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March
2017

In This Issue

In The News

Upcoming Event

What SPARC Is
Doing

Empowering
Youth

Advancing
Research

From the Director's
Desk

Who We
Are

The Transitions RTC
promotes the full participation in socially
valued roles of this population so they can
engage fully in all aspects of
life.

The Learning & Working
RRTC, is a national effort that
aims to improve the supports for youth and young
adults, ages 14-30, with serious mental health
conditions to successfully complete their
schooling and training and move into rewarding
work
lives.

In The
News

The JED
Foundation partnered with the SPARC &
Transitions RTC team to better understand the
emotional health challenges of young students
and professionals

View the Press

Release
Here

Upcoming
Event

Upcoming
Webinar
Employing
Young Adult Peer Support Workers: A Toolkit for
Providers

presented by
Jonathan Delman and Vanessa Vorhies
Klodnick

Thursday,
May 11, 2017 from Noon to 1:00 PM
EST

This webinar
will discuss the factors that promote the
success of young adult peer mentors, and
introduce for employers a new toolkit, including
topics such as effective supervision,
organizational culture, and recruitment and
hiring.

Register
Here

What SPARC

Is
Doing

Research
in
the Works

There seems to be a
decrease in depression severity with the
intervention components included in PRISM. Learn
more from the Program In Support of Moms (PRISM)
Research Study!

Empowering
Youth in
Transition

In
school...

Report from
RTI and the Transitions RTC: Supported education improves career
prospects for young people dealing with mental
illness

On
the job...

Do I Tell My Boss?: Disclosing My
Mental Health Condition at Work [Tip
Sheet]

In
the community...

CBTV // Therapy Animals:

The Types and Your
Rights

Advancing
Research on Vulnerable
Youth

Young
Adult Research in Tampa!

See our
updates, photos, and researcher presentations
from the 30th Annual Research & Policy
Conference on Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult
Behavioral Health. Click here for a full
update!

We had many
presentations in the Emerging Adult Track, some
of which included:

Peer Mentor
Employer
Toolkit - slides here

Career
Services for Young Adults: The
HYPE Project - slides here

Education
and Employment
Histories of Young Adults - slides here

Outcomes for
Serious Adolescent Offenders Transitioning to
Adulthood - slides
here

Stay
tuned for our State-of-the-Science Conference in
Tampa in Spring 2018!

The
Transitions
RTC will
be hosting the
2018
Youth &Young
Adult
Mental Health
State-of-the-Science
Conference during the 2018
Research &
Policy
Conference on Child, Adolescent,
and Young Adult
Behavioral Health in Tampa,
Florida!

Click here to view the flyer and
learn

information about the call for
papers!

From the
Director's Desk

Dr. Maryann Davis
Welcomes You to the Transitions RTC
Newsletter!

Maryann Davis, PhD,
is a Research Associate Professor of Psychiatry
at the University of Massachusetts' Medical
School and the Director of SPARC
and Transitions
RTC.

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