Find, Choose, and Keep Great Direct Support Professionals – Toolkit

File Downloads / Links

  • Toolkit for Individuals PDF
  • Toolkit for Family/Support Team PDF

Article Publication Date: 
9/28/2006
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.
Article Author: 
Hewitt, Amy; Keiling, Katie; Sauer, John; McCulloh, Nancy; McBride, Marijo
Topics: 
N/A
Types/Tools: 
Checklists; Manuals; Workbooks; Toolkit
Populations: 
Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities; Physical Disabilities; Direct Care Workforce
Sources: 
Illinois
Programs/Initiatives: 
N/A
States: 
All States/Territories; Idaho
Keywords: 
Recruitment and Retention
DSP; Direct Support Professionals

Contact

Katie Keiling
Institute on Disability and Human Development
University of Illinois at Chicago
kkeiling@uic.edu
Phone: 
312-996-1002

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/51595