DSP training in Oregon is regulated by the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS) within the Oregon Department of Human Services. For agencies operating under the residential program rules, OAR 411-325-0025(5)-(6) requires each provider to maintain a Competency Based Training Plan that meets the ODDS DSP Core Competencies — the statewide framework defining what every direct support professional must be able to do.

Initial training is organized into two tiers. Tier 1 comprises roughly 27 modules that a new DSP must complete before working unassisted (within the first two months), covering abuse and mandatory reporting, individual rights, medication administration and MARs, bloodborne pathogens, CPR/First Aid, the Individual Support Plan, incident reporting, and person-centered practices. Tier 2 adds roughly 18 further modules to be completed by the three-month mark, deepening the same competency areas.

Oregon does not impose a blanket annual CE-hour requirement on DSPs. Ongoing obligations follow the provider's Competency Based Training Plan, plus renewal cycles for time-limited certifications: CPR/First Aid, and — for staff who support individuals with behavior support needs — the Oregon Intervention System (OIS), a proprietary certification delivered by certified instructors coordinated through the Oregon Technical Assistance Corporation (OTAC).

Medication administration training and MAR documentation are built into the Tier 1 core competencies rather than run as a separate state certification, and behavior intervention is gated by OIS certification for the staff who need it.

The delivery model is the decisive fact for Oregon training buyers: the DSP Core Competency modules are state-run. ODDS designates the core modules as online courses delivered through the state's Workday Learning platform, and each completion lands on a state transcript — which is what licensing surveyors look for. Provider agencies supplement the state modules with local on-the-job training, and the private training market is effectively limited to instructor-led OIS and CPR/First Aid. There is no crosswalk or vendor-equivalency mechanism for the core: a third-party course, however good, does not generate the state transcript surveyors expect.

Training and eTracking Solutions is straightforward about what that means: TeTS does not replace Oregon's Workday Learning core modules, and providers should be wary of any vendor claiming to. Where TeTS supports Oregon agencies is around the state core — onboarding and agency-specific training beyond the state minimum, supplemental and elective coursework that strengthens the competency plan, and compliance tracking that consolidates state-transcript completions, OIS and CPR expiration dates, and agency OJT into one audit-ready record per employee.