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Research and Training Center on Community Living Staff Member

Kristin Dean
Web Developer; Media Coordinator
Kristin first started working in the field of developmental disabilities during graduate school while working on her M.S. in Therapeutic Recreation. After graduating, she continued to work with people with disabilities of all types in the role of Recreation Therapist in inpatient settings, partial hospitalization programs, residential settings, and outdoor therapeutic recreation centers. After completing training in website design, Kristin came to work at the University of Minnesota as an Information Technology Professional. In this position, she had the opportunity to combine her love of technology and working with people with disabilities. For the past seven years, she has worked primarily on the College of Direct Support and the College of Frontline Supervision developing multi-media interactive content for over two-dozen courses. Recently, she began producing podcasts and coordinating a blog focused on the direct support workforce.
Organization: Research and Training Center on Community Living
E-mail: (deanx032@umn.edu)
Current Projects
  • College of Direct Support: National Online Training Program for Direct Support Professionals
    The College of Direct Support (CDS) is a computer-assisted, competency-based, interactive multimedia training curriculum for direc... (More)

  • Mobilizing for Change: Supporting the Frontline Workforce
    This project is developing a national web-based training program for frontline supervisors in human service agencies to address is... (More)

Author, Contributor or Editor for the following Publications & Products

  •College of Frontline Supervision and Management - The College of Frontline Supervision (CFS) is an online multimedia training resource focusing on the topics of how to recruit, train, and retain high quality direct support professionals.

College of Direct Support - The College of Direct Support (CDS) is a computer-assisted, competency-based, interactive multimedia training curriculum for direct support professionals in community settings.

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