Supported education for individuals with psychiatric disabilities: State of the practice and policy implications.

Abstract

While setting, target populations, level of coordination with supported employment, and financing strategies varied, common SEd components emerged: specialized and dedicated staffing, one-on-one and group skill-building activities, assistance with navigating the academic setting and coordinating different services, and linkages with mental health counseling. The evidence base is growing; however, many published studies to date do not employ rigorous methodology. Conclusions and Implications for Policy and Practice: Continued specification, operationalization, and testing of SEd core components are needed. The components of the evolving SEd model would benefit from rigorous testing to evaluate impact on degree completion and other key impacts such as employment; health, mental health, or recovery; and community participation. In addition to funding streams from special education and Medicaid, new opportunities for increasing the availability of SEd include the Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA) reauthorization, which requires state vocational rehabilitation agencies to fund preemployment services for transition-age individuals. New "set-aside" requirements for the Mental Health Services Block Grant will increase funding for early intervention services for individuals with serious mental illness, potentially including SEd. (PsycINFO Database Record

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“…2. At the same time, some recent studies suggest a need for more research describing the particular factors and components which comprise SEd in order to develop the evidence base for this intervention [8,9,20,59,66]. Figure 2 is presented as a summary of the essential components described above.…”

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“…Have you been bothered by voices?2. Have you been seeing things other people can't see?3. Have you been feeling stressed?…”

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