APD Training
Welcome to APD's Training Website
Important Announcement
On Friday, May 1st, all Summer APD courses are Open for Registration!
All Spring 2009 courses end on Thursday, April 30, 2009.
Please make sure you have completed all Spring 2009 course work, quizzes, and test. All grades will be updated on Friday, May 1, 2009 and will appear on transcripts on Saturday, May 2, 2009. If you have any questions, please feel free to email apd@tcc.fl.edu.
To offset the cost of upgrades and ensure continuous improvement of APD's online training, a $20 tuition fee is now required for each course beginning November 1st.
You are strongly encouraged to register and pay on-line in order to expedite your access to your courses. TCC accepts your personal or your company's Visa, Master Card or American Express. All credit card transactions must be completed on-line in our secure system once you register.
TCC also accepts a company or personal check, money order or your agency's Purchase Order (PO). If you send a check, money order or an agency PO you must register on-line before sending payment. In addition to registering on-line you must send a completed TCC Non-Credit Continuing Workforce Education Application (pdf 667.73 kB) form the payment. Make all checks, money orders, POs payable to TCC - APD and send to TCC Cashier's Office, 444 Appleyard Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32304. Once TCC's receives your mail in payment the processing time from receipt takes 3 business days before you can start your course(s). Please do not send cash since TCC cannot be responsible for any cash payment. For more information please contact us at apd@tcc.fl.edu or call toll free 1.866.605.7274.
Course Refund Policy: In order to be eligible for a course(s) refund, an individual or third party who paid the tuition on behalf of the individual/student must provide a written request (fax or email are acceptable) no later than three (3) business days prior to the student's anticipated start date of course(s) requesting a refund. Any student that signs into the TCC BlackBoard® system for APD course(s) will not be eligible for a refund (this includes 3rd party who paid tuition). The request must identify the student's complete name, social security number and course(s) associated with the refund. For more information please contact us at apd@tcc.fl.edu.
Through this website, the State of Florida's Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) offers dynamic, interactive on-line courses for anyone who provides direct care services to persons with developmental disabilities, as well as other interested parties.
Currently we offer the two required Direct Care Core Competency training courses that meet the requirements of Section 2.1 (7) of the June 23, 2005 Developmental Disabilities Waiver Services Coverage and Limitation Handbook and administrative rules 59G-8.200, F.A.C. Individuals hired after June 30, 2006 will need to complete the core competency training prior to providing unsupervised direct care. The two Direct Care Core Competency courses are:
- Introduction to Developmental Disabilities
- Health and Safety
A third required course is offered to satisfy the new training requirements for all individuals providing services to APD clients under the Medicaid waiver program and to residents of APD-licensed residential facilities (as described in administrative rules 59G-8.200, F.A.C. and 65G-2, F.A.C.). The third course is:
- Zero Tolerance
The purpose of the Zero Tolerance course is to teach direct care providers, support coordinators, and any person providing care or support to an APD client on behalf of the Agency or its providers about abuse, neglect and exploitation of persons with developmental disabilities. It will provide information about how often these types of crimes happen and also describe how and why these crimes usually occur. This training will provide you with the tools to identify potentially dangerous situations and tell you how to report that information. Finally, this course will provide you with information about things you can do to help prevent abuse, neglect, and exploitation from happening in the first place.
As you progress through the interactive training courses, you will have an opportunity to print aides that can immediately be used in your current job.
In the next couple of months we will be adding more interactive courses, so you may want to mark this site as one of your favorites.
Please note that you must register one business day prior to taking any course.
Registration and login instructions:
- New to APD or New TCC Students: If this will be your first APD course and you have never taken any course at TCC before, please select this option for instructions.
- Previous APD or TCC Students: If you have previously taken another APD course or another course of any kind at TCC, please select this option for instructions.
Grades:
Students taking an APD course either receive a "S" for satisfactorily completion of the course (achieved 70% or greater on all quizzes) or "U" for unsatisfactorily completion of the course (achieved less than 70% on all quizzes). APD Grading Process and Schedule (pdf 24.71 kB)
Transcripts:
Please scroll down to section III. Print/View Your Transcript on To Print Your Transcript page. Approximately one week after you have completed the course, you will be able to print a copy of your transcript. Select this option for more information.
For More Assistance
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Contact the Help Desk for APD Courses
Email Us at: apd@tcc.fl.edu
Call toll free 1.866.605.7274.
