The Stigma of Mental Illness and Adolescents: A Mental Health Awareness and Education Program
A Webinar from the Central Conference Training Consortium (CCTC) and the
Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
Friday, February 17, 2012
1:00PM to 2:00PM Eastern Standard Time.
About the Webinar
This webinar was developed by the members of the Central Conference Training Consortium (CCTC) in partnership with AUCD.
The webinar will focus on the research project conducted by April Stachelski, a LEND trainee and doctoral student in clinical psychology at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. In her research project, Ms. Stachelski is evaluating a Mental Health Awareness and Education (MHAE) program. The goal of the MHAE program is to increase high school students' knowledge of mental health disorders and to decrease the stigma associated with mental illness. The MHAE program was piloted in 2005 and has reached more than 4,000 youth to date.
The Mental Health Association of Greater Chicago (MHAGC) is the non-profit organization responsible for creating the program. Although MHAGC has collected adequate pre- and post-data for both knowledge and stigma level, they do not have the mechanism to analyze the data as a whole. April discovered the need for comprehensive data analysis and took on this task. First, Ms. Stachelski created a master database including data from Fall of 2005 to Spring of 2011. The second phase of her project involves data analysis. A thorough program evaluation will allow for greater understanding of the process and outcome of the MHAE program, and provide the organization with information that will assist them in better understanding the successes and shortcomings of their program.
Speaker
April M. Stachelski, MS is an Illinois LEND trainee and doctoral student in clinical psychology at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She comes to the LEND program with an array of clinical experience including work with children, adolescents, and families in inpatient, outpatient, school, and home settings. She has provided treatment to children and adolescents with mental health issues, special needs (i.e., PDD, Autism, Fragile X) and children and adolescents with co-morbid psychiatric illness and medical diagnosis (i.e., cancer, lupus). Currently, she is an Extern at the UIC Rehabilitation Psychology Clinic conducting Neuropsychology Evaluations and Academic Evaluations for adults and children. Additionally, she provides Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy for young children and is a member of the Illinois Act Early team.
Ms. Stachelski is committed to raising awareness in her community and advocating for individuals with mental illness and disabilities. To this end she volunteers for the Mental Health Association of Greater Chicago (MHAGC) and has partnered with the organization to complete her LEND research project, which focuses on educating the community in an effort to decrease the stigma attached to mental illness. It is her goal to utilize her experiences in the LEND program to better serve the community, as well as to connect organizations who share similar goals to work together.
This Webinar will take place on Friday, February 17th from 1:00PM to 2:00PM Eastern Standard Time.
The visual portion of the webinar will be conducted via GoToMeeting and the audio portion via telephone or VoIP (requires microphone and speakers). After registration you will be given a unique web address for viewing the webinar and audio information.
Register for the Webinar https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/784323137
For more information please see the EVENT WEBSITE or contact Meaghan McHugh, Project Manager at AUCD
Please Note- There is NO cost for this webinar!
This webinar will be archived and can be viewed 3-5 days following the event
on AUCD’s WEBINAR LIBRARY
This Webinar was, in part, made possible with support from The Maternal and Child Health.