Supporting Youth Vocational Goals with Mental Health and Vocational Rehabilitation Collaboration
TransitionsACR (1hr 7min)
Description: "This webinar presents findings from a 3-phase study examining collaboration related to the vocational goals of transition-age youth (ages 14-24) with serious mental health conditions between state vocational rehabilitation services and public mental health systems. Data from qualitative interviews with local vocational rehabilitation and mental health leadership from communities that received SAMHSA grants to improve services for transition-age youth with or at risk of serious mental health conditions, web surveys of key informants from programs in these communities, and analysis of the national rehabilitation services administrative database (RSA911) in regards transition-age youth with serious mental health conditions were analyzed." (June 30, 2020)
Behavioral Health Disorders and Employment for Justice Involved Adolescents Webinar
TransitionsACR (1 hr 1 min)
Description: "There is widespread concern about the needs of adolescents with mental illness involved in the justice system. Mental health and social service providers have initiated numerous programs to identify and intervene with these adolescents at high risk for poor community outcomes and continued involvement with the criminal justice system. However, there is little empirical information to guide these efforts. In particular, little is known about how the relationship between mental health symptoms and positive outcomes (e.g., employment) in these adolescents. This webinar will examine and compare patterns of education and employment over 7 years for justice-involved adolescent offenders with and without mental health conditions." (April 18, 2018)
Creating Career Pathways for Youth with Mental Health Conditions
KTDRR and KTER (1 hr 12min)
Description: "The Center on KTDRR at the American Institutes for Research supports webcasts and a Community of Practice that examine issues and challenges around evidence-based practice and vocational rehabilitation (VR). This is the ninth webcast in a series tof webcasts that examines the links between VR research and practice. Here a researcher, Dr. Marsha Ellison, and a VR practitioner, Ms. Sandra Miller, discuss career pathways strategies that support the employment of youth with mental health conditions." (February 17, 2016)
Navigating School and Work with a Serious Mental Health Condition Webinar
TransitionsACR (55:14min)
Description: "Young adults with serious mental health conditions (SMHC) face delays in participating or are prevented from participating in settings where career development and exploration activities typically occur. This webinar describes the educational and employment activities of young adults with SMHC and the successes and challenges they encounter." (September 2017)