Community Practice Institute

A practical ethics course for navigating the space between possible harm and a person's right to direct adult life, using supported decision-making and proportionate support rather than automatic permission or automatic prohibition.

Designed for recreational therapists, behavior consultants, and other direct practitioners supporting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in community settings.

What you will learn

• Distinguish mere possibility from a specific, credible, and foreseeable harm concern.
• Center the person's voice and use supported decision-making when perspectives about risk differ.
• Select a proportionate support, review point, or authorized routing step without making an informal restriction.

Put the learning to work

Use the Risk-Choice-Support Map to make a professional decision more specific, person-centered, and reviewable. Apply the tool to a complete fictional case, compare alternatives, and identify an appropriate next step.

Course format

Six short video lessons with complementary reading, on-page learning activities, a scenario-based knowledge check, and an optional course evaluation. This standalone course is in preparation.

Free learning. Optional certificate.

At launch, the instructional lessons, on-page practice, knowledge check, and evaluation will be available free. The optional certificate step comes last.

Certificate purchases and automatic issuance remain unavailable while NCTRC session-content pre-approval is unverified. Completion requirements and any certificate price will be disclosed before purchase. No payment is due now.

Coming soon: Course access opens at launch. Plan approximately 45–60 minutes for videos, reading, practice, and the knowledge check.