DSP training in Vermont is regulated by the Developmental Disabilities Services Division (DDSD) of the Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living (DAIL), under the Health Care Administrative Rules for developmental disabilities services — HCAR 7.100, updated in 2023. The rules govern Vermont's system of roughly a dozen designated agencies and specialized service agencies that deliver home and community-based services to people with developmental disabilities.

Pre-service requirements attach before a worker may support someone alone: reporting of abuse, neglect, and exploitation; health and safety, including critical incident reporting; training specific to the individuals supported; values and rights — including the rights of people receiving services under 18 V.S.A. § 8728, supported decision-making, and Vermont's Presumption of Competence principle — and how to access supervision and support. The values content is distinctly Vermont: the state expects staff to be grounded in its rights-first service philosophy from day one, not just its safety procedures.

In-service requirements follow within three months of hire: the worker's role in the Individual Support Agreement (ISA), an orientation to Vermont's developmental disability services system, First Aid, and bloodborne pathogens. Beyond that, each agency must maintain a training plan for its workforce, with refresher training at least every three years. Vermont sets no hour counts anywhere in the sequence — the mandate is topics, deadlines, and the agency's documented plan.

Medication administration operates through nurse delegation: unlicensed staff administer medications under a nurse's delegation with training the nurse directs and an annual review. There is no statewide medication-aide certification for DDSD services, which keeps medication training inside each agency's clinical oversight.

On delivery, Vermont is an open market. There is no state curriculum, no state LMS, and no vendor approval process; agencies select training sources against the HCAR 7.100 topics and document them under their training plans. DDSD has signaled it "will develop training standards" for the workforce, but as of this writing no state curriculum or platform exists — which makes a well-organized, rule-mapped training program a differentiator for agencies rather than a compliance ceiling.

Training and eTracking Solutions provides online DSP training built for Vermont's requirements — courses mapped to the HCAR 7.100 pre-service and in-service topics, from abuse and neglect reporting through rights, supported decision-making, and the service-system orientation, with automatic tracking of the pre-solo gate, the three-month in-service window, and each agency's three-year refresher cycle. Individual-specific training, nurse-delegated medication reviews, and First Aid certifications log into the same record, giving Vermont's designated agencies the documented training plan the rules require.