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Find, Choose, and Keep Great Direct Support Professionals – Toolkit
09/28/2006 | Requests *Summary
These kits provide strategic guidance and tools such as checklists and worksheets to help people recruit and retain quality direct support professionals. One version is designed for individuals with disabilities and the other is for their families and support team members. A hard copy with interactive CD is available at the Illinois Direct Support Professional Workforce Initiative website.
Author
Hewitt, Amy; Keiling, Katie; Sauer, John; McCulloh, Nancy; McBride, Marijo
Available Files
- Toolkit for Individuals PDF (1,264K, 56 pages)
- Toolkit for Family/Support Team PDF (1,113K, 60 pages)
- Initiative Website Off-site link
Keywords
Recruitment and Retention; Caregiving; DSP; Direct Support Professionals
Topic
Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Workforce/Direct Care
Type/Tool
Checklists, Manuals, Workbooks, Toolkit
Source
Illinois
State
Illinois, All States/Territories
Date Created
05/28/2008
Contact
Katie Keiling
Institute on Disability and Human Development
University of Illinois at Chicago
kkeiling@uic.edu
312-996-1002
Institute on Disability and Human Development
University of Illinois at Chicago
kkeiling@uic.edu
312-996-1002
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Permission to use any element of this document should be obtained by the above named contact person. Always name the originator as the source of this material.
* Reflects requests since January 1, 2007
Options
HCBS / Clearinghouse for the Community Living Exchange Collaborative / (http://www.hcbs.org)