Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion

Read about common stressors for college students and tips for reducing stress!

This document provides college students, along with their parents and instructors, tips for reducing the stresses that commonly impact college students. In addition to this, it provides guidance on the type of reasonable accommodations students with psychiatric disabilities can request… Read More »The College Experience

Dr. Mark Salzer, Director of the Temple University Collaborative, was interviewed by Larry Abramson from NPR’s “All Things Considered” on December 2, 2008, along with Karen Bower, Esq. from the Bazelon Center for Metal Health Law, on the barriers college… Read More »The Barriers Faced by College Students with Psychiatric Disabilities

This 2007 monograph from the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law provides a set of model policies related to appropriate counseling, confidentiality, and accommodations for colleges and universities to use in responding to the complex issues raised by college students… Read More »Supporting Students: A Model Policy for Colleges and Universities

People with mental illnesses are 2x more likely to drop out of college. Disability Services Offices need new approaches to support them. Temple University’s webinar provides insights on students’ experiences, useful supports, factors that promote their use of disability services,… Read More »Supporting College Students with Psychiatric Disabilities Webinar

Supported Education: Students work one-on-one with an educational specialist to receive supports tailored to their individual needs and situation. An educational specialist might help with finding resources on campus, such as connecting with school counseling center or financial aid.

Supported Education: Students work one-on-one with an educational specialist to receive supports tailored to their individual needs and situation. An educational specialist might help with improving academic skills like organization, time management, and goal setting.

This graphic contains information about barriers impacting students with psychiatric disabilities! It also includes tips for locating supports.

College students who are more involved in student organizations tend to be more satisfied with their college experience. Studies have shown that individuals involved in a broad range of social activities have healthier lives and live longer than those who… Read More »Student Organizations Graphic

A wide variety of mainstream job training programs are available at community colleges, universities, career colleges, and local job training initiatives for people to use. These programs can help individuals with serious mental illnesses the opportunity to develop marketable skills.