Transitions to adulthood: Supporting teens with mental health issues

We speak with Dr. Marsha Ellison and Evelyn Frankford about assisting students with serious mental health challenges make transitions from high school. These students often don’t receive the supports they want and need, especially finding work or navigating college disability accommodations. Long-term relationships with a knowledgeable adult and positive youth development strategies can make a difference—but require commitments of time and money.   Overview 00:00-00:52 Intros 00:52-02:45 Numbers of students with serious mental health conditions 02:45-06:47 Schools’ capacity to recognize and serve students with serious mental health conditions 06:47-09:47 Responding to students’ needs and motivations—a positive youth development model 09:47-14:54 Strategies; intensity of relationship building; problems with the Medicaid model 14:54-15:40 Looking at the whole context of where the youth is coming from 15:40-18:23 Transitions from high school—counselors’ limitations; supporting and improving counselors’ capacity 18:23-27:02 Special ed reforms to support successful transitions 27:02-29:55 Moving from punitive to supportive approaches to behavioral issues 29:55-32:22 Participatory action research 32:22-35:08 Ethical issues in psychiatry’s (and social work’s) history and practice Transcription Click here to see the full transcript of this episode.  ...

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