- Partnering with Community Agencies in Transition Planning for Students with Emotional Behavioral Disturbance
- Higher Education Support Toolkit: Assisting Students with Psychiatric Disabilities
- Self-Advocacy and Health Care for Older Adults with Mental Illnesses
- Depression and Aging with a Disability
- Conversations about Intimacy and Sexuality: A Training Toolkit Using Motivational Interviewing
- Factsheets: Aging Well with a Physical Disability
- Aging Research and Guides from RRTC: Healthy Aging and Physical Disability
- Effectively Employing Young Adult Peer Providers: A Toolkit
- Recreation and Leisure for Older Adults with Psychiatric Disabilities
- Hunting for Better Health Outcomes: A Geocaching Toolkit for Individuals with Mental Illnesses
- Emotional Support Animals: The Basics
- New 988 Hotline: Reimagining Crisis Response Systems in the U.S.
Partnering with Community Agencies in Transition Planning for Students with Emotional Behavioral Disturbance
Description: This guide/reference includes steps/activities that can assure the collaboration of secondary education with the community agencies who will serve students with emotional behavioral disturbances.
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Creation Date: December 2018
Type of Product: guide/how-to; infosheet
People Required: organization
Adaptation Needed: little to none needed
Rural Adaptations: rural schools might not have all the necessary professionals, but this guide does not appear to be limited to urban areas
Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document
Funding: none needed for this guide
Staff Needed: teachers, vocational counselors, and an IEP plan group. Staff need to understand the guidelines and topics covered in this guide.
Supplies: this guide and some additional guideline resources
Technology: to access this guide and additional resources; can be printed
Alone/Group: collaboration with community agencies and educational professionals
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: availability of community agencies
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 15
Practical As-Is for Implementation: good, despite need for collaboration
Higher Education Support Toolkit: Assisting Students with Psychiatric Disabilities
Description: This is a guide used to help those with psychiatric disabilities work toward higher education.
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Creation Date: 2009
Type of Product: toolkit; guide/how-to; infosheet
People Required: organization
Adaptation Needed: little to none needed
Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to urban areas
Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document
Funding: none needed for this guide
Staff Needed: counselor and students; counselors need to know what roadblocks students might encounter and how to mentor them
Supplies: this guide and included worksheets, accessibility supplies
Technology: to access this guide and additional resources; must print to fill it out
Alone/Group: collaboration with counselor and student
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: potentially having to tell a student that they will not have the accommodations they need in higher education
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 15
Practical As-Is for Implementation: great
Self-Advocacy and Health Care for Older Adults with Mental Illnesses
Description: This infosheet focuses on the importance of self-advocacy and how to do so with medical professionals.
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Creation Date: 2009
Type of Product: infosheet; tips
People Required: individual
Adaptation Needed: little to none needed
Rural Adaptations: availability of medical professionals
Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document
Funding: none needed for this guide
Staff Needed: no staff needed
Supplies: this guide
Technology: to access this guide; can be printed
Alone/Group: done alone
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 14
Practical As-Is for Implementation: great
Depression and Aging with a Disability
Description: This infosheet focuses on the importance of self-advocacy and how to do so with medical professionals.
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Creation Date: 2012
Type of Product: infosheet; tips
People Required: individual
Adaptation Needed: little to none needed
Rural Adaptations: availability of medical professionals
Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document
Funding: none needed for this guide
Staff Needed: no staff needed
Supplies: this guide
Technology: to access this guide; can be printed
Alone/Group: done alone
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 14
Practical As-Is for Implementation: great
Conversations about Intimacy and Sexuality: A Training Toolkit Using Motivational Interviewing
Description: This guide is used to conduct MI workshop around sexuality and intimacy for those with mental health conditions.
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Creation Date: 2017
Type of Product: toolkit; guide/how-to; workshop
People Required: organization
Adaptation Needed: little to none needed
Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to urban areas
Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document
Funding: none needed for this guide
Staff Needed: staff needed to facilitate workshop; the manual trains facilitators with a step-by-step guide
Supplies: this guide and supplies to conduct activities
Technology: to access this guide; can be printed; can use PowerPoint but do not have to
Alone/Group: done alone
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 18
Practical As-Is for Implementation: great
Factsheets: Aging Well with a Physical Disability
Description: Series of tips and factsheets on various aging topics.
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URL: Fact sheet collection: http://agerrtc.washington.edu/info/factsheets
For Everyone
- Age, Hearing Loss, and Communication: What Are My Rights?
- How to Manage Disability-Related Pain as You Age
- Living Well with Age-Related Vision Loss
- Tips for Healthy Eating & Healthy Aging
- How to Reduce Stress Through Mindfulness
- How to Bounce Back
- Aging with a Disability: Tips for your Sex Life
- How to Stay Physically Active
- How to Cope with Depression
- How to Get the Most Out of Your Health Care Visits
- How to Sleep Better
- How to Find Trustworthy Health Information from the Internet
- Tips for Improving Memory & Thinking
- Employment Concerns
- How to Prevent Falls
- How to do a Lot with a Little: Managing Your Energy
For Clinicians & Providers
- How to Make Healthcare Accessible for All
- Disability Stigma & Your Patients
- Provider’s Guide for Aging Well with a Physical Disability Factsheets
Creation Date: 2015-2018
Type of Product: infosheet; tips
People Required: individual
Adaptation Needed: little to none needed
Rural Adaptations: some medical services and tips may be less available in rural areas
Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document
Funding: none needed for the guide
Staff Needed: some people may need assistance completing check-ups or other advice in the guides
Supplies: need this guide and external resources mentioned
Technology: need these guides and other resources included; can be printed
Alone/Group: done alone
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 14 (varies by guide)
Practical As-Is for Implementation: great
Aging Research and Guides from RRTC: Healthy Aging and Physical Disability
Description: Various research and guides on avoiding secondary conditions while aging with a disability.
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How to Age Well with Secondary Problems
Living with Spinal Cord Injury: Watching for Secondary Conditions
How to Sidestep Chronic Health Problems as You Age
The Benefits of Staying Engaged in Life Despite Chronic Pain
How to Age Well with Secondary Problems
Living with Spinal Cord Injury: Watching for Secondary Conditions
Creation Date: 2012-2016
Type of Product: research; infosheet; tips
People Required: individual
Adaptation Needed: some of the older research might be somewhat outdated
Rural Adaptations: some medical services and tips may be less available in rural areas
Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document
Funding: none needed for the guide
Staff Needed: some people may need assistance completing check-ups or other advice in the guides
Supplies: need this guide and external resources mentioned
Technology: need this guide and other resources included; can be printed
Alone/Group: done alone
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 13 (varies by infosheet)
Practical As-Is for Implementation: good
Effectively Employing Young Adult Peer Providers: A Toolkit
Description: A toolkit to help provider organizations employ young adult peer providers to help provide services to young adults with mental health concerns.
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Creation Date: N/A
Type of Product: toolkit; guide/how-to
People Required: organization
Adaptation Needed: little to none needed
Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to urban areas; need to be able to access webinar
Reading Time: may take a long time to read the document (100 pages)
Funding: none needed for this guide
Staff Needed: staff needed to hire young adults; need young adults on staff. Staff need to understand the topics reviewed in this manual
Supplies: this guide and included resources (e.g., webinar, worksheets, etc.)
Technology: to access this guide; can be printed; to access webinars
Alone/Group: done alone
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: liabilities, although these are addressed
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 14
Practical As-Is for Implementation: great
Recreation and Leisure for Older Adults with Psychiatric Disabilities
Description: This is a list of leisure and recreational activities for older adults with psychiatric disabilities.
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URL:
Creation Date: 2009
Type of Product: infosheets; tips
People Required: individual
Adaptation Needed: little to none needed
Rural Adaptations: availability of options in rural communities
Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document
Funding: none needed for this guide
Staff Needed: none
Supplies: this guide
Technology: to access this guide; can be printed
Alone/Group: done alone
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: availability of options in the community
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 14
Practical As-Is for Implementation: great
Hunting for Better Health Outcomes: A Geocaching Toolkit for Individuals with Mental Illnesses
Description: The purpose of this manual is to describe strategies for recreation therapists and other mental health professionals to use geocaching as an intervention modality to improve health outcomes of individuals with serious mental illnesses (SMI). This manual provides an overview of geocaching, the health needs of individuals with SMI, the potential impact of geocaching on three health needs of individuals with SMI (i.e., cognitive, social, and physical needs), and intervention recommendations.
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Creation Date: August 2019
Type of Product: toolkit; guide/how-to; infosheets
People Required: organization
Adaptation Needed: more explicit directions for accessibility and for rural areas
Rural Adaptations: more explicit directions for rural areas; GPS needed
Reading Time: does not take a long time to read document
Funding: none needed for this guide
Staff Needed: staff needed to be facilitators and to set up geocaching activity. Staff need to know about accessibility barriers and rural concerns
Supplies: this guide, supplies for geocache which are listed in this document
Technology: to access this guide; can be printed; a GPS
Alone/Group: done alone
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: some might not be interested in the activity; accessibility; GPS needed
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 9
Practical As-Is for Implementation: good
Emotional Support Animals: The Basics
Description: This tip sheet describes what an emotional support animal (ESA) is and how it is different from a service animal, therapy animal, or pet. It includes information about who would and would not benefit from an ESA and how to go about finding one.
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Creation Date: 2021
Type of Product: information/database; education
People Required: individual
Adaptation Needed: little to none needed
Rural Adaptations: this guide can be printed
Reading Time: does not take a long time to read guide
Funding: none to use guide
Staff Needed: none
Supplies: this guide
Technology: can print
Alone/Group: alone
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): College
Practical As-Is for Implementation: great
New 988 Hotline: Reimagining Crisis Response Systems in the U.S.
Description: This infographic outlines the implementation of a new, 3-digit national number (988) for mental health emergencies.
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Creation Date: 2022
Type of Product: information/database; education
People Required: individual; organization
Adaptation Needed: little to none needed
Rural Adaptations: this guide can be printed
Reading Time: does not take a long time to read guide
Funding: none to use guide
Staff Needed: none
Supplies: this guide
Technology: can print
Alone/Group: alone
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): College
Practical As-Is for Implementation: great
- Partnering with Community Agencies in Transition Planning for Students with Emotional Behavioral Disturbance
- Higher Education Support Toolkit: Assisting Students with Psychiatric Disabilities
- Self-Advocacy and Health Care for Older Adults with Mental Illnesses
- Depression and Aging with a Disability
- Conversations about Intimacy and Sexuality: A Training Toolkit Using Motivational Interviewing
- Factsheets: Aging Well with a Physical Disability
- Aging Research and Guides from RRTC: Healthy Aging and Physical Disability
- Effectively Employing Young Adult Peer Providers: A Toolkit
- Recreation and Leisure for Older Adults with Psychiatric Disabilities
- Hunting for Better Health Outcomes: A Geocaching Toolkit for Individuals with Mental Illnesses
- Emotional Support Animals: The Basics
- New 988 Hotline: Reimagining Crisis Response Systems in the U.S.