E52: How CPR Helps Students “Niteo”

In this episode, we welcomed Courtney Joly-Lowdermilk ([email protected]), the program director of NITEO (a Latin word meaning “to thrive.”) at the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation (CPR) at Boston University. She shared how CPR helps students and beyond with mental health and her experience in disability services in higher education. About NITEO: NITEO is an intensive, one-semester program supporting young adults who live with a mental health condition to develop wellness tools, academic skills, resilience, and work-readiness. Since its inception in 2014, hundreds of students have graduated from the program and moved on to thrive in higher education and meaningful work. The NITEO curriculum provides students with opportunities to: Practice and develop wellness and resiliency skills to help them live well at school and work. Examine their educational, vocational, and social strengths and values. Develop an individualized path to choose, get and keep the valued roles of their choice. The moderator of the podcast is Dr. Karen Jacobs ([email protected]), who is the Associate Dean, Digital Learning and Innovation, a Clinical Professor and the Program Director for the on-line post-professional doctorate in the occupational therapy program at Sargent College. Marial Williams ([email protected]), a Boston University entry-level occupational therapy doctoral student, composed the music for the podcast.