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How Can Consumer Direction Really Be Right For Everyone? - Technical Assistance Presentation
01/13/2010 | Requests *Summary
What are the goals of consumer direction? Does mental illness affect consumer direction of community-based care? This presentation addresses these and other tough questions faced in planning and implementing participant-directed programs. Information on consumer assessments, representatives, and common sense approaches and intervention are discussed, as well as additional tools and resources.
Author
Crisp, Suzanne; Simon-Rusinowitz, Lori; Loughlin, Dawn; Barrett, Sandy
Available Files
- Presentation PDF (808K, 35 pages)
Keywords
Cash and Counseling; Community Inclusion; MH diagnosis; mental health diagnosis; competency; capacity; counseling
Topic
Consumer/Participant Direction, Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness
Type/Tool
Archived conference materials / Presentations, Training materials
Source
NRCPDS
State
All States/Territories
Date Created
09/22/2010
Contact
Elizabeth Maguire
National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services
elizabeth.maguire.1@bc.edu
617-552-0562
National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services
elizabeth.maguire.1@bc.edu
617-552-0562
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