Jennifer Sperduto

Jennifer Sperduto, MS, 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 academic and community settings, including a Clubhouse model psychiatric rehabilitation program, a vocational rehabilitation program, and community housing programs.  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 and Violence Reduction in a state hospital setting. She has developed curricula for recovery-oriented programming to improve discharge readiness and facilitate community re-integration for persons served in the state hospital system.