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:
Enroll
Enroll your staff in live programs for in-person, expert-led training.
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
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.
Fall 2026 Virtual Schedule
September 15
Supported Decision-Making by Design:
A Practical Process to Teach Choice, Manage Risk, and Build Independence
Learn how to empower individuals to make their own decisions and take greater control of their lives…building confidence, increasing independence, and helping staff learn when to support, when to step back, and when to get out of the way.
3-hour session
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Oct 14 & 15
The Ultimate Compliance Acing Formula:
7 Steps to Audit Ready All the Time
Learn how to build a Medicaid-approved internal compliance program that catches problems before reviewers do, keeps your agency audit-ready, and takes the panic out of compliance…so your next review is a piece of cake.
2 half days: 3-hours each
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October 22
Bored to Busy Blueprint:
A Year’s Worth of Meaningful Activities in Less Than 30 Minutes
Learn how to turn boring days into busy ones by uncovering individual interests and creating meaningful opportunities they actually enjoy…without spending a fortune or planning elaborate activities.
3-hour session
Learn moreNovember 5
Beyond Chicken Nuggets:
7 Practical Strategies to Build Healthier Eating Habits and Greater Independence
Learn how to create healthy meals and how to include the individuals you support to the fullest extent possible…making meal creation fun and interesting instead of boring or tedious.
3-hour session
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Frontline Supervisor Fundamentals Workshop:
Critical Tools for Agency Super Heroes
Discover the 10 fundamentals of effective frontline supervision and walk away with practical strategies to strengthen your team, tackle everyday challenges, and a clear action plan you can put to work immediately. Build the skills and confidence to stop reacting to the problem of the day and start supervising with purpose.
2 half days: 3-hours each
Learn moreDecember 8
Failproof Ongoing Training Techniques:
On-the-Spot Tricks to Keep Staff on Track
Keep staff skills sharp by turning everyday moments into powerful training opportunities that build skills, correct problems before they grow, and keep expectations on track…without adding another training to everyone’s calendar.
3-hour session
Learn more9-Month In-Depth Virtual Frontline Supervisor Program
Frontline Supervisor Success Academy
Where supervisors tackle tough conversations, practice real leadership and work management 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.
Doors open December 2026. Hop on the waitlist to save your spot, and lock in 2026 enrollment rates.
Own It
Grab the training packages that make it easy for 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.
Keeping it Professional: The DSP Communication and Relationship Toolkit
Building communication, empathy, and professionalism into everyday support
Your staff have to deal with a whole lot of people. Give them practical tools to communicate effectively, handle tricky relationships, show empathy without getting sucked in, and stay professional even when the people stuff gets complicated.
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COMING SOON!
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
Book It
Perfect for Associations and Agencies who want an in-house training.
Beyond Chicken Nuggets:
7 Practical Strategies to Build Healthier Eating Habits and Greater Independence
Learn how to create healthy meals and how to include the individuals you support to the fullest extent possible…making meal creation fun and interesting instead of boring or tedious.
3-hour session
Learn moreBored to Busy Blueprint:
A Year’s Worth of Meaningful Activities in Less Than 30 Minutes
Learn how to turn boring days into busy ones by uncovering individual interests and creating meaningful opportunities they actually enjoy…without spending a fortune or planning elaborate activities.
3-hour session
Learn moreSupported Decision-Making by Design:
Industry Secrets to Move the Needle on Individual Independence
Learn how to empower individuals to make their own decisions and take greater control of their lives…building confidence, increasing independence, and helping staff learn when to support, when to step back, and when to get out of the way.
3-hour session
Learn more
The Ultimate Compliance Acing Formula:
7 Steps to Audit Ready All the Time
Learn how to build a Medicaid-approved internal compliance program that catches problems before reviewers do, keeps your agency audit-ready, and takes the panic out of compliance…so your next review is a piece of cake.
6-hour session or 2 half-days
Learn more
Frontline Supervisor Fundamentals Workshop:
Critical Tools for Agency Super Heroes
Discover the 10 fundamentals of effective frontline supervision and walk away with practical strategies to strengthen your team, tackle everyday challenges, and a clear action plan you can put to work immediately. Build the skills and confidence to stop reacting to the problem of the day and start supervising with purpose.
6-hour session or 2 half-days
Learn moreFailproof Ongoing Training Techniques:
On-the-Spot Tricks to Keep Staff on Track
Keep staff skills sharp by turning everyday moments into powerful training opportunities that build skills, correct problems before they grow, and keep expectations on track…without adding another training to everyone’s calendar.
3-hour session
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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