Services That Solve Real Provider Problems
Great services don’t happen by accident—they’re built through strong leadership, skilled staff, and everyday practices that work.
Explore the services below to find the right fit for your team!
Discover the Right Solution
There are 3 ways we can work together:
Consulting
Analysis, Audits, Operations, Solutions, Custom Training
Trainings
In-Person, Virtual, On Demand
For Agencies & Associations
Speaking
Keynotes, Breakouts, Events, Workshops, Panel Discussions
Why work with me
My time-tested trainings help developmental disability providers tackle the real challenges that get in the way of excellent services for all provider problems.
From staff professionalism and retention to leadership skills, meaningful support, and regulatory compliance.
Each training is practical, engaging, and designed to deliver strategies providers can apply immediately.
In-Person and Virtual Training Workshops Keynotes Plans of Correction Customized On-Site Training Training Curriculum Development Operational Assessment and Problem Solving Strategic Planning Compliance Reviews
From audit chaos to audit-ready
A Pennsylvania provider was dealing with high turnover and state audits that stretched to three days with many citations.
What we did together:
We implemented my deep-dive supervisor training, restructured leadership systems, and rebuilt their compliance process.
The result?
Turnover dropped dramatically, and those same audits are now finished in a single day— citations are rare.
Too often provider staff feel they have to choose between 1 of 2 doors
Door 1
Learn to live with the problems
Door 2
Leave the field and the individuals they love
But there is a third door!
Permanently solve your problems so they stay gone for good!
Here’s a comprehensive list of the trainings I offer:
Own it
Buy a train-the-trainer package and train your staff over and over.
Book it
Schedule training for your agency or members. Fully customizable.
Enroll
Enroll your staff in live programs and get consistent, expert-led training.
Own It
The Provider Power Pack: Everyday Excellence in Action
Solve the Everyday Problems That Quietly Sabotage Great Services
The Keeping it Professional: The DSP Communication and Relationship Toolkit
Building communication, empathy, and professionalism into everyday support
Objective: The 1st ever professionalism training specifically for the field of developmental disabilities
Format: Train the trainer format, videos, training manual, quizzes, NADSP certified, 2 1:1 calls for Trainer manual, progress through each lesson in order, pick and choose based on needs
Length: 5 modules - 3 lessons each
Price: $1997
The Frontline Leadership Lab
A ready-to-run leadership training curriculum that helps agencies grow confident frontline supervisors from within
Objective: A comprehensive curriculum that allows agencies to control the pace and schedule of training delivery while developing confident frontline supervisors
Format: Train the trainer format, videos, manual, quizzes, NADSP certified, 2 1:1 calls. Trainer manual, progress through each lesson in order, pick and choose based on needs
Total number of training hours: 60 NADSP approved hours
Price: $19,997
Book It
Bored to Busy Blueprint
A Year’s Worth of Meaningful Activities in Less Than 30 Minutes
Objective: Discover my super simple process for thinking up and integrating community-based, relationship-building activities.
Format: Live
Length: 3-hour session
Dates: we’ll be scheduled depending on our availability
Price: Prices vary based on format. Contact me to receive a quote
25 Failproof Ongoing Training Techniques
On-the-Spot Tricks to Keep Staff on Track
Objective: Keep staff skills sharp and knowledgeable without pulling everyone in for training days
Format: Live
Length: 3-hour sessions
Dates: (for live sessions)
Price: Prices vary based on format. Contact me to receive a quote
Beyond Chicken Nuggets
7 Practical Strategies to Build Healthier Eating Habits and Greater Independence]
Objective: Staff learn how to create healthy meals and how to include the individuals they support to the fullest extent possible…making meal creation fun and interesting instead of boring or tedious
Format: Live
Length: 3-hour session
Price: Prices vary based on format. Contact me to receive a quote
Ultimate Compliance Acing Formula
7 Steps to Audit Ready All the Time
Objective: Build your agency’s Medicaid-approved internal compliance program so your reviews will be a piece of cake.
Format: Live
Length: 6-hour (full day) or 2x 3-hour (2 half days)
Price: Prices vary based on format. Contact me to receive a quote
Top 25 Supported Decision-Making Strategies
Industry Secrets to Move the Needle on Individual Independence
Objective: Learn how to empower individuals to make their own decisions and direct more of their own lives
Format: Live
Length: 3-hour sessions
Dates: (for live sessions)
Price: Prices vary based on format
Frontline Supervisor Intensive
Critical Tools for Agency Super Heroes
Objective: Identify the 10 fundamentals of effective frontline supervision and develop a practical action plan for immediate next step implementation.\
Format: live
Length: 2 - 3-hour sessions (or 1 6-day)
Dates: (for live sessions)
Price: Prices vary based on format. Contact me to receive a quote
Enroll in it
Frontline Supervisor Success Academy
Where supervisors tackle tough conversations, practice real leadership skills, and build high-performing DSP teams
Objective: for a deep-dive leadership experience where supervisors from around the country come together to learn the art of frontline supervision that drives accountability, ownership, and independence in service delivery.
Format: live - in person, video recordings, small groups, bonus video trainings, scenario analysis, role play, quizzes, NADSP certified, success sheets
Length: 9 months - 1 live recorded session per month, 1 open Q&A session
Price: $875/ person or $815/person for a group of 3 or more people
I'm Sara Sherman!
I help developmental disability service providers bring a permanent end to all those pesky problems that take up so much time and get in the way of the real goal of providing dream-building, life-empowering services to individuals with disabilities.
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