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Freedom Self-Advocacy Curriculum - A self-advocacy curriculum for consumers of mental health services that provides an overview of attitudes and skills you can use to improve your self-advocacy abilities. The process involves identifying obstacles developing strategies, and implementing a plan. Available from the Clearinghouse National Mental Health Consumers Self-help Clearinghouse
www.mhselfhelp.org/freedom/pubsa.pdf

On-Line Mental Health News Room – provides news articles, information and resources about mental health issues
http://www.mentalhealth.org/

Handling Your Psychiatric Disability in Work and School. Includes information about obtaining reasonable accommodations www.bu.edu/cpr/reasaccom/

New Freedom Commissions Report to the President on Mental Health – Statistics, barriers and gaps for Mental Health Services
http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov/reports/interim_toc.htm

(NAMI) Transition issues for students with mental health needs
http://www.nami.org/education/index.html

Encouraging Self-advocacy among Transition Age Students with psychiatric disorders
http://www.nami.org/youth/selfadvc.htm