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February 10, 2016

News from Pathways RTC

Next Webinar: Stepping Up: Young Adult Voice in Policy Change

Date/Time: Wednesday, February 24th, 2016, 10am – 11am PST / 1pm – 2pm EST

Project S/PAC (System/Policy Analysis and Change) will describe their study of youth and young adult organizations that have actively worked to change policies affecting young adults with mental health challenges. The webinar will include a description of targeted policies; how challenges were met; resources that were used; and lessons learned. Young adults from some of the organizations interviewed will speak about their experiences.

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View past webinars at our archive »

This webinar is made possible through funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services, Child, Adolescent and Family Branch and the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).

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Community Support Tip Sheet [enable images to see]

New Tip Sheet: Building Community Supports

Pathways Transition Training Partnership (PTTP) has produced a new tip sheet on social support for young people in the transition years. This tip sheet describes how service providers can connect young people with the types of supports they need and prefer.

This tip sheet reinforces concepts embedded within a forthcoming set of online training modules for practitioners. Learn more about this exciting opportunity from the PTTP project page.

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Stuff We Like

National Early Psychosis Implementation Learning Collaborative

Call in on February 17th to learn more about this new initiative sponsored in part by the Early Assessment and Support Alliance (EASA). The collaborative will help introduce the core principles and practices of early psychosis intervention as well as connect you with implementation strategies and supports.

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Helping Consumers Understand Parity

A new SAMHSA resource explains how to use employer-sponsored health plans to cover mental health (MH) and substance use disorder (SUD) services. Readers will learn about reasons why some MH and SUD benefit claims are denied, how to file an appeal if a claim is denied, and ways to obtain more information.

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Opportunities

Webcast: Creating Career Pathways for Youth

Date/Time: Wednesday, February 17, 2016, 12pm PST / 3pm EST

In this webcast a NIDILRR-funded researcher, Dr. Marsha Ellison, and Ms. Sandra Miller of the Delaware Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, will discuss career pathways strategies that support the employment of youth with mental health conditions.

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Webinar: Comorbid Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Serious Mental Illness (SMI)

Date/Time: Tuesday, February 16, 2016, 9am PST / 12pm EST

Attendees will learn about the prevalence of ASD as well as the rates of comorbidity of ASD with SMI. The webinar will also cover how to differentiate between whether functional impairment stems from SMI or from ASD as well as evidenced based treatment approaches. Register »

29th Annual Research and Policy Conference on Child, Adolescent and Young Adult Behavioral Health

Date/Location: March 13-16, 2016, Tampa, FL

Tamara Sale, MA, Amy Goldstein, PhD, and Janet Walker, PhD, will discuss exciting new developments in research, policy and practice related to early intervention in psychosis. Register »

Funds to support this activity come from the National Institute of Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research, United States Department of Education, and the Center for Mental Health Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services (NIDILRR grant 90RT5030). The content does not represent the views or policies of the funding agencies.

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