Resource Information
Tip Sheets - Employment, Education, Living Skills and More
Resource Author/Owner/Service Provider
Transitions Research & Training Center
Description
This web page provides an extensive collection of downloadable tip-sheets, briefs, posters, infographics and videos, many of which were developed and reviewed with input from young adults with serious mental health conditions and given their "stamp of approval."
Education
- What is a 504 Plan and How Can it Help my Teen?
- My Mental Health Rights on Campus
- Teens on IEPs: Making my Transitions Services Work for Me
- Tools for School: Accommodations for College Students with Mental Health Challenges
Living Skills
- Telling your Money What to Do: The Young Adults Guide
- How to Speak up and be Heard: Self Advocacy
- My Must Have Papers
- Keeping in Contact with Your Professional
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI), What Happens to your SSI when you Turn 18?
Other
- Becoming an Adult: Challenges for those with Mental Health Conditions
- Young Adults Getting Involved: Participatory Action Research & Transition Age Youth
- Crossing the Divide: Programs that Bridge Child and Adult Mental Health Services
- Building a Community of Practice to Support Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions
Websites
Categories
AdvocacyAlternative Employment OptionsCounselingDisability RightsEmploymentEmployment SupportsFinancial SupportsGeneral Support for FamiliesHigher EducationInformation and ReferralLife Skill DevelopmentMoney ManagementSelf-AdvocacySelf-Directed CareTransition PlanningTransitions to AdulthoodRelated Terms
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Hotlines
In an Emergency, Call 911
Looking for help in
non-emergency situations?
Call 211 or
Call 311 in New York City
NY Connects
1-800-342-9871
Suicide Crisis Hotline
1-800-273-TALK (8255) Toll Free
1-800-799-4889 TTY
Child Abuse & Maltreatment Hotline
1-800-342-3720, Toll Free
1-800-638-5163, TTD/TTY
1-800-342-3720, NY Relay
Vulnerable Persons Central Register (VPCR) Hotline
1-855-373-2122 Toll Free
1-855-373-2123 TTD/TTY
Family/Youth Support and Peer Advocacy
Information and support for individuals and families with behavioral, emotional, physical and/or mental health challenges.
Financial Assistance
Help given to a person or organization in the form of money, loans, reduced taxes, etc.
Legal/Civil Rights/Protective Services
Information regarding the discrimination against people with physical/mental disabilities, as well as information on protective services.
Training and Technical Assistance
Planning, development, delivery, and evaluation of activities designed to achieve specific learning objectives and help resolve problems.
