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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Autism Initiative at Mercyhurst (AIM)
This website provides information about the Autism Initiative at Mercyhurst (AIM) program that provides additional services and supports to students with autism who attend Mercyhurst University.
Read moreBe 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 moreCharting the LifeCourse Toolkit
The LifeCourse Toolkit is a series of resources that individuals with autism and their families can use to plan for their future.
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 moreGuardianship & Legal Resources
This resource is a collection of information about guardianship and things to consider when determining the type of guardianship to pursue, the warning signs of abuse of power of attorney or guardianship, Supported Decision Making and how it can be used, and definitions of common legal terms you may encounter when discussing legal guardianship, power of attorney, or other legal proceedings.
Read moreInclude Me Resources
Include Me is a new model for the inclusive education and gaining meaningful employment for Pennsylvania’s students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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 morePA Family Network
The PA Family Network was created to support families and the major elements of the Community of Practice goals.
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