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UPENN Collaborative on Community Integration

UPENN Collaborative on Community Integration. Mark Salzer, Ph.D., Director UPENN Collaborative on Community Integration www.upennrrtc.org pennrrtc@mail.med.upenn.edu. Lead the field in the development of the core concepts and practical technologies of community integration

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UPENN Collaborative on Community Integration

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  1. UPENN Collaborative on Community Integration Mark Salzer, Ph.D., Director UPENN Collaborative on Community Integration www.upennrrtc.org pennrrtc@mail.med.upenn.edu

  2. Lead the field in the development of the core concepts and practical technologies of community integration Advance the centrality of community integration in the future development of policies and supports for people with serious psychiatric disabilities. UPENN Collaborative on Community Integration Mission

  3. Supreme Court Olmstead decision (1999): unnecessary institutionalization is a form of discrimination prohibited by the ADA Title II Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) Title II: Requires governments to give people with disabilities an equal opportunity to benefit from all programs, services, and activities (e.g., education, employment, voting, transportation, recreation, etc.) Community Integration Is a Right: Olmstead Decision and ADA

  4. Housing Employment Education Health Status Leisure/Recreation Spirituality Citizenship and civic engagement Valued Social Roles (e.g., marriage, parenting) PEER SUPPORT Self-Determination Community Integration Definition • The opportunity to live in the community and be valued for abilities and unique qualities like everyone else

  5. Community Integration Provides the Roadmap to the Road to Recovery Community Integration Outcomes Community Presence and Participation Community Integration (Opportunity and Valued) Well-Being and Recovery

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