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Development and Psychometric Testing of the Transition Service Provider Competency Scale

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Acknowledgments

Special thank you to the young adults, family members, service providers, policy makers, and researchers of the Pathways Transition Training Collaborative. This research would not have been possible without them.

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This research and preparation of this manuscript was supported by grants from the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, United States Department of Education, and the Center for Mental Health Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services (NIDRR grant H133B140039) and the National Institute of Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research, and from the Center for Mental Health Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services (NIDILRR grant 90RT5030).

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    Claudia Sellmaier PhD

  2. Portland State University, 1800 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97201, USA

    Pauline Jivanjee PhD, Eileen M. Brennan PhD & Leigh Grover MSW

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Sellmaier, C., Jivanjee, P., Brennan, E.M. et al. Development and Psychometric Testing of the Transition Service Provider Competency Scale. J Behav Health Serv Res 46, 353–362 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-018-9608-9

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