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HUNTERS HELPERS BOOKSHELF

Practical Guides and Printables You Can Put to Work Right Away

Browse free Hunters Helpers guides, worksheets, checklists, and printables organized around the work you do and the support you provide.

Start with your role, then explore the categories that fit what you are working on right now.

Choose your role, find what fits, and take what is useful.

DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS

Resources for Direct Support Professionals

Quick guides and printables to help with shifts, communication, daily support, regulation, independence, and professional growth.

SHIFT SUPPORT & HANDOFF

DSP Shift Support Board Printable

A one-page printable to help you see what matters this shift, keep important details in one place, and prepare for a clearer handoff.

COMMUNICATION & SUPPORT

RESETS & REGULATION

Calm Reset Printable

A simple reset for slowing things down, reducing overwhelm, and finding one manageable next step.

First 30 Days Start Guide

A simple guide to help you get oriented, notice what matters, ask useful questions, and build confidence during your first days supporting someone.

Breathing Reset

A short breathing-focused reset for creating a small pause before deciding what to do next.

Unruffle

A quick reset for getting grounded when a moment feels frustrating, tense, or harder than expected.

End-of-Day Reset

A simple end-of-shift reflection to help you release what is finished, notice what still matters, and leave the day with a little more clarity.

CASE MANAGERS & SERVICE COORDINATORS

Resources for Case Managers

Practical printables to help clients prepare, organize information, take the next step, and participate more actively in their support.

CLIENT PREPARATION

Intake Readiness Checklist

A step-by-step checklist to help clients gather needed documents and history before their first coordination meeting.

Goal Discovery Worksheet

Simple prompts to help a client think about what they want to change or achieve before a plan review session.

RESOURCE & SERVICE NAVIGATION

DSP Interview Guide

A list of effective questions clients can use to interview potential support workers and gauge compatibility.

My Benefits & Support Costs Guide

A plain-language guide to help clients understand what their support categories actually cover in daily life.

CLIENT QUICK WINS

Self-Advocacy Script

A fill-in-the-blank sheet to help clients prepare for tough conversations with providers or agencies.

Support Success Tracker

A simple visual tool for clients to note what worked well this month, providing evidence for review meetings.

GROUP HOME OWNERS & ADMINISTRATORS

Resources for Group Home Owners and Administrators

Simple printables to support clearer communication, preparedness, daily routines, and person-centered support across the home.

Practical safety and emergency preparedness printables to help group home owners and support teams plan ahead, organize important information, and respond when unexpected situations arise.

SAFETY & PREPAREDNESS

Simple household and daily-support printables will be added here as they are approved.

DAILY HOME SUPPORT

USEFUL ACROSS ROLES

Resources That Can Help in More Than One Role

Some Hunters Helpers printables can be useful whether you are supporting someone directly, coordinating services, helping run a home, or organizing your own next steps.

PERSONAL ORGANIZATION & PREPARATION

Client / Individual Support Board Printable

A one-page printable to help keep appointments, reminders, next steps, important contacts, and things to talk about in one place.

Appointment Prep Sheet

A practical six-page kit to prepare questions, organize important information, and track next steps after medical, therapy, and support-planning appointments. Includes appointment-specific question guides.

COMMUNICATION & SUPPORT

Three Things That Help Card

A quick way to capture a few things that make support easier, calmer, or more successful.

Ask for Help Script

A practical prompt sheet for putting a need into words and asking for support clearly.

RESOURCE NAVIGATION

Important Records Checklist

A simple checklist for identifying important records and information that may be useful to keep together.

Human Services Acronym Decoder

A plain-language reference for understanding common abbreviations and acronyms used across human services.

What’s Heavy Today Card

A quick check-in for identifying what feels hardest right now and choosing one place to begin.

RESETS & QUICK SUPPORT

Tired vs. Burning Out

A quick reflection guide to help you notice whether you may need ordinary recovery time or whether ongoing stress and depletion deserve more support.

PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY

Need the Deeper Work Tools?

Hunters Helpers members can access professional companion guides, repeat-use worksheets, planning resources, workflow materials, and role-specific document packs in the Professional Library.

Built for the resources you come back to—not just the ones you use once.

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