'Depression' is Newest Disability Intensive Course Introduced to College of Direct Support Curriculum

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 11, 2010 - The College of Direct Support (CDS), an internet-based college
for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) and managed in partnership by
Elsevier I MC Strategies and the University of Minnesota's Research and
Training Center, has introduced its newest Disability Intensive Course (DIC)
into the CDS Curriculum - "Depression."

The course on "Depression" is an introduction to a mental
health condition and in it, users will learn about the different forms of
depression and how it may affect the individuals supported and other people.
Depression is a common illness that spans all ages. Direct Support
Professionals studying this course will learn to identify the signs and
symptoms of depression and the common treatment options, and will help DSPs
identify some common prevention and recovery tools. These tools can help
those supported and people living with depression.

This is the third DIC course to be added to the CDS
curriculum, joining courses on "Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders" and
"Cerebral Palsy." Kelly Nye, Project Coordinator at the Institute on
Community Integration (ICI), authored this course, and the internal course
editors were Nancy McCulloh and Susan O'Nell, Project Coordinators at the ICI
at the University of Minnesota. The ICI team creates and authors all CDS
courses.

"CDS strives to be at the cutting edge of issues for Direct
Support Professionals, and this disability intensive course on Depression
provides a wealth of information for DSPs related to symptoms, causes,
treatment and recovery," Nye said of the course she authored. "It also
provides DSPs with an improved set of skills to work in their given field to
provide the most comprehensive care to individuals with depression. We are
pleased to provide DSPs with new and useful information to assist them in
their roles as front line leaders in the field of disability services."

A DIC is a specialized course within the CDS that focuses on
one disability or condition. Unlike other CDS courses, they have only one
lesson. Each course defines and describes the nature of a specific condition.
It has information about the causes, characteristics and symptoms, and shares
some stories of people who have this condition.

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 partnership
between Elsevier I MC Strategies 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
Elsevier I MC Strategies 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),
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Tom King, +1-877-353-2767 tking@collegeofdirectsupport.com

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