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988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is now #988

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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.

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Why Millennials and Gen Z Love Nostalgia & How it Impacts Mental Health

Do you find yourself going back to your childhood favorite shows and movies like Wizards of Waverly Place, Mulan, or Max and Ruby? Maybe you find yourself playing your old games like Webkinz, The Sims, and Pokemon. It’s actually quite common if sometimes all you want to do after a long day of work is consume the nostalgic content you grew up with. But what we wanted to know is, what is it about nostalgia that soothes us? Why do we find comfort in the things from our past? Can nostalgia be intentionally implemented as a tool to help us cope with our stressors in life? Join us as we explore these questions and discuss our childhood favorites to hopefully give you your own dose of nostalgia for the day.

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Accommodations at Work: What Do I Need to Know? Tip Sheet

This tip sheet explains what accommodations are, who they apply to, and provides examples of workplace accommodations that could be helpful for young adults, and others, with serious mental health conditions.

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Adulting Shorts: The "TEA" on IEPs Part 4

This info-comic is for high school students to help them understand what an Individualized Educational Plan or IEP is, what transition planning is, and the importance of the student being involved in them. Part 4 focuses on Mateo leading his IEP meeting.

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Newly Funded Research in September 2023

Transitions is pleased to announce that in September 2023 two of our researchers received funding for new projects. Please join us in congratulating Lourah Kelly, and Kathryn Sabella on these important research studies.

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