Correction
Court
Underestimates Value
of Direct Support
Mark Olson of the National
Alliance of Direct Support Professionals wrote in to correct an
error in the article, “Court
Underestimates Value of Direct Support: Long Island Care at Home vs.
Coke: a Bad Decision and a Call to Action” by Kathleen Hagen
(July 10, 2007). The article mentioned that NADSP had worked with the
Department of Labor to include “Direct Support Professional” as
a job title in its Dictionary of Occupational Titles. The title included
was actually “Direct Support Specialist.”
Olson further commented, “The National Alliance along with our
allies worked to get the title of ‘Direct Support Professional’ in
the DOT. While I wish that we could have used our preferred title,
the Department of Labor codification of ‘Direct Support Specialist’ does
give us a common term we can use to describe all who provide direct
support. I also encourage Direct Support Professionals to connect with
our organization, embrace our code of ethics, explore our credentialing
program and join us in changing how the nation views the work we do.
When we show our professionalism en masse we can collectively ask the
Department of Labor to make a change.” ![]()
