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Captain Johann samuhanand, BANGALORE INDIA 91 80 42023252 www.captainjohann.blogspot.com SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE TEMPLE UNIVERSITY COLLABORATIVE! Serving Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities In Centers of Independent Living: A Fact Sheet The national network of Centers for Independent Living increasingly serves individuals with psychiatric disabilities, or a combination of physical/sensory/intellectual disabilities and psychiatric disabilities. This revised and updated publication from the Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities provides CIL staff with clear and current information to help them better respond to the needs of people in recovery from mental illnesses. Developed in conjunction with CIL staff and mental health consumers from around the country, the revised Fact Sheet - first issued last year - provides brief responses to twelve frequently asked questions (e.g., What is psychiatric disability? Do people with psychiatric disabilities recovery? Where can people with psychiatric disabilities turn for clinical care and rehabilitation services? What impact is the mental health consumer movement having on MH system services? How can CIL staff respond to the needs of mental health consumers?, etc.) as well as online linkages to websites with more detailed information and instruction for each topic. The publication is designed both for individual CIL staff and for use in CIL staff training programs focusing on this growing portion of the CIL consumer base. Serving Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities in Centers for Independent Living: A Fact Sheet can be downloaded at no cost form the Temple University Collaborative website (www.tucollaborative.org) or by clicking here. This document is also available in a variety of accessible formats. Please contact Richard Baron at rcbaron@temple.edu with requests. --------------------------------------- New! A Research and Practice Brief from the Center on Adherence and Self-Determination The Center on Adherence and Self-Determination (CASD) investigates the concept of "service engagement" as an alternative to "compliance" or "adherence", asking what influences the individual's choice to engage with or disengage from services. CASD's third Research & Practice Brief (R&PB) summarizes CASD's research into succinct statements that might be used by advocates, policy makers, and other interested parties to promote self-determination with regard to service engagement. R&PB No. 3 offers a discussion of the use of the terms "compliance," "adherence," and "service engagement" as they relate to the concepts of consumer choice and self-determination, and the need for models to understand decision making processes, both rational and socially based, for service engagement. Research and Practice Brief No. 3 is available by clicking here. The Temple University Collaborative, including Dr. Mark Salzer, is a proud partner with CASD. To learn more about the Center on Adherence and Self-Determination, visit their website at: http://www.adherenceandselfdetermination.org/.