Provider Module Training
ATTENTION PROVIDERS!
NEW First Steps Module Training Portal is now available.
You will be required to submit a new user name and login at registration. Also, please make note of new contact information and help documents. Click "Provider Module Training" link below to begin.
- Overview
- Getting Started
- Provider Module Training
- Provider Service Matrix
- Continuing Education Units (CEU)
- Provider Resources
- Links and Other Resources
Providers in the First Steps system may be required to complete a series of module trainings. All Modules are offered as an online self-study training. There is no longer a fee associated with any of these Modules. To determine what modules, if any, are required for the provider types, please visit: http://dese.mo.gov/divspeced/FirstSteps/pdfs/fspersonstand04.pdf.
First Steps Training Modules
Module I - Orientation
Intended Audience: First Steps service providers and their supervisors, First Steps intake and ongoing service coordinators and their supervisors, families/parents, college faculty, public school personnel, and other stakeholders.
Module I Orientation covers the philosophy of the First Steps system, the legal requirements of Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and information about the way First Steps operates in Missouri and how the process is conducted between families and professionals.
Module II - Evaluation and Assessment
Intended Audience: First Steps service providers and their supervisors, First Steps service coordinators and their supervisors.
Module III - IFSP Outcomes in Natural Environments
Intended Audience: First Steps service providers and their supervisors, First Steps service coordinators and their supervisors.
Module IV - Transition
Intended Audience: First Steps service providers and their supervisors, First Steps intake and ongoing service coordinators and their supervisors, public school personnel. No fee is required to record a passing score with the CFO.
Specialized Module (Module V) - Service Coordination
Intended Audience: First Steps intake and ongoing service coordinators and their supervisors. Registration fees are waived for DMH and SPOE employees.
Training Deadlines
Providers with an official enrollment date after July 1, 2004 who have not successfully completed all the required modules for their provider type(s) within 6 months of their official enrollment date will have their name removed from view on the provider matrix and will receive no new authorizations. The six-month grace period is designed to assist providers with the initial transition into the new system.
Providers will remain removed from view on the provider matrix and will not be able to receive new authorizations until all required modules for the provider type(s) have been successfully completed. This does not mean that providers will be disenrolled from the First Steps system. They will be able to continue providing services on current authorizations.
To view information on provider enrollment, please visit the Step-by-Step Provider Enrollment page.