The Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research (Transitions ACR) | |
In this Issue...
- October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month
- Upcoming Webinar: Different by Design
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Recruiting for Learning & Working RRTC Study Projects
- iSPARC FY26 Annual Report
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Resources for Employees with Mental Health Conditions
Work is more than a paycheck and a workplace. Here are resources to help those with mental health conditions get the extra support they need to be successful in the workplace. See below to learn about accommodations, rights, job retention, and other tools that can help employees, employers, caregivers, and service providers foster inclusive and supportive work environments.
Tip Sheets & Comics:
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Accommodations at Work: What Do I Need to Know? Tip Sheet
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Adulting Shorts: Let’s Talk About Workplace Accommodations Comic
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Applying for a Job: The Young Adults Guide, Revised 2023 Tip Sheet
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Adulting Shorts: Let's Talk About Getting Your Teen Ready for a Job Comic
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Adulting Is Hard: Understanding the College-to-Career Transition and Supporting Young Adults’ Emotional Wellbeing Tip Sheet
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WIOA: New Law Helps Youth & Young Adults Get Jobs – What Families Need to Know Tip Sheet
S.T.A.Y. Tuned Podcast:
- Ep 23: Finding Personal Fulfilment as a YA: Careers, Community & the Help that Gets Us There
- Ep 22: Living With a Disability- Work, Life, and Self Advocacy with Destiny Maxam
- Ep 16: Suffering in Silence? How to obtain mental health accommodations at work and school
- Ep 10: "Too sick" to work? - Breaking the narrative
- Ep 8: Prioritizing YOU - taking a leave of absence
Blogging on Adulting:
- 5 Ways Working Helps Me Manage My Mental Health Conditions
- Accommodations in the Workplace
- WORK TOOLS: TECH
- When Two Worlds Collide: Managing Physical and Mental Health Conditions at Work
More Employment-focused Tip Sheets & Briefs
More Podcast Episodes
| | Recruitment for Gig Economy Focus Groups | | Recruitment for Fueling Success in CTE Project: Student and Family Focus Groups | | |
Hot off the Press:
iSPARC's 2026 Annual Report
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The Power of Behavioral Health Promotion & Prevention: Steps That Improve Lives
Hot off the press: our parent center, iSPARC, has released its FY26 Annual Report. This report highlights iSPARC’s accomplishments over the past year, including technical assistance to the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health and its contracted providers, collaborations across the Commonwealth and beyond, and national public mental health and implementation research efforts. It also showcases the programs and organizational structure supported through the DMH contract.
Read it in our eLibrary
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Looking for Assistance?
Technical Assistance activities are an extension of Transitions ACR's research and training activities. Our TA services can range from simple resource referrals to on-site development of a formal TA plan (including fact finding, goals, responsibilities, timelines, and evaluation measures). We are ready to help you develop programs, policies, and practices that support the community participation, educational, and employment outcomes of youth with mental health conditions.
To Request TA, fill out our online form. Please note that we do not provide clinical consultation, behavioral services, or referrals.
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| Some of the contents of this message are supported in part under a grant with funding from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), United States Department of Health and Human Services (NIDILRR grant number 90RTEM0012, The Learning & Working RRTC). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services. The contents of this message do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, or HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. | | | | |
