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Presented at the 19th Annual Research Conference

Partnerships for Youth Transition: Evaluating Process and Progress Outcomes of Community Initiatives

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Session Number: 35 Room: Salon C & D

Presentation Type: symposium

Chair: Hewitt B. "Rusty" Clark Discussant: Maryann Davis

Synopsis: In 2002, five Partnerships for Youth Transition (PYT) community sites were funded for the purpose of planning, developing, implementing, and documenting models of comprehensive community-based programs to assist in improving the outcomes for youth and young adults with serious emotional disturbance/serious mental illness as they prepare for and enter adulthood. This symposium provides data on the: (a) preliminary analyses of the PYT cross-site processes in place and undertaken to improve examined outcomes, and (b) system of care decision making focused on hope contrasted with trauma and known risk factors. The implementation experiences and findings from across the sites will contribute to the field’s instrumentation and knowledge base related to program design, youth and family progress, community partnerships, and system/policy reform.

Date: Friday, February 24, 2006

Session Time: 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Presentation Time: 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM

An Analysis of Partnerships for Youth Transition (PYT) Cross-Site Findings

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Presenting: Hewitt B. Clark; Nicole Deschênes; Arun Karpur; Peter Gamache

All Authors for this paper: Hewitt B. Clark; Nicole Deschênes; Arun Karpur; Peter Gamache

Presentation Type: element of symposium

Synopsis: The Transition to Adulthood Assessment Protocol (TAAP) and Partnerships for Youth Transition (PYT) Process Survey were developed to examine the interrelationships between initial and ongoing status and progress indicators for youth and young adults (14-25 years old) with serious emotional disturbances and severe mental illness and their contributing processes. This presentation will consist of two main parts; the first half will be devoted to describing the preliminary analyses of the PYT cross-site processes in place and undertaken to improve the outcomes examined in the second half. This arrangement will capture the “efforts to outcomes” for the overall pool of transitional youth participants being served and for some sub-samples of the young people (e.g., youth who are homeless at intake, youth involved in juvenile justice).

Transitioning Young Adults: Hopeful Life View/Traumatic Life Experience

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Presenting: Gwen White; Robin Orlando

All Authors for this paper: Gwen White; Robin Orlando

Presentation Type: element of symposium

Synopsis: As a Partnership for Youth Transition (PYT) grantee community, Allegheny County System of Care Initiatives has worked with transition aged young adults to inform the overall planning and implementation of a transition system. This presentation will discuss the data used to inform decision making in the system of care. The major focus of this presentation will be presence of hope identified by the young adults despite significant evidence of trauma and known risk factors. Various sources of hope will be explored through both qualitative and quantitative means, including focus groups, the Young Adults Needs and Strengths Assessment, and the Consumer Strengths Assessment. In addition, data findings from the PYT descriptive study will be presented along with preliminary findings from the two-year outcomes study currently being conducted with transition aged youth.

From the Ideal to the Real: Testing Fidelity to the Transitions to Independence Process (TIP) Model

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Presenting: Nancy Koroloff; Lyn Gordon

All Authors for this paper: Nancy Koroloff; Lyn Gordon

Presentation Type: element of symposium

Synopsis: The Clark County, Washington, Department of Community Services & Corrections has established a Partnerships for Youth Transition (PYT) site project, subsequently named Options. The goal of the Options project is to build an enhanced system of treatment to address the particular difficulties that youth with serious emotional disorders/severe mental illness face in making a successful transition to adulthood. This comprehensive continuum of services built upon existing programs and worked to bridge gaps between the children's mental health system and the adult mental health system.