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The
Connections Place (TCP) can help you become "unstuck" and
recapture your life by taking small concrete steps toward
working by:
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Uncovering your positive strengths
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Focusing
on your values to help you identify meaningful work
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Using
techniques to overcome obstacles that keep you from working
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Connecting you to people, places, and things related to work
TCP
realizes that the longer a person is off the vocational
track the harder it is to get back on. And when you have
BPD, the undertaking becomes even that much harder. We want
to provide special support to you in your journey toward
regaining your life through working.
The
Connections Place is a center under the auspices of the National
Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder (NEA-BPD).
Located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, it is situated in a
comfortable work environment with access to a conference room,
kitchen and other amenities. TCP staff consists of vocational service providers with special
understanding and interest in helping clients with BPD regain
their lives through working. TCP offers a four-month job
preparedness program specifically designed to open pathways to
vocational opportunities for them.
The four-month program
is repeated three times
during the year. However,
since different individuals come with different needs, the
length of stay in the TCP program varies as collaboratively
determined by the client and the staff.
TCP uses a
rolling-admissions policy.
The
Connections Place program consists of six modules:
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Group
meetings exploring and discussing work-related concerns and
obstacles
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Group
meetings focusing on vocational readiness skills
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Invited speakers on topics related to working
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Individualized vocational planning
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Community volunteer jobs
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Internships at the TCP office
Group meetings
are held on Tuesday and Thursday mornings (9:30 am to 11
am) on work-related concerns and obstacles, and vocational
readiness skills. One morning per month invited speakers present
topics related to working - the focus is on speakers who have
succeeded in overcoming blocks to working. Scheduled
appointments in the afternoon (11:30 am to 1:30 pm) involve
individualized vocational planning, and consultation about
volunteer employment in Manhattan. Internships (optional) are
done in the afternoon at the TCP office.
If this
sounds interesting and you believe you meet the criteria below,
please
call the TCP
staff (Dale or Beth) at 212-362-5545.
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TCP Participation Criteria
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Adult
(18+)
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BPD
(as diagnosed by individual therapist)
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Priority given to relatives of
Family Connections
participants
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Concurrent individual therapy
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Written agreement from individual therapist to attend TCP
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Participation in research (with complete anonymity)
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Volunteers are always being sought
to provide assistance in the program!
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