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Your College Community: How People with Psychiatric Disabilities Can Make the Most of Their College Experience

This manual lists support, personal growth, wellness, and entertainment opportunities for students on campus. It offers tips on maximizing the benefits of college life, including arts, health, academics, and mental wellness. Customize it for your college and include contact details for tailored resources.

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What is Supported Education? video

We sat down with a former member of the Temple University Collaborative team, Paige O’Sullivan, who was our Supported Education interventionist. She discusses what she did in this role, and why it’s important.

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Read about common stressors for college students and tips for reducing stress!

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The College Experience

This document provides college students along with their parents and instructors tips for reducing the stresses that commonly impact college students, in addition to providing guidance on the type of reasonable accommodations students with psychiatric disabilities can request to help them meet the demands of college.

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The Barriers Faced by College Students with Psychiatric Disabiliites

Dr. Mark Salzer, Director of the Temple University Collaborative, was interviewed by Larry Abramson from NPRsAll Things Consideredon December 2, 2008, along with Karen Bower, Esq from the Bazelon Center for Metal Health Law on the barriers college students with psychiatric disabilities face.

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Supporting Students: A Model Policy for Colleges and Universities

This 2007 monograph from the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law provides a set of model policies related to appropriate counseling, confidentiality, and accommodations for colleges and universities to use in responding to the complex issues raised by college students in crisis.

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Supporting College Students with Psychiatric Disabilities Webinar

People with mental illnesses are 2x more likely to drop out of college. Disability Services Offices need new approaches to support them. Temple University’s webinar provides insights on students’ experiences, useful supports, factors that promote their use of disability services, and barriers they face.

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Learn about what education specialists may do to support students, including connecting with resources!

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Learn about what education specialists may do to support students, including improving academic skills!

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College students who are more involved with student organizations tend to be more satisfied with their college experience!

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This graphic contains information about barriers impacting students with psychiatric disabilities! It also includes tips for locating supports.

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A wide variety of mainstream job trainin gprograms are available at community colleges, universities, career colleges, and local job training initiatives for people to use. These programs can help individuals with serious mental illnesses the opportunity to decelop marketable skills.

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Individualized support plans that incorporates natural supports are a valuable way to support consumers.

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63% of individuals with psychiatric disabilities reported that going to school to earn a degree or certificate was important to them. Among them, 68% said they would like to do this more often.

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From You, I Get the Story: Amplifying the Voices of Students with Mental Health Issues on College Campuses

To create welcoming higher education environments, we must listen to college students with mental health issues. Our document shares insights from over 50 students to help faculty, administrators, and staff better understand and serve this population.

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Fall 2020 Back to Campus Planning Guide for College Students with Mental Health Conditions

Our Fall 2020 Back to Campus Planning Guide offers helpful tips for college students with mental health conditions. Learn about considerations for remote, in-person, and hybrid learning formats, self-advocacy planning, and campus engagement strategies to maintain academic success and well-being in 2020!

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Mental health consumers have expressed a desire to have more supports in education!

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Education Fact Sheet: Providers

This fact sheet summarizes the strategies and resources which can be used by mental health providers to support them in reaching their educational goals, from obtaining a GED or enrolling in a trade school to succeeding in higher education. Customize it with your organization’s services.

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Education Fact Sheet: Consumers

This fact sheet outlines resources and strategies for mental health consumers to achieve educational goals, including trade school and higher education.

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30% of all college freshman report feeling overwhelmed a great deal of the time, and 30% of college freshman also felt so depressed it was difficult to function. Fortunately, there are plenty of mental health resources available on and off campus.

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30% of all college freshman report feeling overwhelmed a great deal of the time, and 30% of college freshman also felt so depressed it was difficult to function. Fortunately, there are plenty of mental health resources available on and off campus.

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Collab Chats: Supported Eduation video

In this video Paige O’Sullivan, a former recreational therapist with the collaborative, introduces us to supported education. Shes go over what supported education is and the types of support that she offered in her role.

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Campus Engagement-Oriented Supported Education

Students with mental illnesses often withdraw from college before completing their degree. Our manual discusses an evidence-based distance supported education intervention that promotes campus engagement, utilizing strategies such as identifying interests and finding opportunities on campus.

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Learn about what education specialists may do to support students, including improving social relationships!

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About Supported Education

This one page document highlights Supported Education at a glance. This includes a definition of Supported Education, why its important today, and what it looks like in practice. Additionally, this documents details what an Educational Specialist is and how they work with students to achieve education goals.

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A Selected Compendium of Mental Health Programs

This is a resource to educate and inform college students, faculty, and staff about the innovative mental health initiatives on college campuses throughout the U.S.

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A Practical Guide for People with Disabilities Who Want to Go to College

This guide aids people with disabilities in achieving education goals, covering finding schools, managing disability and education, and job searching. Includes funding and support resources. Individuals, support personnel, case managers, or family/friends can use this resource.

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20 Apps for Student Success

Our supported education specialist identified 20 apps that can help support campus engagement. These apps, which focus on productivity, mental health, finances, social support, and more, can be used on your phone! Check them out to support your success as a college student.

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