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Description
The RRTC at Boston University works to improve employment outcomes through the development and testing of Thinking Skills for Work, a tablet application to extend a work-focused cognitive remediation intervention; research to predict employment outcomes with client and program characteristics, work environment, and community characteristics; a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of the peer-run Vocational Empowerment Photovoice (VEP) program; development and testing of Opening Doors, a career education and career development project; and a study of the impact of federal and state government policies and practices on employment outcomes for people with psychiatric disabilities.
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This project develops a National Resource Center (NRC) on Employment and Vocational Recovery to provide technical assistance, conduct training, and develop and disseminate resources. Technical assistance is provided to organizations delivering employment and vocational recovery services and to support state-level SAMHSA grantees in providing high-fidelity, evidence-based supported employment. Training includes two programs: Advanced Practitioner and Peer Specialist Skills (APPS): Building Partnerships for Employment and Vocational Recovery Through Distance Learning and Moving Along to Employment: Exposure Training to Inspire Networks of Support. Development and dissemination projects include the National Resource Center on Employment and Vocational Recovery Online and "Let's Talk Employment", a family toolkit for educating families about employment and vocational recovery. This project is a collaboration between the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Westat, and other organizations from around the nation.