 2009 National Youth Summit Report Now Available!
The Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health is proud to share its report from the 2009 Portland National Youth Summit, which took place in Portland, OR on June 22, 2009. Included in this report is a description of the Summit's planning stages, information about creating and working with a Youth Summit Advisory Board, an overview of the Summit's activities, and details about the youth-centered topics Summit participants felt were crucial to improving mental health services for youth and young adults. Highlighted on the back cover is the Mental Health Youth Bill of Rights, which was formulated during the Summit. This report could not have been created without the hard work of the youth and allies dedicated to youth voice in all arenas of social services. Click here to read the report.
RTC 25 Years Celebration!
On November 5, 2009, the RTC celebrated its past 25 years at a special event featuring panelists and RTC “historians” Karl Dennis, Robert Friedman, Sybil Goldman, Barbara Huff, Naomi Karp, Judith Katz-Leavy, Ira Lourie, and Sandra Spencer.
For more information about the event and to submit your own story or comment about the RTC click here.
Contribute to the BFS Scholarship:
The Building on Family Strengths Scholarship has been established to recognize the contributions of the Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health and the importance of leadership of family members in the human services workforce. More specifically, the scholarship is intended to support the education of MSW students who are preparing for careers in Social Work. The scholarship will be awarded to students who have experience with seeking services and providing care for a family member less than 18 years of age with a serious mental health condition. Click here to donate.
New research center to support young people with serious mental health conditions - Portland, OR, October 2, 2009
We are pleased and proud to announce that researchers from Portland State University’s Regional Research Institute and School of Social Work have been awarded a 5-year, $4 million grant to create and sustain The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for Pathways to Positive Futures: Supporting Successful Transition for Youth and Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions. The Center will be funded from October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2014.
The RTC for Pathways to Positive Futures aims to improve the lives of young people, ages 14-30, who have serious mental health conditions. The Center will work toward this goal through rigorous research, targeted training and technologically sophisticated dissemination. Its efforts will be guided by a philosophy of positive youth development and recovery, and be continuously informed and advised by the voices of young people and other community members. Drs. Nancy Koroloff and Janet Walker will serve as co-directors.
A website for the new RTC on Pathways to Positive Futures is under development. In the meantime, please read the abstract and check back for further information and announcements about the new RTC.
Funding for Pathways to Positive Futures is provided by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, United States Department of Education, and the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
For more information contact Janet Walker (janetw@pdx.edu) or Nancy Koroloff (koroloff@pdx.edu)
RTC 2007 Conference Proceedings now available!
The 2007 Building on Family Strengths Conference "State of the Science Report" is now available on our website. Click here to go to our Proceedings page, where you can find this report as well as E-Proceedings from the 2009 Conference!
The SUMMER 2009 issue of FOCAL POINT is now available!
This issue of Focal Point highlights a number of successful and innovative efforts to promote youth voice and youth empowerment. Many of the articles are authored by or include contributions from youth who are directly involved in the featured programs.
Click here to download the entire issue or individual articles.
RTC 2009 Conference E-Proceedings now available!
E-proceedings for the 2009 Building on Family Strengths Conference are now available on our website. Click here to read presentation abstracts and descriptions and download presentation PDFs if available.
This year’s conference featured the latest developments in two exciting areas:
- Youth empowerment and participation in designing, delivering, and evaluating services, supports, and systems
- Wraparound: practice, supervision, fidelity measurement, outcome studies, system support, and more
And, as always, the conference included presentations on recent developments and innovations in the fields of family support and children’s mental health. Check back soon for updated content from presentations you might have missed or didn't have a chance to take notes on.
Featured Discussion: "Mental Health Youth Bill of Rights: THE TIME FOR YOUTH VOICE IS NOW!"
As a part of the 2009 Portland National Youth Summit, young adult leaders from across the United States drafted a Mental Health Youth Bill of Rights. Their vision is that this Mental Health Youth Bill of Rights will be adopted by organizations such as Youth MOVE and SAMHSA and clearly displayed in every doctor's office, counseling center, and organization that services youth, ages 14-25, with mental health needs. In an effort to strengthen this document, Youth Summit participants are asking for additional feedback and support from anyone involved in the mental health network. We look forward to hearing your thoughts and receiving your support!
Join this discussion and share your thoughts.
Results from the RTC Web Publications Impact Survey
Many of you have received--and responded to--invitations to participate in a survey about how useful you found our Center's publications. Thank you to everyone who took the time to fill out this survey over the last year or so. Recently, we compiled an informal report on some of the findings. Now you can read about the results of the Publications Impact Survey.
Work, life, and the mental health system of care: A guide for professionals supporting families of children with emotional or behavioral disorders
A new book on work-life integration blends expert research and personal accounts from families to provide readers with information on critical issues that affect families with children that have emotional or behavioral disorders. Learn more at the publisher’s website.
Children’s Stigmatization of Common Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
This article, produced by researchers associated with the Research and Training Center, reports on the results of an online survey that aimed to asses the levels of stigmatization among children towards peers with ADHD and depression, two of the most common emotional and behavioral disorders among youth. Data showed that both ADHD and depression had higher stigmatization rates than asthma, and depression was overall more stigmatized than ADHD. The results also showed that children viewed peers with ADHD and depression as being violent or dangerous; past studies have found that a perception of danger appears to be an important factor contributing to social distancing.
Read more in the publisher's abstract.
Take our Focal Point Survey and Enter a Drawing for a $25 Gift Card!
Are you a Focal Point reader? If so, we invite you to take a 3-minute survey to let us know what you think. We will use the data from the survey to help us improve the quality of our work, and to demonstrate to our funders that our activities have a positive impact. Your responses will be anonymous. At the end of the survey, you will have the chance to enter into a drawing for a $25 e-gift card to Amazon.com. Contact Nicole Aue at aue@pdx.edu with questions or concerns regarding the survey.
New Publications/Tools from the RTC:
--The evidence base for mental health consultation in early childhood settings: Research synthesis addressing children’s behavioral outcomes
--Children's beliefs about the causes of childhood depression and ADHD: A study of stigmatization
--The Role of Welfare Managers in Promoting Agency Performance Through Experimentation
--The evidence base for mental health consultation in early childhood settings: Research synthesis addressing staff and program outcomes
--Work, life, and the mental health system of care: A guide for professionals supporting families of children with emotional or behavioral disorders
Search our Publications page by title for more information.
The RTC makes its products accessible to diverse audiences. If you need a publication in an alternative format, please contact the Publications Coordinator.
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