Deborah Praska chosen as December DSP of the month

posted by Katie Slade on Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Waterloo, IA - Exceptional Persons, Inc.’s (EPI’s) Deborah Praska has joined EPI’s 5 Star Club as she was awarded December’s Direct Support Professional (DSP) of the month.

EPI’s 5-Star Club was created to celebrate the outstanding work of DSP’s at EPI. Peers nominate fellow DSP’s and recipients are chosen from those nominations. 

Deborah’s nomination stated the following.  “Deborah seeks out persons served preferences in planning and participant in new and different leisure activities in the community.  She has a wonderful bond with the people she supports and is compassionate and respectful.”    

EPI, founded in 1957 in Waterloo, Iowa, as Exceptional Persons, Inc. is a private, non-profit organization created as a catalyst for community based services for people with developmental and other related disabilities. Today’s EPI fosters the active community participation of people with disabilities through residential and transportation services, day activity centers, community living, as well as works to expand child care options and to improve the quality of child care available for families in Northeast Iowa. EPI serves over 5,500 children, adults, and families in Northeast Iowa a year and employs more than 400 dedicated individuals.