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ACS DirectCourse CDS Participant-Directed Services: Hiring Great Direct Support Professionals

Center:

MN-Institute on Community Integration, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2013

Contact Information:

Bill Tapp
[email protected]
865-934-0221

Product Description:

Participant-directed services promote decision-making, choice, and control. They promote flexibility and more independence in supports provided to individuals with disabilities, elders, people with mental illness, and family members who support them. Participant-directed services provide opportunities for individuals to hire, dismiss, supervise, and train direct support professionals. This course is a toolkit with exercises and activities to help you learn some of the ins and outs of hiring, training, and keeping great direct support professionals (DSPs).

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Product/Publication Type(s):

Academic Course Development

Target Audience:

Consumers/Families, Professionals, Students

Alternative Format:

Electronic (disc, CD, 508 compliant web posting)

To Obtain Copies (URL or Email):

[email protected]

COVID-19 Related Data:

N/A

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