by healthcare providers.
• The DSP can explain healthcare reimbursement benefits to the person and family in a way that is easy to understand.
• The person, their family or legal representative (if applicable) expresses satisfaction with the support they receive from the DSP when working with healthcare providers.
• The person, their family, or legal representative (if applicable) expresses satisfaction with the support they receive from the DSP in understanding recommendations made by the healthcare provider so they can make an informed decision about their healthcare.
• The DSP attends a healthcare appointment with the person. The person, or family members (if applicable), reports that the DSP has discussed the healthcare professional's recommendations with them understandably and respectfully.
• The Direct Support Professional supports the person and family to make informed decisions about healthcare choices.
• The DSP demonstrates they are knowledgeable about the healthcare needs of the person and works in partnership with the healthcare provider, the person, and their family and legal representative (if applicable).
• The DSP demonstrates that they are knowledgeable about healthcare options and have successfully supported a person to find a healthcare provider that meets the person's healthcare needs.
• The DSP assures the mental health professional has accurate information about the person they support, including any symptoms and effectiveness of therapies.