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Jennifer S. Sperduto,MS

Department : Psychiatric Rehabilitation And Counseling Professions
Program/Division : Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Academic Title: RBHS Lecturer

Office Address:
Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital
59 Koch Avenue
Morris Plains, NJ 07950
Email: jennifer.sperduto@rutgers.edu

Education
Degree	Degree Source	Year Awarded
MS	UMDNJ-SHRP	1997

Publications
Title	Authors	Where and When
Moving Psychiatric Rehabilitation Workforce Training and Support Online During COVID-19: Strategies and Reach.	Bartholomew, T., Sperduto, J.S., Kinter, K., Reinhardt-Wood, D., Zechner, M.R., Giacobbe, G., and Birkmann, J.C.	American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Vol 23(1), 1-8, 2020
Tools for Moving On: Adapting an Evidence-Based Housing Curriculum for Individuals Receiving Services in an Inpatient Psychiatric Setting to Prepare for Community Living	Jennifer S. Sperduto, MS; Michelle R. Zechner, PhD, LSW, CPRP; Amy B. Spagnolo, PhD; and Giovanna Giacobbe, MSW	JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOCIAL NURSING AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. VOL. 57, NO. 8, 2019
Fidelity to the structural and clinical aspects of the illness management and recovery program in an institutional setting: A six year study	Bartholomew, T, Zechner, M.R., Birkmann, J.C, Reinhardt-Wood, D. L., Kinter, K.T., Sperduto, J.S., Cook, R.C, Giantini, M.	American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Vol. 21, 1-2, 2019
Sensitizing Inpatient Mental Health Staff to the Challenges of Aging	Michelle R. Zechner, PhD, LSW, CPRP; Joseph C. Birkmann, MPA, LSW; Jennifer Sperduto, MS, CPRP; and Carlos Pratt, PhD, CPRP	JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOCIAL NURSING AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. VOL. 56, NO. 4, 2018
A collaborative rehabilitation approach to the improvement of inpatient treatment for persons with a psychiatric disability	Joseph C. Birkmann, Jennifer S. Sperduto, Russell C. Smith, Kenneth J. Gill	Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. Vol. 29, Number 3: 157-165 (2006 Winter)

Awards
Award	Year
SHRP Award for Academic Excellence	1997

BioSketch
Title	Details
Bio 2019	Jennifer Sperduto is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions at Rutgers University. She has over 25 years experience in the mental health field in a variety of community settings, including a Clubhouse model psychiatric rehabilitation program, a vocational rehabilitation program, several community housing programs and a residential program for consumers with co-occurring disorders. Her current role is to provide technical assistance, consultation, and training to state psychiatric hospitals. Ms. Sperduto has participated in both quantitative and qualitative studies related to the effectiveness of inpatient treatment interventions and has been involved in several evaluation projects which examine the implementation and fidelity of Evidence Based Practices, including Illness Management & Recovery, in a hospital setting. She has developed curricula for recovery-oriented programming to facilitate community re-integration for persons served in the state hospital system. Most recently Ms. Sperduto’s work has focused on developing a recovery-based curriculum to improve discharge readiness, tenancy skills and community living skills for persons preparing to leave the state psychiatric hospital.

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