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August
2017

In This Issue

In The News

Upcoming Event

Empowering
Youth

Advancing
Research

From the Transitions
RTC

Who We
Are

The Transitions RTC
promotes the full participation in socially
valued roles of youth and young adults, ages
14-30, with serious mental health conditions so
they can engage fully in all aspects of
life.

The Learning & Working
RRTC is a national effort that
aims to improve the supports of this population
to successfully complete their schooling and
training and move into rewarding work
lives.

SPARC
As a
Massachusetts
Department of Mental Health
Research Center of Excellence, SPARC aims to
improve the mental and behavioral health of all
citizens of Massachusetts and
beyond.

In The
News

The Academy
of Psychosomatic Medicine's 2017 Don R.
Lipsitt Award for Achievement in Integrated and
Collaborative Care has been awarded to SPARC's Nancy Byatt! Learn
more about this prestigious award here.

Upcoming
Events

Upcoming
Webinars

Navigating School and Work with a
Serious Mental Health Condition: It Can Be a
Bumpy Ride

Thursday,
September 14

12:00
- 1:00 PM EDT

This webinar
will describe the educational and employment
activities of young adults with serious mental
health conditions (SMHC) and the successes and
challenges they encounter, based on research
interviews.

Register here!

Mental Health Needs and Service Use
Among Young Adults Experiencing
Homelessness

Tuesday,
September 19

1:00
- 2:00 PM EDT

Hosted by our sister center, the
Pathways Research and Training
Center, this webinar presents
data from a new national study of homeless young
adults gathered through drop-in centers and
shelters in seven cities across the
country. The webinar will discuss the
intersection of homelessness and mental health
problems. Register here!

Upcoming
Conference

Join
a global community focused on improving youth
mental health at IAYMH 2017! Join researchers
from Transitions RTC and SPARC in Dublin,
Ireland from September 24th - 26th,
2017.

Empowering
Youth in
Transition

In
school...

Heading back
to school? Check out this Outside-The-Box College
Accommodations tipsheet to
have a successful year at
school!

For
more resources to get you prepared for school,
click here!

On
the job...

Hot
Off the Press! There's More to Young Adult
Unemployment Than Mental Health: What Else to
Look For

See
our other tipsheets on employment here.

In the
community...

Comeback TV
Episode on Choosing a School

View
all Comeback TV episodes here!

Advancing
Research on Vulnerable
Youth

Supported Education Improves
Educational Attainment & Employment among
Individuals with Serious Mental Health
Conditions

As the
school year approaches, we focus on how
Supported Education efforts aim to improve
career prospects for young people dealing with
serious mental health conditions (SMHC).
Included in Supported Education interventions
are:

Setting and achieving educational
goals

Improving educational competencies,
such as learning how to study and facilitating
financial aid, and

Increasing education
attainment

To learn
more about Supported Education, click here!

State-of-the-Science
Conference

The 2018 Youth & Young
Adult Mental Health State-of-the-Science
Conference will take place during
the 31st Annual Research & Policy Conference on Child,
Adolescent, and
Young Adult Behavioral Health in Tampa, Florida
from March 4-7, 2018.

Call for Proposals Is Now Open!
Submit your proposal online
today!

Announcement from
the Transitions RTC

Our very own Maryann Davis has been
appointed to a committee of national experts to
guide a new initiative to better serve Americans
with serious mental illness. The Interdepartmental Serious Mental
Illness Coordinating Committee (ISMICC) was
established to improve federal coordination
of efforts addressing the needs of adults with
serious mental health conditions and children
and youth with serious emotional disturbance.
Those with serious mental health conditions tend
to lack access to
treatment and supports
and have high rates of suicide, unemployment,
homelessness, criminal justice involvement and
other unfavorable outcomes. We look forward to
receiving updates on advances in research on
serious mental illness and the recommended
actions proposed by the ISMICC. Congratulations
Maryann!

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Some
of the contents of this newsletter were
developed under a grant with funding from the National
Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and
Rehabilitation Research, and from the Center for Mental
Health Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, United States Department of
Health and Human Services (NIDILRR grant number
90RT5031).  NIDILRR is a Center within the
Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).  The contents of
this newsletter do not necessarily represent the
policy of NIDILRR, ACL, HHS, and you should not assume
endorsement by the Federal
Government.

The Transitions RTC is part
of the Systems and Psychosocial Advances Research
Center, a Massachusetts Dept. of Mental Health Research
Center of
Excellence.

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222 Maple Ave,
Chang Building, Shrewsbury, MA 01545

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