'Home and Community Living' is Newest Course Introduced to College of Direct Support Curriculum

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 15, 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 course - "Home and Community Living."

This latest course added to the main CDS curriculum will help DSPs and
family providers learn to support a person in his or her home in ways that he
or she wants to be supported.

This is the fourth new course added to the curriculum in 2010. Other
courses released this year were "The First Few Weeks & Months as a
Supervisor, the new Film for Thought course "Body & Soul," and the new
Disability Intensive Course (DIC) on "Depression."

The University of Minnesota Institute on Community Integration, which
authors the CDS curriculum, described the new course, "Our homes are
important to us. The home is the heart of many activities that keep us
connected to our communities, and they are also personal spaces. Helping
people live at home more comfortably, more safely, and in ways that are
meaningful is part of the DSP's job. This course will help DSPs learn to
support a person in his or her home in ways that he or she wants to be
supported. The lessons in this course cover many important aspects of
supporting someone at home. Topics include learning about the boundaries and
expectations in this role. They also include facts, techniques, and methods
of support. Many other areas are covered as well, such as cleaning, home
maintenance and upkeep, and yard work. It also includes pet care,
organization, and laundry."

The following lessons are included in this course: Lesson 1: Supporting
Home Living: The DSP Role; Lesson 2: Comfortable Living; Lesson 3:
Maintaining a Clean Home; Lesson 4: Home Maintenance & Upkeep; and Lesson 5:
Clothing Care and Laundry.

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),
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Nursing Consult (www.nursingconsult.com), which enhance the
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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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    Media Contact:

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

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