Stars Training Academy specializes in customizing clinical training series for departments of mental health, social service, probation, and special education. The Stars Training Academy team helps to improve how a county, city, state or community organization or large institution implements evidence-based practices. Our staff can train an organization’s staff, conduct agency-wide programs and/ or develop programs for multi-agency systems of care.

What Differentiates Stars Training Academy

  • Our consultants/ trainers are certified by the Association for Talent Development (ATD)

  • Our dynamic trainers use research-based adult learning principles and methods

  • We provide on-site and remote clinical training, technical assistance, and consultation

  • We utilize implementation science strategies based on National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) research

  • We specialize in evidence-supported practices for youth and young adults

  • We feature a peer training specialist with lived experience

  • Our Implementation Support Services include organizational consultation, train-the-trainer, fidelity assessments and outcome measures

  • We focus on supporting organizations to help them achieve sustainable, high-fidelity implementation of evidenced-based practices

TIP Model Impact

This graphic shows the impact of the Transition to Independence Process (TIP) Model on the first 29 youth and young adults (14-26 years old) served at a new Transition Program. The TIP Team was started by the Mental Health and Family Court/ Probation of Muskegon County, MI.

This first pair of bars shows the percent of young people (YP) living in typical "home-type" settings such as an apartment, transitional housing apartment, living with parents or foster parents at their home, or a dorm -- verses residing in a residential treamtent center, group crisis center, or jail. From this first pair of bars you can see that the percent of YP living in "home-type" settings increased from 48% at intake to 93% at a one-year point in time evaluation.

The second pair of bars show the extent to which these YP were employed or attending school, college, or a vocational/ technical program. Notice that from Intake to the 1-year point, that the percent of YP employed or going to school increased from 24% to 69%.

To Cite or Learn more about this Research Article: Dresser, K., Clark, H.B., & Deschênes, N. (2014, DOI: 10.1007/s11414-014-9438-3). Implementation of a positive development, evidence-supported practice for emerging adults with serious mental health conditions: The Transition to Independence Process (TIP) Model. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. Pp. 1-14.

TIP Model Training Map

Note: This map represents where we have trained so far in the USA. The Stars Training Academy has trained across the world.