Jennifer Sperduto, M.S.

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.