OADSP

DSP Experience: 2022 Regional Meeting
2022-12-14 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-12-14 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Detroit) | Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center, 205 N 7th St, Zanesville, OH, 43701, United States
What Is The “DSP Experience?” DSPX is Direct Support Professionals providing valuable feedback and essential input to Ohio’s DODD Workforce Crisis Taskforce, with an aim to improve recruitment, retention, job satisfaction, and career growth.

Find out more and register for a meeting Session here.

DSP Experience: 2022 Regional Meeting
2022-12-15 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-12-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Educational Service Center of Central Ohio, 2080 Citygate Dr, Columbus, OH, 43219, United States

DSP Experience: 2022 Regional Meeting
2022-12-16 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-12-16 13:00 - 15:00 | Ross-Pike Educational Service Center, 425 E 2nd St, Piketon, OH, 45661, United States

DSP Days
2023-01-05 15:00 - 21:00 | OH
Part of OADSP’s mission is to educate, elevate, and empower DSPs. Part of Scene75’s mission is to entertain them!

Registered DSPs can visit Scene75 on the first Thursday of every month for FREE FUN!

WHERE ARE DSP DAYS?

Head to your local Scene75 and enjoy rides, games, and attractions with family and friends from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.:

Dayton: 6196 Poe Avenue, Dayton, OH 45414

Cincinnati: 876 SR 28 Milford, OH 45150

Cleveland: 3688 Center Rd, Brunswick, OH 44212

Columbus: 5033 Tuttle Crossing Blvd, Dublin, OH 43016

Chicagoland: 460 S Weber Rd, Romeoville, IL 60446

WHAT DO DSP DAYS INCLUDE?

One FREE $10 Game Play Card, which is good toward any of Scene75’s games and attractions

One FREE Spin Zone, a crazy-fun bumper car experience for anyone 48″/1.25m or taller

One FREE round (9 holes) of Blacklight Mini-Golf — will you dive Under The Sea, or venture into an Immortal Jungle?!?

Exclusive purchasing power! When you arrive, you can also buy the package that includes all of the above for just $14.99 for any of your friends or family! Cards purchased must be used that day.

HOW DO I BECOME A REGISTERED DSP?

Every month you plan to go, fill out the registration form here.

It’s that easy! When you and your friends and family arrive at Scene75, provide the same info to the folks at the Welcome Desk, and you’re in!

Meeting: OADSP Team
2023-01-17 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-02-21 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-03-21 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-04-18 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-05-17 10:00 - 16:00 | OADSP offices, 73 E Wilson Bridge Rd #B4, Worthington, OH, 43085, United States

DSP Experience: 2023 Virtual Meeting
2023-01-19 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-01-26 10:00 - 12:00 | Online link available by registering

Meeting: ADVANCE Think Tank Expansion Group - Finance
2023-01-25 11:00 - 13:00 | Online
The ADVANCE Think Tank is a progressive group of leaders within Ohio’s I/DD field eager to take on its most challenging issues and concerns. The group plans and presents the bi-annual ADVANCE Partnership Summit (APS).

The Think Tank Expansion Groups expand on the ideas, comments, and concepts generated at the 2022 APS through the Red-Yellow-Green Card Activity, which addressed 4 key areas – Regulatory, Technology & Equipment, Workforce, and Finance. Each of these 4 is the guiding theme of one Group, and the work done on these key areas during the Summit is each Group’s starting point.

If you attended the Summit and have not received information about the Expansion Groups, contact us so we can share registration information.

DSP Days
2023-02-02 15:00 - 21:00, 2023-03-02 15:00 - 21:00, 2023-04-06 15:00 - 21:00, 2023-05-04 15:00 - 21:00, 2023-06-01 15:00 - 21:00 | OH
Part of OADSP’s mission is to educate, elevate, and empower DSPs. Part of Scene75’s mission is to entertain them!

Registered DSPs can visit Scene75 on the first Thursday of every month for FREE FUN!

WHERE ARE DSP DAYS?

Head to your local Scene75 and enjoy rides, games, and attractions with family and friends from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.:

Dayton: 6196 Poe Avenue, Dayton, OH 45414

Cincinnati: 876 SR 28 Milford, OH 45150

Cleveland: 3688 Center Rd, Brunswick, OH 44212

Columbus: 5033 Tuttle Crossing Blvd, Dublin, OH 43016

Chicagoland: 460 S Weber Rd, Romeoville, IL 60446

WHAT DO DSP DAYS INCLUDE?

One FREE $10 Game Play Card, which is good toward any of Scene75’s games and attractions

One FREE Spin Zone, a crazy-fun bumper car experience for anyone 48″/1.25m or taller

One FREE round (9 holes) of Blacklight Mini-Golf — will you dive Under The Sea, or venture into an Immortal Jungle?!?

Exclusive purchasing power! When you arrive, you can also buy the package that includes all of the above for just $14.99 for any of your friends or family! Cards purchased must be used that day.

HOW DO I BECOME A REGISTERED DSP?

Every month you plan to go, fill out the registration form here, at least 2 days before the event.

It’s that easy! When you and your friends and family arrive at Scene75, provide the same info to the folks at the Welcome Desk, and you’re in!

DSP-U Campus Kick-Off
2023-02-10 11:00 - 14:00 | Liberty High School, 140 N Keowee St, Dayton, Ohio, 45402, United States
Aaaand another secondary school becomes a DSP-U Campus! OADSP and school reps, along with participating students, gather to kickoff the program and begin their classroom and internship experiences, readying a new cohort of Direct Support Professionals-to-be for the frontline of the I/DD field! Go Team!

2023 BTWB: Cody Clark Magic FREE
2023-02-15 10:00 - 11:00 | OH
Anyone who attended OADSP’s 2022 DSP Recognition Event will remember Cody Clark, his incredible story, and his amazing magic, and we’re pleased and excited to have Cody back for another show to help us all Beat The Winter Blues, magically! Register today to secure your virtual seat for FREE!

Once you register, you will be sent the Zoom link for viewing. Please do NOT post this link publicly or share it (email, social media, etc.). This link is for use on YOUR device: any number of people can watch the show via your device, but we need each device to be paired with a registration. This helps us track our attendee count (to work within our Zoom capacity), and most important, helps enforce online safety and privacy. Thank you for respecting this policy!

Dash To Nashville
2023-02-27 08:00 - 2023-03-01 20:00 | Embassy Suites | Nashville, 10 Century Blvd, Nashville, TN, 37214, United States
Music City, USA

DSPs are strongly encouraged to travel with OADSP to Music City, USA, for 3 days and 2 nights of boot-scootin’ fun! For $249, this bus trip to Tennessee includes travel, hotel (double occupancy), and breakfast. We depart at 8 a.m. on Monday, February 27, 2023, from Columbus, Ohio, and will be making a stop in Cincinnati. We return Wednesday, March 1. Other than breakfast, meals are each traveler’s responsibility. There’s history, art, shopping, and of course, MUSIC to experience in Nashville, and we hope you can join us!

Click here for more information, rates, and registration.

Meeting: OADSP Board (Q1)
2023-03-09 13:00 - 15:00 | OH
OADSP is governed by a non-profit Board of Directors. Each Board member brings a unique perspective to the table, and all donate their time, talent, and experience to OADSP. Read more about each member here.

Meeting: ADVANCE Think Tank Expansion Group - Workforce
2023-03-15 11:00 - 13:00 | Online

Meeting: DSP & FLS Councils
2023-04-04 10:00 - 16:00 | Online
OADSP’s DSP and Frontline Supervisor Councils are two separate groups made up of leading professionals that help keep OADSP’s Board of Directors and the OADSP team informed about the frontline experience. They act in supportive and representative roles for their fellow DSPs and Supervisors.

Each Council meets quarterly – either in person or virtually – to discuss issues affecting DSPs and Frontline Supervisors, respectively. Both groups formulate and offer recommendations to OADSP related to the execution of our mission, including improving service delivery and job satisfaction. Council members play a significant part in planning OADSP’s annual Summit and DSP Recognition Event, and in other regular programming. Each member serves a term of two (2) years.

2023 Summit
2023-05-03 10:00 - 15:00 | DWELL Community Conference Center, 1390 Community Park Dr, Columbus, OH, 43229, United States
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST. REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.

Every year, OADSP hosts a professional conference for DSPs and Frontline Supervisors – our annual Summit – and this year marks the 9th such event. Plenary and breakout sessions, lunch, networking, activities, games, and fun are typical parts of the low-cost event, at which hundreds of professionals gather to be educated, elevated, and empowered.

For the 2023 Summit, in addition to our keynote plenary session, OADSP and the DSP and Frontline Supervisor Councils are presenting breakout sessions that address UIs and MUIs; Supporting Community Belonging; Parent/Guardian Relationships with DSPs; and Mental Health First Aid®. Each of these sessions is offered twice – at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. – and all 5 presentations are approved for CPDUs from Ohio DODD. Click here for session descriptions.

Thank you to the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities for event sponsorship!

Meeting: ADVANCE Think Tank Expansion Group - Technology & Equipment
2023-05-04 11:00 - 13:00 | Online

Ambassador Orientation/Training
2023-05-24 14:00 - 15:30 | OH
OADSP’s Ambassador program is a new way for DSPs to increase their outreach, opportunities, and impact. Each Ambassador serves a term of two (2) years. Ambassadors must be agency employees and provide direct support to individuals with I/DD. They are selected by their employers’ Executive Directors.

This required initial orientation and training is online; the link is sent directly to Ambassadors.

Meeting: OADSP Board (Q2)
2023-06-08 13:00 - 15:00 | OH
