Developmental Disabilities Direct Support Certificate (DSC)
2017-2018
Type: Career, Certificate (C1)
Open Admissions
Division: Health And Human Services
Graduates from this certificate program find challenging jobs in recreational, residential, vocational, and educational programs working with children and adults with developmental disabilities. Students combine academic course work with field placements at local agencies to develop the personal and professional skills necessary for successful employment.
The 21 credits can be transferred directly into the Associate Degree in Developmental Disabilities at NSCC or to other colleges.
Students interested in participating in an academic program that involves working with children, the disabled, or the elderly, or which includes a clinical affiliation, internship, or field placement with a private or public healthcare provider, may be required to undergo criminal background checks, including a national as well as local check (i.e. Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) and Sex Offender Record Information (SORI)). Depending on the contents of these criminal background check(s), a student's participation in an academic program that involves working with children, the disabled, or the elderly or which includes a clinical affiliation, internship or field placement with a private or public healthcare provider may not be allowed, and therefore may impact a student's ability to complete program requirements. Furthermore, please note that eligibility to participate in the program and/or clinical affiliation, internship or field placement as a result of screening requirements, such as criminal background checks, is not a guarantee of eligibility to sit for professional credentialing examination(s) or employment upon graduation.
First Year
Fall
| CMP101 | Composition 1 | 3 |
| DVD101 | Introduction to Developmental Disabilities | 3 |
| DVD121 | Field Placement and Seminar 1 in Developmental Disabilities | 3 |
| HUS101 | The Human Services Worker | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Spring
| DVD103 | Developmental Disabilities: Special Topics | 3 |
| HUS102 | Helping Skills in Human Services | 3 |
| PSY102 | Introductory Psychology | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Program Note
Communications and Mathematics proficiencies required to graduate.
See guided pathway sheets for advising information specific to your area of focus.
Total Credit Hours: 21