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Resources from Around the Country

• The Right People for the Job (2002). A publication for agencies and individuals with disabilities offering straightforward information on how to recruit, assess, and select direct care workers for home and community-based care. Published by the Paraprofessional Healthccare Institute and MEDSTAT. Available online at www.paraprofessional.org/publications/WorkforceTools_Vol1No1.pdf
  
  
• The ToolBox (www.thetoolbox.org). A Web site providing a variety of  tools for Direct Support Professionals and their supervisors, including information about the book The New Supervisor: Strategies for Supporting and Managing Frontline Staff  by Linda LaPointe.
  
  
• Responding to the Challenge of a Changing Workforce (2002). A journal article discussing recruitment strategies for use with non-traditional groups such as Baby-Boomers, Generation Xers, and racial and ethnic minorities. Authored by Dennis Doverspike, Marianne Taylor, Kenneth Shultz, and Patrick McKay and published in the journal Public Personnel Management, 2000, 29(4).
  
  
• American Society for Training and Development (www.astd.org, 703/683-8100). Through its Web site and other resources ASTD provides extensive information for training and staff development professionals in a variety of fields. Resources include its publication Infoline, a single-topic how-to reference that addresses training questions. Among the many topics in Infoline are team-building, successful orientation programs, and identifying core competencies for job success.

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Retrieved from the Web site of the Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota (http://ici.umn.edu/products/impact/202/default.html). Citation: Larson, S.A., Hewitt, A., McCulloh, N., LaLiberte, T. & Gaylord, V. (Eds.). (Fall/Winter 2007/08). Impact: Feature Issue on Direct Support Workforce Development, 20(2). [Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration].
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