The Special Needs Family Hour Presents: Healthy Minds Program!

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Healthy Minds Program

Join us this Sunday afternoon on the Special Needs Family Hour at 1:00 pm!
Our guests are Misty Ross, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and Dr. Nev Jones with the Department of Psychiatry & Behavior Neurosciences at the University of South Florida. 

We will be discussing Success 4 Kids & Families Healthy Minds Program. Healthy Minds is an innovative program for youth and young adults who have recently begun experiencing unusual thoughts and behaviors or who have started hearing or seeing things that others don’t. 

Enrollment Criteria

  • Individual has experienced symptoms for no more than 2 years (e.g. hallucinations, delusional thoughts, bizarre behavior, paranoia, and/or disorganized speech)
  • Symptoms are not caused by a medical condition or substance abuse
  • Individual must not have a documented IQ below 70
  • Individual must reside in Hillsborough County
Pictured:  Dr. Nev Jones, Misty Ross LCSW, and Julie Ames, SNFH

Healthy Transitions Program!

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Healthy Transitions Program

Dan Bramel, Mordecai Dixion, John Mayo, Tajhah Kittling, Tonica Freeman-Foster and Julie Ames, SNFH

Dan Bramel, Mordecai Dixion, John Mayo, Tajhah Kittling,
Tonica Freeman-Foster and Julie Ames, SNFH

Our guests today are representatives from Central Florida Behavior Health Network, the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay, and Success 4 Kids & Families. We are discussing the new Healthy Transitions Program for individuals 16 to 25 experiencing mental health challenges.

Our Guests:

  • Tonicia Freeman-Foster – Healthy Transitions Project Director at Central Florida Behavioral Health Network.
  • Mordecai Dixion – Program Manager, 2-1-1 &
    Suicide Prevention Services at the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay
  • Dan Bramel – Healthy Transitions Care Coordinator at the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay
  • John Mayo – Deputy Executive Director at Success 4 Kids & Families
  • Tajhah Kittling – Transition Specialist at Success 4 Kids & Families

Healthy Transition Program: The project will serve: 16-25 year olds at risk of developing or identified with a serious mental health condition. The goals are to: Make policy and funding changes at the state and local level to improve cross-system collaboration, service capacity, and workforce expertise; create, implement, and expand research- supported services and supports that are culturally competent and youth-guided; provide for continuity of care between child and adult behavioral health systems; and involve family and community members in this process.