Direct support professional training in New Mexico is governed by the Department of Health's Developmental Disabilities Supports Division (DDSD), which prescribes required coursework through its "Training Requirements by Job Classification" document (version 12, July 2026). The matrix assigns specific named courses, with deadlines, to each job classification in the DD waiver system — including direct support personnel.

For DSPs, the required set within 30 days of hire includes Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation (which also renews annually), HIPAA, Standard Precautions, Keys to Health, Introduction to Person-Centered Planning, and an introduction to the New Mexico waivers. Within 60 days come the HCBS Settings Rule course and Individual Service Plan (ISP) training. Within 90 days, DSPs complete Advocacy in Action, Communication Supports, and Positive Supports — plus Assisting with Medication Delivery for staff in the medication assessment (MAAT) pathway, delivered as an online Part 1 followed by instructor-led sessions.

Ongoing requirements follow the same matrix: abuse/neglect/exploitation renews annually, and other courses carry their own renewal cycles as specified per classification. Because the requirements are course-by-course rather than hour-based, compliance in New Mexico means tracking each named course and deadline for each staff member against the current version of the matrix.

Medication assistance is gated inside the same system: DSPs who assist with medication delivery under the MAAT framework must complete the state's Assisting with Medication Delivery course — online Part 1 plus two to three instructor-led components — within 90 days.

Delivery model — stated plainly, because it is the most important fact about New Mexico: this is a state-run training system. All required DSP courses are hosted by the University of New Mexico Center for Development and Disability (UNM CDD) on the NM Waiver Training Hub or offered through the DDSD training calendar, taught by DDSD-approved trainers using DDSD curricula. The matrix contains no substitution pathway for commercial vendors, so an outside course cannot satisfy the named requirements — a structure comparable to Pennsylvania's MyODP model. Providers evaluating vendors should treat any claim to "cover New Mexico's required DSP courses" with skepticism.

Where Training and eTracking Solutions fits in New Mexico is around the required core, not in place of it: supplemental and elective training that deepens skills beyond the DDSD minimum (documentation, professionalism, health topics), onboarding content for the gap before state course dates, and compliance tracking that mirrors the Training Requirements matrix — every UNM CDD completion, renewal date, and deadline for every classification in one auditable record. For the required courses themselves, enroll staff through the NM Waiver Training Hub.