Adulting Shorts: An Interview Tale, PART 2

Part 2 of the Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research\u27s An Interview Tale Comic depicts questions in an interview that a young adult may encounter. Please see our tip sheet, Do I Tell My Boss?: Disclosing My Mental Health Condition at Work for more information. Part 1 of An Interview Tale is here

Before a Mental Health Crisis Hits: Creating a Family Safety Plan

A Family Safety Plan is a tool created collaboratively with your loved one with lived experience of mental health condition(s), family members, medical staff and friends. It’s your “playbook” of the best ways to minimize or divert a mental health crisis. The plan is prepared when your loved one is stable and can fully contribute. The goal of the plan is to identify possible triggers for a mental health issue and actions, under different scenarios, to minimize or prevent a crisis and ensure the safety of your loved one and other family members. This tip sheet was developed by our Family Advisory Board and describes what to include in a Family Safety Plan and tips about creating one

Parents Chime In: Our Self-Care Strategies While Supporting Loved Ones with Mental Health Conditions During a Pandemic

In the wake of COVID-19, that tried and true saying of “putting on your mask first before helping others” takes on a whole new meaning and it applies even more. We asked our Family Advisory Board members to provide thoughts on how they adapted their self-care strategies and to share tips on supporting their loved ones with mental health conditions in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. See our For Families or Caregivers: Self-Care is Putting on YOUR Oxygen Mask First tip sheet here

For Families or Caregivers: Self-Care is Putting on YOUR Oxygen Mask First [English and Spanish versions]

A Spanish translation of this publication is available to download under Additional Files. This tip sheet was written by the Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research\u27s Family Advisory Board (FAB). The tip sheet is written for the parents and care-givers of young adults with serious mental health conditions. It provides explains why self-care is important and offers self-care tips and resources

TACR Shorts: College Accommodations Comic

This comic is designed to help young adults with mental health conditions find out that accommodations in college are available and where to go to learn more about them and request them. It also offers additional resources such as these tip sheets: Getting Accommodations at College: Tools for School [English and Spanish versions]: https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/pib/vol8/iss16/1/ Outside-The-Box College Accommodations: Real Support for Real Students: Tools for School II [English and Spanish versions]: https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/pib/vol14/iss3/1

Adulting Shorts: The “TEA” on IEPS Part 1

This info-comic is for high school students to help them understand what an Individualized Educational Plan or IEP is, what transition planning is, and the importance of the student being involved in them. This info-comic is based on work by the Translating Evidence to Support Transitions (TEST) team (NIDILRR Grant number 90DP0080). Find out more about this project on the project’s website. Read the Teens on IEPs tip sheet. Read the You Got This: Taking a Leadership Role in Your IEP Meeting tip sheet. Artwork by Marina Gatesy-Davis View the info-comic transcript