Transitions ACR Oct 2019 Newsletter
FROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK

We are Thrilled to Announce the Award of the Third Cycle of a 5-Year Rehabilitation Research and Training Center Grant for our Learning and Working Center 

Mission of the Learning and Working Center
 
The mission of the L&W RRTC is to use the tools of research and knowledge translation to help ensure that policies, programs, and supports for youth and young adults with serious mental health conditions (SMHCs) build the strong cornerstones that support successful long-term adult work lives. This third cycle of the L&W RRTC will conduct a coordinated and comprehensive set of activities... READ MORE HERE .

EMPOWERING YOUTH IN TRANSITION

How to Talk about Mental Health:
Addressing Misunderstandings about Mental Health in the Media
Stories in the media, such as those told through the news, TV shows, movies, books, and social media sometimes use incorrect or offensive statements to describe mental health conditions.

Unfortunately, these wrong ideas can be taken as facts by people who may not know a lot about mental health. Our new Tip Sheet was written to bust these negative ideas about mental health and people with mental health conditions. It was developed as a collaboration between the Massachusetts Statewide Youth Advisory Council (SYAC) and the Learning and Working Center at the Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research (TACR) to clear up some common misunderstandings about mental health conditions and to share strategies to talk about mental health in a more accurate and more helpful way!

Read & Download this 4 page tip sheet HERE . 
ON THE JOB

Tips for Working with a Disability

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month  (NDEAM). It's a fitting time to educate yourself about disability employment issues and your legal rights. Here are several Tip Sheets that we've created to support employment while living with a mental health condition. View all of our Tip Sheets on Employment HERE .
WIOA : New Law Helps Youth & Young Adults
Get Jobs
How to Keep a Job : The Young Person's Guide
Do I Tell My Boss? Disclosing Mental Health Conditions at Work
ADVANCING RESEARCH
Childhood Bullying: Awareness, Interventions, and a Model for Change

In this Issue Brief we reviewed the prevalence of bullying, identified bullying and the signs of a bully, and discussed innovative strategies for addressing the challenges of bullying. Bullying has long-term consequences for both the bullied and those doing the bullying. Research shows that bullies are at a higher risk of dropping out of school, getting into fights, vandalizing, shoplifting, and substance use.If there is no intervention they are also four to six times more likely than their non-bullying peers to have at least one criminal conviction by age 24. Read our Psychiatry Issue Brief in full HERE .
YOUNG ADULT CORNER
CBTV // What To Do If Being Cyberbullied

Need tips on what to do about cyberbullying? The Young Adults at Comeback TV created a video with how to handle the issue of cyberbullying and it's important to know how to handle this. You can watch the video HERE . Our Comeback TV Series includes videos on therapy animals, how to find a job when living with a mental health condition, peer mentoring, applying to college and lots more. Check out all of our Comeback TV Videos HERE.
SUPPORTING THE CARETAKERS
Self-Care is Putting on YOUR Oxygen Mask First

Did you catch our new Tip Sheet from our Family Advisory Board (FAB) ? This Tip Sheet was written specifically for caretakers and family members of those living with mental health conditions. When you board an airplane, you will get the instruction, "In case of emergency, put YOUR oxygen mask first, before helping others." This assures that you are healthy and equipped to take care of others who need help. Yet we often forget to apply this basic idea to regular, everyday life when things can get overwhelming and we feel depleted. Our FAB group of caretakers and parents created a four page Tip Sheet complete with reminders, suggestions and a large list of resources that can help you do the self-care you need to maintain your own well-being so that you can successfully take care of others.
 
Read the new Tip Sheet HERE . 
UPCOMING EVENTS
Upcoming Webinar from Transitions ACR

Register NOW for our Webinar on November 19th

"Re-Conceptualizing & Boosting Engagement for Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Needs in Community-Based Services"

Date: Tues., Nov., 19, 2019
Time: 3:00-4:00PM ET
Presenter: Vanessa Klodnick, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.,
Youth & Young Adult Services Director of Research & Innovation at Thresholds

This webinar examines the complexity of service engagement for 18-25 year olds enrolled in multidisciplinary team-based services. Find our more and Register HERE .
IN THE NEWS
A Reminder: The 33rd Annual Research and Policy Conference on Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult Behavioral Health (the " Tampa Conference ") is March 15-18, 2020. Registration is now OPEN. Find more details HERE . We will be attending, presenting and hosting our annual researchers' event.
WHAT IS ISPARC DOING?
Our Webinar, " Moving from Trauma-Informed to Trauma-Responsive Care Through Training, Referral and Treatment for Youth and Families" is now available online for your review. In it, our p resenters Jessica L. Griffin, PsyD and Zlatina Kostova, PhD discussed the services and main outcomes of the UMMS Child Trauma Training Center (CTTC). The mission of CTTC is to improve identification of child trauma among professionals and increase access to evidence-based, trauma-informed services for youth and families in Massachusetts impacted by trauma. View the webinar HERE .
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, and from the Center for Mental Health Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services (NIDILRR grant number 90RT5031). 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, HHS, and/or SAMHSA and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

The Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research is part of the Implementation Science and Practice Advances Research Center, a Massachusetts Dept. of Mental
Health Research Center of Excellence.