Advocacy: Programs

Programs and resources promoting, supporting, and training self-advocacy/advocacy for people with disabilities and families.

• Equal Justice for People with Developmental Disabilities

  Providing information, training and products which focus on the interaction between the criminal justice system and people with disabilities.

• Emergency Preparedness

  Helping Pennsylvanians with disabilities, families and support personnel think about and prepare for emergencies.

• IM4Q: Independent Monitoring for Quality

  Collecting and disseminating information that might help improve the quality of life of people with disabilities.

• Leadership & Career Studies

  A four-year certificate program providing young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities an authentic college experience while developing academic abilities, career aspirations, work skills, and self-determination at Temple University.

• Media Arts and Culture
  Arts initiatives developed independently and with internal and external partners, and projects executed collaboratively with university and community-based arts practitioners to create innovative, fully accessible cultural programming. Projects include oral history, archival preservation, documentary, exhibition, and public performance.

• Leadership Development:
  Competence and Confidence Partners in Policymaking – C2P2

  Training for parents of children/young adults living with intellectual disabilities and/or autism and adults living with intellectual disabilities and/or autism, providing up-to-date information, leadership training, and skill building.

• Leadership Development:
  Families First

  Empowerment training on the basics of early intervention—teaching about early intervention system, meeting with other families, becoming an equal member in your child's Individual Education Plan.

• Healthy Sexuality

  The Institute infuses the important topic of healthy sexuality throughout many of its trainings as a proactive tool to prevent becoming a victim or defendant. The objective is to foster the understanding of sexual responsibility in its broadest sense.

• Technical Assistance

  Providing technical assistance at the local, state, and international levels to individuals, agencies, and government entities, focusing on increasing the independent productivity and inclusion of all people with developmental disabilities.

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