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September 08, 2008
Free Toolkit for Persons with a History of Mental Health Issues and Child
The following informaion was found from Disabled Peoples' International's (DPI) E-news
and downloaded in cooperation with its publisher.
The UPenn Collaborative on Community Integration has developed a free tool
kit for parents with serious mental illness. Research indicates that mothers
with serious mental illnesses are almost three times more likely than
mothers without such illnesses to be involved in the child welfare system;
many have lost custody of their children.
The tool kit
・ Helps parents who have lost custody or are at risk of losing custody of their children
・ Helps parents in recovery from mental illnesses with parenting issues
・ Offers guidance for professionals on the above
The tool kit titled, "Helping Behavioral Health Clients with Parenting &
Child Custody Issues," can be downloaded at
http://www.upennrrtc.org/resources/view.php?tool_id=185
Posted by jicafriends at September 8, 2008 11:20 AM