Virginia's Autism Competencies for Direct Support Professionals and Supervisors who support individuals with Developmental Disabilities
The Autism Competencies Checklist is designed to ensure a more consistent level of expertise among DSPs and Supervisors who provide supports in Virginia's DD services system. This competencies checklist has been derived from the Virginia Autism Council's Skill Competencies for Professionals and Direct Support Staff in Virginia Supporting Adolescents and Adults with Autism (June 2014).
These competencies were developed by professionals with knowledge in best practices and in accordance with established orientation requirements for Virginia's DD waivers per 12VAC30-120-515. This checklist builds upon basic competencies and contains additional competencies that must be demonstrated by DSPs and their supervisors when supporting individuals with needs related to a diagnosis of autism and identified as most at risk through a Supports Intensity Scale level of **5, 6, or 7**.
The competency area included in this checklist is: **1. Demonstrates proficiency in providing supports related to autism (section for DMAS P201a)**.
This checklist serves as documentation that proficiency has been confirmed in the required competency area.
| Competency Area, Sub-area, and Competency | DSP Initial Competence (Prior to 180 days of hire) |
DSP Proficiency (Annually after 180 days) |
Supervisor Initial Competence (Prior to 180 days of hire) |
Supervisor Proficiency (Annually after 180 days) |
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| # | Initials/Date | Initials/Date | Initials/Date | Initials/Date | |
| 1. Demonstrates proficiency in providing supports related to autism | |||||
| 1.1 | [Specific competency text is not available in the document snippet. This section is for listing the individual competencies required under this area.] | ||||
| 1.X | [...Please refer to the complete DMAS P201 form for all detailed competency requirements...] | ||||
If the employee does not demonstrate competency in the area or if the supervisor cannot confirm that the staff member is demonstrating the skills and behaviors in the required area, the employee will review the training information, retesting will be completed, and the employee will have **180 days** to demonstrate these competencies. Once the test is passed with a score of **80% or above** and competencies are confirmed, sign and date below.
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| Signature | Signature |
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Complete the appropriate section below:
I have observed that the employee continues to meet DBHDS-standards by demonstrating the skills and behaviors in the required area:
1. Demonstrates proficiency in providing supports related to autism _____ Initials
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