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HeadsUp Presents: Coordinated specialty care teams work with young people with psychosis to decrease their mental health distress, improve functioning and quality of life. Educational outcomes are an important and sometimes overlooked measure in youth with psychosis, especially early on in the course of psychosis which affects occupational functioning and earning potential later on in life. Onset of psychosis in teens, which is a critical period in brain development, affects the adolescent brain in multiple ways. This session will describe neurodevelopmental underpinnings during early course of psychosis which lead to executive functioning problems and academic deficits. The presenters will discuss various school related issues such as working with school professionals, familiarizing oneself with the school education related laws and interface with HIPAA laws, individualized educations plans, 504Ss as form of academic and emotional support and very importantly collaborating with schools to address their concerns around safety and threat assessments rising out of possible erratic behaviors by youth with psychosis. In addition, the presenters will use case-based learning to demonstrate principles of working with school to help students achieve maximum academic potential.
Objectives:
Identify the neurodevelopmental underpinnings that affect educational outcomes for youth with psychosis Articulate the federal educational laws that are used to support youth with psychosis in schools, differences between various educational plans (504 vs. Individualized education plan) and express understanding of various safety and threat related issues in school systems and managing them with schools in a collaborative manner. Summarize by means of case-based learning collaborative work between school professionals and coordinated specialty care programs to improve academic outcomes for a youth with psychosis.
Catherine (Cat) Conroy, M.Ed, Manager of HeadsUp
Neurodevelopment and Psychosis Section, Department of Psychiatry
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
10th floor, Gates Pavilion, HUP
3400 Spruce Street, Rm. 10054, Philadelphia, PA 19104
headsuppaorg@gmail.com
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