Crisis Services
ASERT does not offer crisis services through our Resource Center. If you or someone you love is experiencing mental health distress or thoughts of suicide please call or text 988 for support.
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Be Well Think Well: Mental Health in Emergency Situations
This resource, part of the Be Well, Think Well resource collection, provides information about helping a first responders manage a crisis with individuals with autism and serious mental illness, identify reasons individuals may be anxious in an emergency and how to help reduce that anxiety, and examples of concrete language that first responders can use when interacting with individuals in an emergency situation.
Read moreEncouraging Independence
This resource provides information for direct support staff on how they can encourage the individuals with autism they support to be more independent in their lives.
Read moreIncluding People with Disabilities in Your Political Campaign
This guide is a basic resource that campaigns at the local, state, and national levels can use to learn how they can become accessible not only to voters with disabilities, but also to people who want to volunteer with the campaign.
Read moreIndividualizing Support for Individuals with Autism
This resource, developed by ASERT for direct support professionals, provides information on how to create a person-centered approach that is focused on individual strengths and abilities when working with individuals who have autism.
Read moreNavigating Health Services
This resource, developed by ASERT, provides information for direct support staff on how to help the individuals they support to navigate different health services and systems.
Read moreRemoving Personal Judgement
This resource, developed by ASERT, provides information and suggestions for direct support staff on how they can work to remove their own personal thoughts and judgements when working with individuals with autism.
Read moreSocial Story: Custody Hearing, What to Expect
This social story was created by ASERT to explain the process of a custody hearing to individuals with autism.
Read moreSpotlight On: Person-Centered Projects
These resources focus on different aspects of Person-Centered planning, and include take away points and lessons learned from various ASERT projects over the years. Topics include: self-advocacy, case conceptualization and using data visualizations (graphs).
Read moreState Employment Leadership Network
State Employment Leadership Network website provides updates on the Pennsylvania’s Office of Developmental Programs 2017 Online webinars.
Read moreSupporting the Right to a Community Life
This is a guide to aid in the understanding of the Home and Community Based Settings (HCBS) Final Rule, which helps people with disabilities have the kinds of services they need in their communities.
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