Trainings To Up Your Provider Game
Great services don’t happen by accident—and neither do great teams. They’re built through continuous learning, strong leadership, and practical skills that make an impact every day.
Explore the trainings below to find the right fit for your team!
These trainings are for you if you are a:
Provider, Provider Association, State Department or Agency
(Coming soon: Case Management Training)
There are 3 ways to interact with my trainings:
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 for in-person, expert-led training.
Own It
Grab the training packages that make it easy to you to train your staff over and over. I'll even show you how to create a new training year after year from the same content.
The Provider Power Pack: Everyday Excellence in Action
Solve the Everyday Problems That Quietly Sabotage Great Services
8 of my most requested 1 hour presentations. Topics for both DSPs and Management Teams.
Includes: Trainer's Manual, Success Sheets, Slide Decks, Training Videos, Transcripts, Slide-by-Slide trainer instructions, Quizzes, Quiz Answers, Certificates
The Frontline Leadership Lab
A ready-to-run leadership training curriculum that helps agencies grow confident frontline supervisors from within
A comprehensive curriculum that allows agencies to control the pace and schedule of training delivery while developing confident frontline supervisors. 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.
Includes: Trainer's Manual, Success Sheets, Slide Decks, Training Videos, Transcripts, Slide-by-Slide trainer instructions, Quizzes, Quiz Answers, Certificates
The Keeping it Professional: The DSP Communication and Relationship Toolkit
Building communication, empathy, and professionalism into everyday support
The 1st ever professionalism training specifically for the field of developmental disabilities. 15 lessons - covering customer service, empathy, trauma, and challenging personalities.
Includes: Trainer's Manual, Success Sheets, Slide Decks, Training Videos, Transcripts, Slide-by-Slide trainer instructions, Quizzes, Quiz Answers, Certificates
Book It
Book sessions for your team or your members!
Bored to Busy Blueprint:
A Year’s Worth of Meaningful Activities in Less Than 30 Minutes
Building communication, empathy, and professionalism into everyday support.
3 hour session
Learn moreFailproof Ongoing Training Techniques:
On-the-Spot Tricks to Keep Staff on Track
Keep staff skills sharp and knowledgeable without pulling everyone in for training days.
3 hour session
Learn moreBeyond Chicken Nuggets:
7 Practical Strategies to Build Healthier Eating Habits and Greater Independence
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
3 hour session
Learn moreEffective Supported Decision-Making Strategies:
Industry Secrets to Move the Needle on Individual Independence
Learn how to empower individuals to make their own decisions and direct more of their own lives
3 hour session
Learn more
The Ultimate Compliance Acing Formula:
7 Steps to Audit Ready All the Time
Build your agency’s Medicaid-approved internal compliance program so your reviews will be a piece of cake.
6 hour session or 2 half days
Learn moreFrontline Supervisor Fundamentals Workshop:
Critical Tools for Agency Super Heroes
Identify the 10 fundamentals of effective frontline supervision and develop a practical action plan for immediate next step implementation.
6 hour session or 2 half days
Learn moreEnroll
Live trainings offered directly from me...to you! Come learn the tools you need to level up your skills and light up your service delivery game.
Frontline Supervisor Success Academy
Where supervisors tackle tough conversations, practice real leadership skills, and build high-performing DSP teams
A 9 month 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.
Bored to Busy Blueprint:
A Year’s Worth of Meaningful Activities in Less Than 30 Minutes
Building communication, empathy, and professionalism into everyday support.
3 hour session
Learn moreFailproof Ongoing Training Techniques:
On-the-Spot Tricks to Keep Staff on Track
Keep staff skills sharp and knowledgeable without pulling everyone in for training days.
3 hour session
Learn moreBeyond Chicken Nuggets:
7 Practical Strategies to Build Healthier Eating Habits and Greater Independence
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
3 hour session
Learn moreEffective Supported Decision-Making Strategies:
Industry Secrets to Move the Needle on Individual Independence
Learn how to empower individuals to make their own decisions and direct more of their own lives
3 hour session
Learn more
The Ultimate Compliance Acing Formula:
7 Steps to Audit Ready All the Time
Build your agency’s Medicaid-approved internal compliance program so your reviews will be a piece of cake.
6 hour session or 2 half days
Learn moreFrontline Supervisor Fundamentals Workshop:
Critical Tools for Agency Super Heroes
Identify the 10 fundamentals of effective frontline supervision and develop a practical action plan for immediate next step implementation.
6 hour session or 2 half days
Learn more
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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