Introduction

The Cleverley Lab partners with youth and caregivers to co-design research that will improve mental health service access, transitions, and continuity of care.

The Cleverley Lab is led by Dr. Kristin Cleverley, a Canadian expert in child and adolescent mental health transitions. Using a multi-methods approach to research, Dr. Cleverley works with a team of staff and students to develop and evaluate interventions that support transitions in care across diverse mental health settings. In particular, the Cleverley Lab seeks to improve our understanding of mental health care in order to inform and develop interventions that are proactive, flexible, and efficient.

With extensive collaborations across community and hospital settings, the Cleverley Lab actively partners with youth, caregivers, clinicians, and administrators in all aspects of our work. We lead a research program that produces novel clinical and health system interventions to improve continuity of care for youth with mental illness, addictions, and concurrent disorders.

Acknowledgements

The following people contributed to the development of this resource:

• Kristin Cleverley 1,2

• Julia Davies 1.2

• Emma McCann 1

• Celeste Agard 1

• Savina Edward 1

• Shabeeha Firthouse 1

• Soha Salman 2

We would also like to acknowledge the Transition Navigator Community of Practice, consisting of navigators practising in health care organizations across the Greater Toronto Area, who contributed several resources and shared their expertise throughout the development of this toolkit.

This resource was developed with the support of grant funding

Period of Funding: 2023-2024.

• Cleverley K (NPI), Barbic S (Co-PI), Iyer S (Co-PI), Henderson J (Co-PI), Bagnell A, Dimitropoulos G, Goyette M, Mushquash C, Toulany A, Hay K, Hutt-MacLeod D, Mathias S, Tee K. Transitions in Practice: Implementing National Youth Mental Health Transition Standards Across Canada (TIPS). Funding Agency: CIHR Catalyst Grant.

Funding: 2022-2023.

• Cleverley K (NPI), Bartha C (Co-PI), Davies J (Co-PI), Barbic S, Dimitropoulos G, Henderson J, McCann E. The UNITE Toolkit: A guide to implementing the core components of successful transitions from child and adolescent mental health services. CIHR Planning and Dissemination Grant.

Affiliations

University of Toronto 1

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health 2