CalSWEC Supported Education Symposium - June 19, 2009

Supporting Individuals with Life Experience with Mental Health Issues to Succeed in Post-Secondary Education

The Statewide Supported Education Symposium was sponsored by the CalSWEC Mental Health Initiative, with funding support form the Zellerbach Family Foundation in June 2009.

Featured speakers included Daniel Chandler, PhD, a consultant with CIMH and expert in issues around supported education, Laurel Mildred, MSW, Former Executive Director of the California Network of Mental Health Clients, Tim Stringari, MFT and Rick DeGette, MFT, consultants with California Department of Mental Health/Department of Rehabilitation Cooperative, and Dina Redman, PhD, from San Francisco State University.

Presenters provided multiple perspectives around supported education, shared evidence based practices and research on the topic area, and presented specific action steps to develop support services for students with lived mental health experience.  Small discussion workgroups identified ongoing issues and challenges, and recommendations for future training seminars and the development of an action plan.

Symposium Program Schedule

Symposium Thank You/Acknowledgement Page

Supported Education for Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities

Daniel Chandler, PhD

Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities in Supported Education Programs

Daniel Chandler, PhD

Implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act in the California Mental Health System:  Introduction to Critical Issues

Laurel Mildred, MSW

Integrating Lived Experience into the Social Work Profession

Laurel Mildred, MSW

Developing Supported Education Programs at California Universities:  Possibilities and Potential Applications

Tim Stringari, MA, MFT

Developing Supported Education Programs at California Universities: Possibilities and Potential Applications

Tim Stringari, MA, MFT & Rick DeGette, MA, MFT

Supported Education at San Francisco State University:  A Case Study

Dina Redman, MPH, PhD

References for Supported Education Symposium

Other Documents of Interest on Supported Education:

Supporting Students:  A Model Policy for Colleges and Universities

Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

California Consumer Employment Summit:  Welcoming Diversity and Recovery in the Workplace.  Sponsored by California Network of Mental Health Clients and California Mental Health Directors Association.  October 2-3, 2008

California MHSA Student Mental Health Initiative.  Presentation to Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, June 14, 2007. 

Laurel Mildred, MSW

Final Report of the Student Mental Health Committee.  University of California, Office of the President, September 2006.

Developing Supported Education Programs at California Universities:  A Tool Kit of Possibilities