CDS Rolls Out 6th Course in its CFSM Curriculum: 'Your First Few Weeks and Months as a Supervisor'

ATLANTA, Georgia, January 29 - The College of Direct Support (CDS), an internet-based curriculum for
direct support professionals and managed in partnership by MC
Strategies/Elsevier and the University of Minnesota's Research and Training
Center, announced today that its sixth course in the College of Frontline
Supervision and Management (CFSM) on "Your First Few Weeks and Months as a
Supervisor" is now available for administrators and learners to use as part
of the online curriculum.

This course provides an overview of the entry-level skills and duties
that a person will need as a new supervisor and it will be very helpful
during the first few weeks and months on the job. It may also be helpful for
more experienced supervisors who have not had formal training in these areas.

The course training covers a number of important areas, including the
following:

    - Delegation and organization.
    - Remote supervision.
    - Operational management.
    - Planning and running effective meetings.
    - Conflict management and problem solving.

From this course learners will develop valuable management and
supervisory skills to help them be effective and efficient supervisors. The
skills developed from this course will help create open, organized, and
efficient organizations and that will in turn lead to the creation of a more
satisfied staff. Learners who take this course are encouraged to review the
course, Preparing for the Supervisor's Job in Human Services. It will help
you to build on the professional development plan that is started in that
course.

The College of Frontline Supervision and Management is embedded in the
CDS curriculum. The quality and stability of Direct Support Professionals
(DSPs) is more often than not related to the quality and stability of their
supervisors. In many instances good DSPs are promoted to supervisory
positions without receiving the focused training they need to be effective
leaders and managers in their new roles. To respond to this, the CFSM was
created and its target audience is Frontline Supervisors, lead workers, and
DSPs who want to move into supervisory roles.

For additional information, you may visit
www.collegeofdirectsupport.com or call Bill Tapp, National Director of
the CDS, or Tom King, Director of Communications, at +1-877-353-2767 (toll
free). You also can send an email to Tom King at
tking@collegeofdirectsupport.com.

About the College of Direct Support

The College of Direct Support is a learning gateway for contemporary best
practices for Direct Support Professionals. By incorporating web-based
learning, backed by nationally recognized curricula, the CDS is designed to
promote a profession of direct support. The CDS is being used in more than 30
states and also in Canada. It is a collaboration between MC
Strategies/Elsevier and the University of Minnesota's Research and Training
Center's Institute on Community Integration, which authors the curriculum.

CDS offers a complete lineup of courses offered on the MC
Strategies/Elsevier's Learning Management System.

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and
medical information products and services. The company works in partnership
with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000
journals, including The Lancet (www.thelancet.com) and Cell
(www.cell.com ), and close to 20,000 book titles, including major
reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include
ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com), Scopus (www.scopus.com),
Reaxys (www.reaxys.com), MD Consult (www.mdconsult.com) and
Nursing Consult (www.nursingconsult.com), which enhance the
productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite
(www.scival.com ) and MEDai's Pinpoint Review (www.medai.com),
which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more
cost-effectively.

A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier (
www.elsevier.com) employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part
of Reed Elsevier Group PLC (www.reedelsevier.com ), a world-leading
publisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier
PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam),
REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).

    Contact: Tom King,
             +1-877-353-2767,
             tking@collegeofdirectsupport.com .

Contact: Tom King, +1-877-353-2767, tking at collegeofdirectsupport.com .