These resources offer a comprehensive range of strategies and tools to promote community participation and inclusion for individuals with mental health conditions. They cover topics such as leveraging social media for community involvement, policy development at the county level, anti-discrimination initiatives, specific integration strategies, managing risks, disaster preparedness, financial literacy, and utilizing online platforms to enhance community engagement. Additionally, they provide insights on the roles of centers for independent living, consumer-run programs, managed care entities, and peer specialists in fostering community inclusion.
This revised publication from the Temple University Collaborative provides Centers for Independent Living (CIL) staff with clear and current information to help them better respond to the needs of people in recovery from mental illnesses and provides brief responses to twelve frequently asked questions.
This document discusses discrimination based on age, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, class, and religion, with suggestions on how providers can incorporate cultural competency standards into their daily practice.
In the summer of 2015, the Pioneer Center asked Temple University Collaborative to conduct an evaluation of their community inclusion policies, programs, and practices, which resulted in this formative evaluation report detailing their progress thus far.
Produced by the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health, this resource packet offers a comprehensive understanding of key recovery concepts for persons in recovery, their families, service providers, and City staff. It serves as a valuable training tool, introducing the importance of recovery in program design.
This 52 page document details the concepts of community inclusion, the types of risk that are of concern to different parties, and strategies to anticipate, minimize, and grapple with risk in ways that continue to promote personal dignity and choice with a series of useful instruments to plan ahead.
The document highlights three dozen community inclusion initiatives provided by consumer-run programs for people with psychiatric disabilities, serving as a resource for other agencies looking to transform their programs. Contact information for each agency is included.
This document focuses on the vulnerability of individuals with mental health conditions to disasters and how being prepared can minimize the impact. It suggests ways to plan ahead and highlights the role of peer specialists in helping them do so.
This document provides ideas, co-created with Center staff and allies, for Peer/Recovery/Wellness/Drop-in Centers to enhance their role in promoting community inclusion and participation within the mental health system.
This toolkit, based on information gathered from a national survey of rehabilitation programs and consumer-run services, addresses managing money in regards to community participation and addresses the fundamentals of financial literacy as well as three asset building strategies.
The Temple University Collaborative provides recommendations to assess community participation needs of mental health service recipients and agency success. This monograph reviews their guidelines for the behavioral managed care industry and administrators at all levels.