Psyvaspace

Progress Place

The founder is a member of a clubhouse for consumer/survivors known as Progress Place. This organization can potentially act as a test bed of Psyvaspace, in regards to, firstly, an educational tool used to teach computers, and secondly, as a social media tool consisting of an online community of Progress Place members. A prerequisite for both tools is the development of a new programming language called Cooperscript, which is a lengthy process lasting up to a year. Both tools are largely written in Cooperscript.

West Neighbourhood House

This organization will be approached in January 2022. The founder was a computer tutor at WNH for 4 years, and is seeking the assistance of WNH to act as a test bed for the educational tool. This tool can be used to teach math, not just computers. In case either Progress Place or WNH agrees to be a test bed for the educational tool, then that tool will be developed first (after Cooperscript is up and running), and then the social media tool will be developed. In case neither Progress Place or WNH agree to be a test bed, then a tool called Coopereesta will be developed after the educational tool is up and running. Coopereesta is a tool used to create smartphone apps. If Progress Place declines to participate then development of the social media tool will probably not take place, unless some other mental health organization agrees to participate.

Educational Tool

The educational tool is called Cooprimote, used for teaching math and computers. To learn more about this tool, please click on Cooprimote and read the second paragraph under the "Nutshell" heading. If either Progress Place or WNH agree to act as a test bed for this tool, their main job is to act as beta testers. As many employees and members as possible will be recruited to thoroughly test the tool, search for bugs, and suggest new features.

Online Communities

Psyvaspace will approach organizations such as Progress Place which serve consumer/survivors. Any participating organization will act as a test bed for the social media tool. This tool (powered by Cooperscript) is used to create online communities of consumer/survivors. The role of the organizations is to act as beta testers, similar to the beta testers of the educational tool (see above).

An online community is similar to social media such as Facebook or Twitter, but without ads and fully customizable for each participating organization. Additional online communities can be created for the different classes of consumer/survivors: depression, bipolar, schizophrenia, PTSD, anxiety, etc., as well as family members, friends, and professionals included in the social networks of the consumer/survivors.

Cooperscript

The educational tool and online communities are developed using a new programming language called Cooperscript, as well as a text markup language called Coopertags. To learn more about Cooperscript, please click on Cooprimote and then click on Language. Cooperscript will be developed first, prior to the Cooprimote educational tool and the online communities.