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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared a reminder that the deadline to complete the 2022 Student Independent and Group courses is February 28, 2025, as referenced in ODP Announcement 25-010. All student classes must be held in the 2024 Student Independent and Group courses after this date.

Also, please be reminded that the “Trainer Attestation of Qualification” and the “Complete to Access Acknowledgement of Qualification” activities serve as the ‘online’ signatures, replacing the physical signatures. The Trainer Attestation date is required for the User Report to be considered complete, and staff may not administer medication until that step is done. The date the Trainer Attestation was completed will be printed on student Acknowledgements of Qualification issued after January 2, 2025. For the Trainer Attestation date to show on the User Report, the Trainer must enter in the date in the feedback field.

Please view ODPANN 25-022 for additional information and details.

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared ODPANN 25-013 UPDATE, which is to communicate the process for Administrative Entities (AE) to validate that new Provider Applicants have satisfied all Waiver Provider Qualification requirements effective January 1, 2025. Please review the announcement and the below documents for additional information and details. Corrections to the original announcement are in red.

  • Attachment #1: New Provider Qualification Approval Template
  • Attachment #2: New Provider Qualification — Additional Information Needed Template
  • Attachment #3: New Provider Qualification Not Approved Template Version

Please use this version of the announcement going forward.

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Please share these PA Family Network workshops and support groups with your network! Register for upcoming events at PA Family Network’s website.

Support Groups

LifeCourse Workshops

Waiver Workshops

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TOPIC: Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Overview and Practical Application

Over the years the prevalence of autism has increased, Pennsylvania’s service delivery system for individuals with autism has expanded, and best practices to provide quality supports have emerged. To support the individual needs of each person with autism across the lifespan, an understanding of core characteristics must be established. It is also important to learn how the individual’s presentation of autism may change across settings and situations. This seminar will provide attendees with an in-depth presentation on core characteristics of autism and the impact of the characteristics on daily life, routines, and activities. A review of common terms and basic principles used to change behavior, teach new skills, and develop practical application of best practices will be included. Opportunity for discussion and engagement will occur throughout the seminar.

Who should attend?

Direct Support Professionals, Front Line Supervisors, and Program Managers supporting individuals with autism in residential and other home and community-based settings. Professionals supporting individuals in Adult Autism Waiver (AAW), Adult Community Autism Program (ACAP), Consolidated Person/Family-Directed Support Waiver (P/FDS), and Community Living are encouraged to attend.

Where and when will sessions be held?

3 Locations, 1 session per location. 125-person max per session.

  • April 1 — PaTTAN East, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
  • April 24 — PaTTAN Central, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
  • April 30 — PaTTAN West, 9:30 am – 2:30 pm

Registration will open in early March.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

  • This training satisfies the basic autism training requirement for Residential Performance Based Contracting measures CN-DD/Bx.01.1S and CN-DD/Bx.01.1CE for all Direct Support Professionals (DSPs), Frontline Supervisors (FLSs), and program managers.
  • This training also fulfills 6100 ongoing training requirements.

Please contact the Bureau of Autism Training inbox with questions.

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The ODP Announcement 25-019, which was issued Friday, February 14, 2025, has been re-issued with a corrected link for the Provider P4P Data Submission Tool Link. The tool is available here. The link in the initial announcement was pointed to the Primary survey. The Primary survey is NOT the P4P Survey.

Please view the announcement for additional information and details.

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared ODPANN 25-021. This communication is to inform entities that the Temple University Harrisburg Certified Investigator Program and the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) have released a new issue of the quarterly newsletter, The CI Program Spotlight. CI Program Spotlight, Volume 2 Issue 1 may be found on MyODP’s CI Program Home page.

Please view the announcement for additional information and details.

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This is a reminder that the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) will be hosting Virtual Office Hour Sessions for Residential Providers on the submission process for Performance-Based Contracting (PBC). There will be no presentation from ODP — please come prepared with your PBC data submission questions.

Sessions will not be recorded, but new and/or common questions and answers will be added to the Frequently Asked Questions.

Audience: One person per Residential Provider. ODP recommends sending the person who is most closely working with the PBC data submission process.

Please register for 1 session only:

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