For this assignment, you choose (1) a specific subgroup of individuals with SPMI, and (2) a specific life milestone or other rehabilitation/recovery focus, (3) intersectionality. The goal of the assignment is to develop a well-reasoned intervention plan that reflects recovery principles and incorporates critical elements of social work practice.

8 pages not including the title page or reference page

Group:  Young adults with 1st onset SPMI (Serious and Persistent mental illness)
Focus:  Education, relationships & sexuality

Your written report will consist of a well-written synopsis, a reference list, and a will be shared with classmates. You are free to use readings that we have completed during the course, but you should plan to include additional scholarly resources that address the specifics of your topic (and the specific questions below).

Please use the following questions/sections to guide the development of your report:
1.    Help us to get to know the group you have chosen. Consider gender, age, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, lived or shared experiences, and/or other characteristics of relevance.
2.    What is your rationale for choosing the milestone or rehab/recovery issue that you did for this particular group? Consider things like developmental tasks and trajectories, community inclusion, experiences of oppression and discrimination, and other relevant rationales.
3.    Review the evidence regarding psychiatric rehabilitation and related interventions with this issue/group. Are there any that might be considered efficacious or promising? What questions and challenges remain? If research has not been conducted on your specific issue/group, what can be learned from the research on related populations?

4.    Propose an intervention to address this issue with your chosen group, incorporating responses to the following:
1.    Identify the primary outcomes you would address and the services or program elements you would include
2.    Develop a name and/or a logo for your program that captures its focus on recovery.
3.    Identify one specific skill that you might want to address in your program. Why would this skill be important? Provide a brief outline of the steps you would use to assist in the development of that skill.
4.    Identify any clinical or social justice concerns that might be of special importance (e.g. cultural responsiveness, the inclusion of families, the perpetuation of oppressive power relations, stigma). How might you address these?
5.    Finally, evaluate your proposed program in terms of ways it is consistent with recovery principles and systems and social work values. If it is not entirely consistent with these, discuss some of the contexts of challenges that might contribute to this.

These are some example references but not limited you can use other sources of your choice within the United States:

Recommended Websites

National Associate of Social Workers: http://www.naswdc.org
National Alliance on Mental Illness:  https://www.nami.org/#
Connecticut Chapter of NAMI:  http://www.namict.org
Social Workers Help Starts Here:  http://www.helpstartshere.org/mind-spirit
Alternative/Holistic Approaches to Mental Health:  https://cpr.bu.edu/resources/newsletter/alternative-approaches-mental-health-care
National Guideline ClearinghouseTM (NGC) — A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines: http://www.guideline.gov
Society for Social Work Research: http://www.sswr.org
American Evaluation Association: http://www.eval.org
Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy: http://www.evidencebasedprograms.org/
o    Helpguide
This website includes information about who self-injures, types of self-injury, reasons for self-injury, self-injury as addiction, self-injury, and suicide, how to help a loved one who self-injures, self-help, treatment for self-injury and other references and resources. It is a helpful resource for family and client education.
http://www.helpguide.org/mental/self_injury.htm
o    Mayo Clinic
Search the Mayo Clinic site to find current information about mental illness and health.
http://www.mayoclinic.com
o    Medscape
Medscape provides information about psychiatric illnesses and treatment. http://www.medscape.com
o    MentalHelp.net
Information about specific mental disorders is found on Mental Help Net. http://www.mentalhelp.net
o    Mental Health America
Mental Health America (formerly the National Mental Health Association) is the oldest and largest nonprofit organization in the United States that addresses mental health and illness. Here the viewer will find information about a variety of mental illnesses and their treatments as well as a directory of local Mental Health America affiliates.
http://www.nmha.org
o    National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
This site provides information about mental illness, services, medications, and stigma reduction.
http://www.nami.org