Helping Youth on the Path to Employment

Summary

Helping Youth on the Path to Employment (HYPE): Creating economic self-sufficiency, a randomized-controlled implementation efficacy hybrid trial, will test a manualized intervention combining educational and employment supports for young adults with mental health conditions on a college campus.

Conditions

• Mental Impairment
• Educational Problems

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Weekly Meetings with a Supported Employment/Supported Education Specialist

Participants will receive intervention for 12 months which includes weekly meetings with a Supported Employment/Supported Education Specialist (HYPE Specialist). During the weekly meetings, the HYPE Specialist will review each participant's education and employment goals, and deliver individualized support relevant to those goals which include use of structured HYPE tools and worksheets as needed.

BEHAVIORAL

Focused Skill and Strategy Training (FSST)

Participants receive a 12 week Focused Skill and Strategy Training (FSST), a structured cognitive remediation intervention.

BEHAVIORAL

Enhanced Services as Usual

One hour meetings every semester to review individual academic needs and review list of available on campus resources to best meet the student's needs.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Colorado State University

  collaborator OTHER

• National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research

  collaborator FED

• Binghamton University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Massachusetts, Worcester

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Michelle Mullen, MS · UMass Medical School

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

30 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2019-10-11

Primary Completion

2023-01-30

Completion

2024-09-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations