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988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is now #988

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New video series!

College Faculty Guide to Academic Supports for College Students with Serious Mental Health Conditions

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Our Goals

Support youth & young adults as students, learners, and workers. Youth and young adults with serious mental health conditions face obstacles in learning & working.
Our Goals

Examine ways that interventions can better address the unique needs of youth & young adults. Effective developmentally appropriate & appealing services are rare.
Our Goals

Improve outcomes by effectively disseminating knowledge to key stakeholders. Many of our tip sheets were developed & reviewed with input from young adults with serious mental health conditions.
Directors Statement about Black Lives Matter

As Director of the Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research, I speak for the Center in agreeing with the principle that Martin Luther King Jr. so powerfully stated “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

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Monday, September 26, 2022

Upcoming Webinar:Transforming Community Mental Healthcare: How to Grow the Youth & Young Adult Peer Support Workforce

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Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Advancing Employment for Secondary Learners with Disabilities through CTE Policy and Practice

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Friday, July 15, 2022

NEW Podcast: S.T.A.Y. Tuned: Supporting Transition-Age Youth

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Friday, June 24, 2022

Providing Culturally Competent Mental Health Care to LGBTQIA+ Youth & Young Adults

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