Connecting with People and Places in Your community
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what a great story, Carrie! It reminds me of the friends that I've been "too busy" to see... I think I'll do something about thattoday- thanks!
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Connecting with People and Places in Your community
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Hi Korey -
You sound like you really like animals. How did you get started doing pet and horse-sitting? Do you have any pictures of your art? It would be cool if you could post them to this network.
Connecting with People and Places in Your community
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We all have gifts we can share - things we're interested in, things we're good at, things we know about, talents that people may not be aware of. Using our gifts helps us to connect to people and places in our community.
We want to hear about how you're using your gifts to connect with people and places in your community... Do you help out neighbors with yardwork or shoveling? Do you belong to a group that talks about books, movies or vacations? Maybe you like to volunteer with kids or help out at an animal shelter? How do you get connected?
We want to hear your stories (and the stories of people that you support) - please share a few words about what you like to do and where you share your gifts.
If you have photos of yourself in the community, you can share those on the SDS Network as well.
updated by @deb-wisniewski: 02/23/16 03:06:01AM
Into the Thick Things: Connecting Consumers to Community Life
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Consumer-Run Programs Turn Toward Their Communities
The Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities (formerly the UPenn Collaborative) has announced the publication of:
Into the Thick Things: Connecting Consumers to Community Life - A Compendium of Community Inclusion Initiatives for People with Psychiatric Disabilities at Consumer-Run Programs.
The Compendium is based on a national survey of consumer-run programs assisting consumers in reconnecting to their communities, to existing residential and vocational resources, religious and recreational organizations, civic and volunteer opportunities beyond those of mental health systems. More than three dozen consumer-run programs from around the country provide inspiring examples of how the consumer movement has begun to refocus its programs and practices on helping consumers to reconnect with everyday life and local mainstream organizations. Both consumer-run programs and more traditional mental health agencies will find examples of innovative ways to assist consumers in working with the community - with landlords, colleges and training programs, neighborhood associations, social and recreational groups, etc. Into the Thick of Things can be downloaded at no cost from the Temple University Collaborative's new website at:
http://www.tucollaborative.org/pdfs/COMPENDIUM_of_Innovative_CI_Projects_11-29_10.pdf
updated by @deb-wisniewski: 02/23/16 03:06:01AM
Words, words, words!
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thanks Theresa - I didn't realize that PERC was putting together such a comprehensive list. We're trying to identify a list of words, acronyms, etc. that are commonly used when talking about SDS specifically... so it will probably be a subset of the list that's been started in PERC. Plus I think that there are always terms being used that have obvious definitions for some people and are completely new to other folks. I'm interested in finding out those SDS-related words are. But we can also direct people to the PERC lists as well. Thanks!
Words, words, words!
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I'm trying to start a list of confusing words, acronyms, abbreviations, etc. that come up in discussions about SDS . I'd like to develop a glossary of these, complete with simple definitions. Can you think of some that I should include in this list? I've just started this list and so far I have:
- SDS
- IRIS
- DHS
- MCO
- Family Care
- budget authority
- fiscal agent
If you can think of some, please add them below.
Thanks!
updated by @deb-wisniewski: 02/23/16 03:06:01AM