Conference on Mental Health and Literacy for Disconnected Youth
Please see the information from Marc Kutner below.
We would like to formally invite you to attend the Center for Rehabilitation and Recovery’s one-day conference, Reading between the Lines: Re-thinking Mental Health and Literacy for Youth in Transition, to be held at New York University’s Kimmel Center on June 23rd, 2008.
The first of its kind in New York City, this conference will bring together experts from the worlds of education and mental health to investigate how these highly interrelated systems can more effectively collaborate with one another and better reach New York City’s disconnected youth – older adolescents and young adults - ages 16 to 25.
We know that cognitive functioning, literacy and the ability to learn are interconnected, and that older adolescents and young adults with emotional and behavioral problems confront multiple barriers to education, a job and a career. In our efforts to promote the employment goals of young people with psychiatric disabilities, we need to learn how to better address these barriers. Simply put, without the ability to read and write, the outcomes which many, if not most, consumers hope to achieve – including employment and a higher education – remain out of reach.
Details and registration are available on line at www.coalitionny.org/the_center/ . Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact either Alysia Pascaris at (212) 742-1600, ext. 201, or Marc Kutner, x204. Please note that we are actively encouraging the participation of consumers of the mental health system, youth and students.
