Training List
Listed below are some training ideas. Please note this is not an exclusive list (except in the noted areas), but should
hopefully create a better understanding of what constitutes acceptable alternative sources of training.
With any alternative trainings, please remember the training needs to be relevant to the primary disability of the
participant.
In order to receive training credit, the employee needs to write at least one paragraph on what the training was about
and at least one paragraph on how it relates to their job function, as well as turn in a training time sheet.
Movies/Films:
*please note that only one movie/film will be allowed per training year.
Title
I am Sam, 2001
What’s Eating Gilbert
Grape, 1993
Temple Grandin, 2010
Mr. Hollands Opus, 1995
A Beautiful Mind, 2001
Forrest Gump, 1994
The Other Sister, 1999
My Left Foot, 1989
Radio, 2003
Topic
Developmental Disability
Developmental Disability
Length
2h, 12 mins
1h, 58 mins
Credit hours
2.25 hours
2 hours
Autism
Hearing Impairment
Schizophrenia
Developmental Disability
Developmental Disability
Physical impairment,
speech impediment
Developmental Disability
1h, 47 mins
2h, 23 mins
2h, 15 mins
2h, 22 mins
2 h, 9 mins
1h, 43 mins
2 hours
2.5 hours
2.25 hours
2.5 hours
2.25 hours
1.75 hours
109 minutes
2 hours
Topic
Children who are
medicated for various
health reasons
Learning Disabilities
Length
56 mins
Credit hours
1 hour
30 mins
30 mins
Down Syndrome
Inclusion of those with
disabilities
30 mins
59 mins
30 mins
1 hour
Documentaries
Title
The Medicated Child – PBS
series, 2008
I Can't Do This But; I Can
Do That: A Film For
Families About Learning
Differences- HBO, 2011
Educating Peter, 2006
Including Samuel, 2009
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Netflix
Title
Alive Inside: A Story of
Music and Memory, 2014
Best Kept Secret, 2013
Of Two Minds, 2012
The United States of
Autism, 2013
A Mother’s Courage:
Talking back to Autism,
2009
Sounding the Alarm, 2014
Topic
Alzheimer’s
Length
78 minutes
Credit hours
1.5 hours
Autism
Bi Polar
Autism
86 mins
90 mins
90 mins
1.5 hours
1.5 hours
1.5 hours
Autism, parenting
105 minutes
1.75 hours
Autism
57 minutes
1 hour
Ted Talks:
*Only 1 hour of Ted talks will be allowed per training year
*This is an exclusive list. At this time, no other Ted Talks will be allowed, unless approved by a Personal
Supports Manager.
Title
The World Needs all
Kinds of Minds
A new way to
diagnose Autism
Spectrum Disorder
The Voices in my
Head
A tale of Mental
Illness- From the
Inside
Autism: What we
know (and what we
don’t know yet)
How Electroshock
therapy changed me.
Speaker
Temple Grandin
Topic
Autism
Length
19:53mins
Credit hours
.5 hours
Ami Klin
Autism
19:41 mins
.5 hours
Eleanor Longden
Schizophrenia
14:17
.25 hours
Elyn Saks
Schizophrenia,
institutionalization,
mental illness
Autism
14:52
.25 hours
15:34
.25 hours
22:18
.5 hours
Depression, the secret
we share
I’m not your
inspiration, thank you
very much
How Autism Freed me
to be myself.
Andrew Solomon
Depression,
Electroshock
therapy
Depression
29:21
.5 hours
Stella Young
Physical disability,
community views
9:16
.25 hours
Rosie King
Autism
6:08
.25 hours
Wendy Chung
Sherwin Nuland
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Books
*each page of the book= roughly 1 minute of training time.
*only one book will be allowed per training year
Title, Author
A difference in the family,
H. Featherstone, 1981.
Changed by a Child, B.Gill,
1997.
Moving violations:
Warzones, wheelchairs,
and declarations of
independence, J.
Hockenberry, 1995.
A Child Called “It”, D. Pelzer
The Martian Child, D
Gerrold, 1994
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Topic
Families acceptance of
disability
Accident related
quadriplegia
Spinal cord injury, physical
disability
Length
272 pages
Credit hours
4.5 hours
336 pages
5.5 hours
416 pages
7 hours
Physical abuse, separation
and attachment
Adoption, FAS
184 pages
3 hours
192 pages
3.25 hours
The following website has a great list of books about disabilities:
o http://www.nlcdd.org/resources-books-movies-disability.html
Articles
Articles from reputable sources such as Time Magazine, National Geographic, the New York Times, the Star Tribune or
other newspapers, any scholarly/academic journal such as the Journal of Family Psychology, the Journal of Personality
and Social Psychology, etc. Articles from Wikipedia, tabloid magazines or other like sources will not receive training
credit as any individual can update or post to the website.
Websites listed on the “Training Resources” page will have articles you can read as well.
Articles will need to be submitted to your Program Manager as the training credit hours will need to be
reviewed case by case.
Other
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If you are taking a college class in psychology, sociology, etc., you may be able to receive training credit for the
class. Please submit a copy of the class syllabus to your Program Manager and it will be reviewed on a case by
case basis.
Conferences- the Autism Society of Minnesota, Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota, Minnesota
Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (MOFAS), and many other associations present conferences throughout
the year. Attending the conference would could as training.
o Please keep in mind that many times there is a fee to attend the conference, which the employee would
have to pay out of pocket. CIP will not reimburse for conference attendance.
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o Training credit would be awarded for how long the classes are or how long the speaker presented.
There are free seminars or conferences throughout the year put on by various societies. The best way to find
out about them would be to subscribe to their newsletters or websites.
As always, anything on the College of Direct Supports (CDS) is valid. Please remember Community Involvement
Programs only credits the amount of training hours that CDS credits per lesson, NOT the amount of time it takes
you to complete the module.
o If you have any questions about how much credit you will receive, please contact your manager.
A reminder that this is NOT an exclusive list. Please contact your Personal
Support Services Manager if you have any questions about other
alternative sources of training.
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