Community Integration Tools from the UPENN COLLABORATIVE

The UPENN COLLABORATIVE ON COMMUNITY INTEGRATION is the Rehabilitation Research & Training Center (RRTC) Promoting Community Integration of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities.

To achieve its long-term objectives and lead the field in advancing community Integration knowledge and technology, UPenn Collaborators work together to create new, informative materials to be used by consumers, mental health and social service providers, administrators and advocates across the country. These CI Tools & Resources are drawn from the latest research and experience of experts in their field.

For more information on specific topic areas, choose on a CI Category below and follow the resource links to the topic of your choice.

To find all UPENN COLLABORATIVE resources related to a specific topic or issue, please type a key word(s) in the Search Box found on the left side of each page.

Category	Description	Link
1. KEY INFORMATION ON COMMUNITY INTEGRATION	These 19 Community Integration(CI) Tools are concise, informational resources about specific issues concerning individuals with psychiatric disabilities. To see the complete list of CI Tool Fact Sheets, click the "View Resources" link to the right. These CI TOOLS may be downloaded for free and printed to your personal printer. For more information, feel free to contact us at info@upennrrtc.org.	View Resources
2. How Can WE Help YOU? FIND OUT HERE	The UPenn Collaborative faculty currently offer a wide variety of free or low-cost Technical Assistance & Training Programs for organizations that want to enhance their movement toward community integration and the recovery model. Here you'll find both a one-page summary and a 3-page brochure that outlines these Technical Assistance and Training Programs.	View Resources
3. VALUABLE DOCUMENTS YOU MUST SEE...	Click the link to the right to access the most up-to-date documents from UPenn Collaborators. What You'll Find: Certified Peer Specialist Training Programs Strategies to promote Community Integration How to measure participation within each Community Integration Domain Specific suggestions on how local groups can make community integration a reality A NEW RESEARCH REVIEW of policies needed to improve the quality of care delivered and job satisfaction experienced by direct care staff in mental health and mental retardation settings. Results from our 2006 Statewide Survey of Drop-In Centers in Pennsylvania NEW! The Past and Future Career Patterns Of People with Serious Mental Illnesses: A Qualitative Inquiry	View Resources
4. What You Need to Know About PARENTING	This section contains links to the following resources on parenting with a mental illness: Here You'll Find: Our Updated Parenting Resources Guidebook NEW Guidebook!Keeping Your Children & Getting Them Back! The PowerPoint presentation from our Parenting Teleconference The following Parenting-Specific CI Tools: Positive Parenting & Child Resilience Child Welfare & Custody Issues Custody Assessment Worksheet Understanding Child Abuse & Neglect Laws in PA	View Resources
5. EXPERT KNOWLEDGE OF CRITICAL ISSUES	This is a collection of the PowerPoint Presentations used at the UPenn Collaborative "National State of the Knowledge" Conference held September 19-21, 2006. They were generously donated for educational use by the individual Conference Speakers who created them.	View Resources
6. NEED MORE INFORMATION?	Click the link to the right for links to 17 other organizations and resources that have expertise in mental health issues as they pertain to community integration.	View Resources
7. PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE COMMUNITY INTEGRATION	Click the link to right to learn more about the programs that have been selected by the UPenn Collaborative as trailblazing initiatives that address the barriers that face people with psychiatric disabilities as they seek to build meaningful lives in the community. The Collaborative is looking for other such programs to highlight on a monthly basis.	View Resources