The Community Integration Measure (CIM) offers a brief, easily-administered measure of community integration in a client-centered survey of perceived connections with the community in 4 dimensions (general assimilation, support, occupation and independent living) developed from the words and ideas of individuals with traumatic brain injury.
To obtain a copy of the CIM, please click on the link below:
References:
- McColl, M.A., Davies, D., Carlson, P., Johnston, J., & Minnes, P. (2001). The Community Integration Measure: Development and preliminary validation. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 82, 429-434.
- McColl, M.A., Davies, D., Carlson, P., Johnston, J., Harrick, L.,., Minnes, P., & Shue, K. (1999). Transitions to independent living after ABI. Brain Injury, 13, 311-330.
- McColl, M.A., Carlson, P., Johnston, J., Minnes, K., Shue, K., Davies, D., & Karlovits, T. (1998). The definition of community integration: Perspectives of people with brain injuries. Brain Injury, 12 (1), 15-30.
- Minnes, P., Carlson, P., McColl, M.A., Nolte, M.L., Johnston, J. & Buell, K. (2003). Community integration: a useful construct , but what does it really mean? Brain Injury, 17, 149-59.