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ASSET MAPPING
Discovery
Connection
Transformation

Journey Mapping
&
Results Mapping
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What is
Asset-Based
Community Development?

What are
The 40 Developmental Assets?

What is Social Capital?

150 Ways
to Build Social Capital

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The Northeast Assets
Leadership Project (NEALP)
presents its first Conference on

Inclusion & Asset Based
Community Development

Download the
Conference Brochure
for
Building and Sustaining
Strong Communities that Include
People with Disabilities and All Those Who Support Them

Thursday, September 25, 2008
9:30 am to 4:15 pm
at
The Highlander Inn
and Conference Center
Manchester, New Hampshire

Sessions will include workshops, case studies, plenary sessions and networking for real, relevant mobilization of community assets, both individual and organizational, to expand natural support for people with mental disabilities and illness.

Keynote Speaker
Mike Green
Faculty Member, ABCD Institute
“Reflections on ABCD and Inclusion”

Mike will highlight innovations and effective practices from across the country linked to
the focus of his 2006 book: When People Care Enough to Act: ABCD in Action


Optional Intensive Workshops:
Friday, September 26, 2008

All day intensive workshops include:

  • Mobilizing Community Assets for Full Membership for All: Issues and Challenges
  • Public Engagement to Promote Inclusion: Message Points for Inclusion
  • Creating a Welcoming Community

Conference Agenda and Registration Package

Fee: $95.00 per day
(Team discounts available)

 

 
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The Community Connection is a process used by the Connecticut Assets Network to apply the research of Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) and social connectedness to community life. While the research is a science, applying it to community life is an art.

Community Connections Asset Mapping Process (CCAMP), a Web-Based tool of the Connecticut Assets Network, is a source of strategies and technologies to create supportive environments for all constituencies and data-rich reports for enhanced strategic planning.

Attend a Webinar demonstration from the comfort of your own office or meeting room and learn how CCAMP can help you organize your ability to care!

A 90-minute, web-based demonstration of the CCAMP Community Mobilization Software will be held on each of the following dates:

October 1, 2008
October 15, 2008
November 12, 2008
November 19, 2008

All Web Demonstrations will take place from 2-3:30 p.m. (EST)
Early registration is recommended as space is limited.

Contact us at: 860.571.8463/gryan@ctassets.org

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Stories and Activities
describing
Community Connections

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Why Build positive connections between people, places, things and opportunities in communities? Research says that socially integrated people—those deeply involved in multiple social relation-ships—live longer, are less likely to be depressed, are less susceptible to infectious disease and are less likely to suffer severe cognitive decline with aging than are those who are more socially isolated. Even the perception that others will provide support predicts more positive health outcomes in the face of stressful events.— The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Independent of race, ethnicity, family structure and poverty status, adolescents who are connected to their parents, to their families, and to their school community are healthier than those who are not.— Reducing the Risk: Connections That Make a Difference in the Lives of Youth

.. . . social cohesiveness is a far more powerful protective factor against all risky behaviors than any number of professional social services within a neighborhood. — Hardwired to Connect

 

 

 

 

 

Assets Partners
in Connecticut and Beyond!

In 2006, the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services released its Practice Guidelines for Recovery-Oriented Behavioral Health Care. Rejecting a deficit-based perspective, the document promotes a recovery oriented, asset-based perspective as the guiding framework for the DMHAS system of care.

The Connecticut Assets Network draws on the complementary but distinct approaches developed by the Asset-Based Community Development Institute at Northwestern University in Chicago and by Search Institute® in Minneapolis. Communities working with CAN in 2006-2008 to explore and utilize tools and strategies to support a strength based framework include:

STATE DEPARTMENTS/OFFICES
Connecticut Department of Children and Families
Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Massachusetts Department of Health
New York Mental Health, Monroe County
Vermont Department of Health

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
The Connecticut Prevention Collaborative (CPC)
Search Institute®
FAVOR, Inc. / Family Advocacy for Children's Behavioral Health
Connecticut Office for Workforce Competitiveness
Texas Mental Health America, Fort Bend

RECOVERY
Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health
Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR)

REGIONAL ACTION COUNCILS
ERASE
MCSAAC
RYASAP
Lower Fairfield County Regional Action Council

DISABILITIES
ARC of Meriden/Wallingford
FAVARH: The Arc of Farmington Valley

YOUTH
Haddam-Killingworth Youth and Family Services
Hartford Behavioral Health
Newtown Youth Services
School for Ethical Education (SEE)
Waterbury Youth Services

LIBRARIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
Connecticut Public Library System
Hartford Public Library System

 

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530 Silas Deane Hwy, Ste 220, Wethersfield, Connecticut USA 06109-2227
Phone: (860) 571-8463 Fax: (860) 571-8465
Contact Us:
Greg Ryan-Executive Director
Cate Bourke-Community Specialist

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