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      • The "Quick Start" Guide

        • - Introduction
        • - Quick Start Guide: Getting Started
        • - Communication
        • - Assessing Your Needs
        • - Needs Inventory Form
        • - Advertising for Your Attendant
        • - Creating an Advertisement
        • - Sample Ads
        • - List of Vermont Publications
        • - Attendant's Work Schedule
        • - Attendant's Task List
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        • - A Note of Thanks
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The Quickstart Guide to Hiring And Supervising Personal Assistants

A Resource from the PAS Toolkit Project Vermont Center for Independent Living, December 2006

• Introduction
• Quick Start Guide: Getting Started
• Communication
• Assessing Your Needs
  • Needs Inventory Form
• Advertising for Your Attendant
  • Creating an Advertisement
  • Sample Ads
  • List of Vermont Publications
• Attendant's Work Schedule
  • Attendant's Task List Worksheet
  • Barry's Work Schedule
  • Work Schedule Form
• One Person's Story
• Quick Start Toolkit Evaluation Questionnaire
• A Note of Thanks