Boston University Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation

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Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation

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AMA-Employment w/ Dr. Shannon Blajeski, PhD (Aug. 6th, 2025) – The Importance of Engaged Career Development with Young Adults in Early Psychosis Programs

July 17, 2025

Ask Me Anything about Employment: "The Importance of Engaged Career Development with Young Adults in Early Psychosis Programs", with guest expert Shannon Blajeski, PhD, MSW You’re invited to ask an expert about interesting topics related to employment. This free event is not a presentation, but rather an interactive question & answer webinar. And YOU provide the questions! This session: "The Importance of Engaged Career Development with Young Adults in Early Psychosis Programs", with guest expert Shannon Blajeski, PhD, MSW. Dr. Blajeski is a mental health intervention researcher who is interested in improving career and income pathways for young adults with early psychosis to prevent the often-intractable poverty associated with long-term dependence on disability benefits. Her research is situated at the crux of her lengthy clinical social work experiences in behavioral health settings and her scholarly training in Social Welfare, and she brings an additional ten years of experience with the implantation of the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) model to her work. Dr. Blajeski is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Portland State University and collaborator with the Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Additionally, she has active research partnerships with Michigan NAVIGATE and the Oregon EASA Center for Excellence. To submit questions ahead of time, or to request any accessibility accommodations, please send an email to: lisakaye@bu.edu at least 72 hours prior to event.

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Notice: This event is funded under a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grant number 90RTEM0011).  NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).  This event and associated content (e.g, recordings, transcriptions) do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, or HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

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