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| >>New Innovative CI Program! The Regional Recovery Organizational Review Model and Tool
The Regional Recovery Organizational Review Model and Tool identifies elements of program quality in existing or new services, and provides a mechanism to improve those programs/services. [more...] |
>>New Resource! Learn About Special Needs Trusts
A Special Needs Trust can be created by a parent of guardian to benefit a person with a disability. Download this document created by Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law and the UPenn Collaborative to learn more about Special Needs Trusts. [more...] |
| >>Alternatives 2009 Call for Papers and Scholarship Information Now Available!
The Alternatives conference will be held Oct. 28-Nov. 1, 2009 in Omaha, Nebraska and will offer in-depth technical assistance as well as a rich social, artistic, and healing environment. [more...] |
>>Now Available! Results from a National Survey of Certified Peer Specialist Job Titles and Job Descriptions: Evidence of a Versatile Behavioral Health Workforce
Learn more about the wide variety of job titles that certified peer specialists have and the description of their jobs, in their own words. [more...] |
| >>New CI Tool! Recreation and Leisure for Older Adults with Psychiatric Disabilities
Download this CI Tool to learn about special tips and resources to help older adults with psychiatric disabilities get involved in leisure and recreational activities in their community. [more...] |
>>HELP IDENTIFY UNIQUE EFFORTS in COMMUNITY INTEGRATION & PROMOTE YOUR PROGRAM! The UPenn Collaborative is looking for innovative programs to feature on our web site. Please follow link for details. [more...] |
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Funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research and directed by Mark Salzer, Ph.D. of the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Psychiatry, the UPENN COLLABORATIVE is based at the University of Pennsylvania. It is conducted in partnership with The Clearinghouse at the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania and Horizon House, Inc.
Community Integration is the opportunity to live in the community and be valued for one's uniqueness and abilities, like everyone else. (Salzer, 2006) *.
Community integration is a right of all people and encompasses housing, employment, education, leisure/recreation, social roles, peer support, health status, citizenship, self-determination, and religion/spirituality. Community integration (or, the opportunity to live like everyone else) should result in community presence and participation of people with psychiatric disabilities similar to that of others without a disability. (Salzer, 2006).
To ensure that rights become reality, the Collaborative seeks to lead the mental health field in identifying and eliminating barriers to community integration and to provide supports which bring about meaningful changes in the lives of people with psychiatric disabilities.
*Salzer, M.S. (2006). Introduction. In M.S. Salzer (ed.), Psychiatric Rehabilitation Skills in Practice: A CPRP Preparation and Skills Workbook. Columbia, MD.: United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association.
For more information about the UPenn Collaborative on Community Integration, please click here or contact the Center Coordinator at:
katykap@mail.med.upenn.edu
Phone: 215-746-6713
Fax: 215-349-8715
Mailing Address:
Katy Kaplan, M.S.Ed.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
3535 Market Street, 3rd Floor -- CMHPSR
Philadelphia, PA 19104
