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Personal Assistance Quiz Evaluation
0-6 Points
You are an experienced PAS consumer, confident and competent in your skills. You might consider offering your expertise as a peer for other less experienced consumers who could benefit from your knowledge. See below.
6-10 Points
You are doing well as a PAS consumer and will gain more confidence with experience. Make sure you get support if there are difficulties.
Over 10 Points
It sounds like you may have difficulty being in charge of your provider services, in requesting and getting what you need. You would benefit from some training and support. Talk to a PAS counselor or other PAS consumers to boost your confidence, so your provider services will go more smoothly. Contact your Independent Living Center or PAS agency and ask to talk to a PAS counselor. See the web sites below.
For information on how to manage a PAS worker, view this guide from the Center for Personal Assistance Services.
For information on how to manage a PAS worker, including some tips on handling difficult situations, read this information from CPAS specifically about how to deal with problems.
For information on locating your local Independent Living Center, go to the CIL Management Center.
Get Help From Peers or Service Providers:
Our PAS quiz can help you identify specific difficulties in your relationships with the people who help you. To get assistance, print out your completed questionnaire (press the back button in your browser to print it out if you have not already printed it) and take it to your meeting with an Independent Living peer counselor, nurse, clergy or social worker. Show them the questions and your answers. They can help you improve your PAS management, safety and self-protection skills.
You are an experienced PAS consumer, confident and competent in your skills. You might consider offering your expertise as a peer for other less experienced consumers who could benefit from your knowledge. See below.
6-10 Points
You are doing well as a PAS consumer and will gain more confidence with experience. Make sure you get support if there are difficulties.
Over 10 Points
It sounds like you may have difficulty being in charge of your provider services, in requesting and getting what you need. You would benefit from some training and support. Talk to a PAS counselor or other PAS consumers to boost your confidence, so your provider services will go more smoothly. Contact your Independent Living Center or PAS agency and ask to talk to a PAS counselor. See the web sites below.
For information on how to manage a PAS worker, view this guide from the Center for Personal Assistance Services.
For information on how to manage a PAS worker, including some tips on handling difficult situations, read this information from CPAS specifically about how to deal with problems.
For information on locating your local Independent Living Center, go to the CIL Management Center.
Get Help From Peers or Service Providers:
Our PAS quiz can help you identify specific difficulties in your relationships with the people who help you. To get assistance, print out your completed questionnaire (press the back button in your browser to print it out if you have not already printed it) and take it to your meeting with an Independent Living peer counselor, nurse, clergy or social worker. Show them the questions and your answers. They can help you improve your PAS management, safety and self-protection skills.