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This is a tough time for everyone and especially college students who have been asked to leave campus and finish the semester remotely, which may not be something they are used to. This change may be even more difficult for young adult college students with mental health conditions. Here are some tips we've collected that can help.
Read/Download the Tip Sheet: Finishing College Classes During COVID-19
Many of these tips were adapted from our Webinar earlier this month called Are You a College Student with a Mental Health Condition? Managing the Wake of COVID: Strategies & Tools to Finish Your Semester . If you missed the live webinar y ou can watch it HERE .

You can also download the S l ides, Transcript and Handouts HERE .

For college students who are graduating this year and beginning a job search, or even just looking for a summer job, we found this National Public Radio article very helpful.
In March, we also presented a webinar for College Support Staff and families called "Supporting College Students with Mental Health Conditions in the Wake of COVID-19". This webinar described methods to help support college students with mental health conditions who have been affected by disruptions in school due to COVID-19.

Watch the Webinar and download the slides HERE .

View the  Resources  we referenced HERE .

We found some additional ideas for college educators and support staff in this article from Landmark College: Best practices for remote learning for students with learning differences.
Are you working from home for the first time or just not used to doing it regularly?
Working from home offers its own unique challenges. In our new tip sheet we provide some concrete tips to folks to help you work productively from home and keep connected to coworkers, friends, and family members during this challenging time of physical distancing. Read and download the full tip sheet  HERE .
The world is a little scary and stressful right now because the COVID-19 outbreak has impacted many people’s lives in one way or another. Now more than ever, taking care of your mental health is a priority. At the Implementation Science and Practice Advances Research Center ( iSPARC ) and Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research ( Transitions ACR ), we've seen many great resources and tips come out to help people support their mental health during this crisis. Some of the ones we think are the most helpful are included in this Psychiatry Brief. Read and download the full brief  HERE .
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Everyone is feeling the impact of the coronavirus and most of us are finding it challenging to maintain strong mental wellness, including youth and young adults. Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research has put together a Resource Guide which includes more than 50 resources to assist youth and young adults, college administrators and professors, family members, employers and clinicians around the issues young adults are facing today amid the coronavirus. Check it out below and if you have additional resources for us, please reply to this email and let us know. We are stronger together.

Who We Are
The Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research   promotes the full participation in socially valued roles of transition-age youth and young adults (ages 14-30) with serious mental health conditions. The Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research ( Transitions ACR ) is located within the  Implementation Science and Practice Advances Research Center  ( iSPARC ) and houses The Learning & Working During the Transition to Adulthood Rehabilitation Research & Training Center ( The Learning & Working RRTC ), among other projects.
 
The Learning & Working RRTC   is a national effort that aims to improve the supports of this population to successfully complete their schooling and training and move into rewarding work lives. 

Funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), and from the Center for Mental Health Services of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

As a Massachusetts Department of Mental Health Research Center of Excellence, iSPARC aims to improve the mental and behavioral health of all citizens of Massachusetts and beyond.
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Some of the contents of this message were developed under a grant with funding from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research, United States Department of Health and Human Services (NIDILRR grant number  90RTEM0005 ). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this message do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, and/or HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

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