Project Staff:
Janet Walker: Co-Principal Investigator.
Laurie Powers: Co-Principal Investigator.
Celeste Moser: Project Coordinator.
Amber Anthenien: Research Intern.
Jared Best: Research Intern.
Precious Bodel: Research Intern.
Mauri Castle: Research Intern.
Katrina Friedrich: Research Intern.
Celina Kishna: Research Intern.
Description:
Achieve My Plan (AMP): A Randomized Field-Test of Youth Engagement in Mental Health Treatment Planning
For young people aged 13-18 with serious mental health conditions, a comprehensive, team-based approach is increasingly seen as the preferred mechanism for creating and monitoring treatment plans. Unfortunately, the young people themselves rarely participate meaningfully in these kinds of interdisciplinary planning teams. As a result, they can become disengaged from the planning process and unmotivated to participate in the planned treatment. The Achieve My Plan! (AMP) study is testing a promising intervention that was developed by researchers at Portland State University, in collaboration with young people who have mental health conditions, service providers and caregivers. The study is systematically evaluating the impact of the AMP intervention on youth participation and engagement in treatment planning, youth empowerment, and youth mental health and recovery outcomes.
Products:
Informational Flyer - Things Youth Hate in Team Meetings
Video - Youth Participation in Planning: Why it Matters
In their own words and with stories from their own lives, youth describe what it feels like not to have any say in the plans that are made for their treatment, care, education and future. These young people, all of whom have been the focus of numerous multi-system plans, also describe the rare occasions when they were encouraged to participate meaningfully in the planning process, and how those experiences left them feeling hopeful and motivated. Caregivers and providers contribute their perspectives as well, speaking about how positive experiences with youth participation in planning helped them overcome their prior fears and skepticism about including youth voice in the planning process. This video was conceived and created by AMP project advisors—youth, caregivers, and providers—in collaboration with RTC staff. Below you may choose either the file with or without closed-caption capability.
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