OnTrackNY October 2020 Newsletter: Changing the Game

Welcome to our Fall 2020 issue of Changing the Game, our quarterly newsletter developed for and by our own OnTrackNY community! OnTrackNY, both as a model and as a community of teams, participants, families, graduates, and OnTrackNY Central staff, is certainly Changing the Game by shifting conversations about mental health recovery to focus on what matters most to individuals and families experiencing early psychosis, especially now.

We are excited to feature an awesome interview with the Peer Specialist of IFH in the Bronx, Stephanie Colon. We also share a brief description by Alice Saperstein, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry Columbia University Irving Medical Center, of a new service being offered by some OnTrackNY teams to promote cognitive health called Brain Gym. Youth Coordinator, Denzel (DJ) Wilkerson offers a compelling article about his thoughts on voting as well as a brief description of the recent research on Health Promotion services of OnTrackNY by Ana Stefancic, PhD, Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center who connected with DJ, Talia, and our Downstate Youth and Young Adult Leadership Council for input. We are also excited to announce the launching of three new OnTrackNY original short films.

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