Description
During this course, participants will explore innovative supported education programs offered at the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University that address the unique needs of young adults living with a serious mental health condition. These programs promote the development of integral health, wellness, and academic skills as well as social connectedness and resilience and empower these young adults to choose, get, and keep their valued role as student and achieve higher education.
Date Recorded: July 12, 2017
Learning Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe collaborative, innovative supported education programming models engaging young adults in skills-building opportunities to help them achieve their academic and professional goals.
- Discuss how supported education services are highly flexible, mobile, inexpensive, and easily fit into standing programs.
- Define the ways in which supported education programming improves employment and educational outcomes.
- Explain how young adults engage in and prefer supported education programming, wherein they assume the role of student, to treatment and the role of patient or consumer.
- Identify federal legislature that supports students with disabilities access higher education.
Level
Intermediate
Course Completion Requirements
In order to complete this course, participants must view the presentation, successfully pass a post-test, and submit an online evaluation. Upon completion, CE Certificates will be available to print directly from the site.
Registration and Refund Policy
Please click below to register for the course. The cost of registration $35 for PRA members and $55 for nonmembers. If your employer is a PRA organizational member with access to reduced rates, you will see that price in the cart.
Your purchase is final. If you believe you are eligible for a rate you do not see in the cart, DO NOT complete your purchase; instead, please email info@psychrehabassociation.org for assistance.
Faculty
Courtney Joly-Lowdermilk, M.S.Ed
Courtney Joly-Lowdermilk, M.S.Ed manages NITEO at the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University, a wellness and academic skills-building program assisting college students to successfully re-enter college and complete higher education. She has worked in disability services in higher education, as a disability services coordinator, specialist, and coach, for over seven years providing direct support to students with disabilities and developing and implementing programs promoting academic self-efficacy and mental health wellbeing.
Paul Cherchia, MA
Paul Cherchia, MA, works in the College Mental Health Programs at the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University. Paul is an instructor as well as a college coach within the Niteo Program, a wellness and academic skills-building program assisting college students to successfully re-enter college and complete higher education. Additionally, he teaches LEAD BU on campus that is a wellness and academic seminar helping students learning strategies for academic access, explore values and goals, access campus supports and develop skills for health interpersonal relationships. Prior to working at the Center, he worked within the Enrollment Offices and Residence Life Offices within Boston University.
The Academy of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Recovery (the "Academy"), Provider #1170, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) 
The Academy of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Recovery, provider #1975, is approved by the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (PRA) to provide continuing education to Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioners (CPRPs) and CPRP candidates.
