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Our Educational Programming is supported in part by a grant from

Basics is a FREE six-week education course offered to parents and other caregivers of children and adolescents with mental health issues, including ADHD.  Classes include:

• Introduction: It’s not your fault – mental illnesses are brain disorders
• The biology of mental illness; getting an accurate diagnosis
• Treatment works – an overview of treatment options
• Tools for the toolbox – communication skills, problem solving, crisis preparation and response, handling challenging behavior, relapse planning, impact on family members
• Recordkeeping and the systems your child is involved in (school, juvenile justice, mental health)
• Survivor stories, review, wrap-up

To learn more about Basics, visit this NAMI Education page.

Family-to-Family is a FREE twelve-week education course designed to foster learning, healing and empowerment among families, friends and caregivers of individuals with mental illness.  Course elements include: coping skills; handling periods of crisis and relapse; up-to-date information on medications; guidance on locating appropriate resources; and caring for the caregiver.

To learn more about Family-to-Family, visit this NAMI Education page.

Peer-to-Peer is a FREE ten-week education course for persons living with mental illness that focuses on recovery while establishing and maintaining wellness.  Through the combination of lecture and interactive exercises, class participants will learn about the biological bases of all major mental illness, as well as complete a Relapse Prevention Grid and Psychiatric Advance Directive.  Other topics covered in the class include: Coping Strategies; Language; Emotion; Addiction; Spirituality; Sleep; Relationships; and Advocacy. 

To learn more about Peer-to-Peer, visit this NAMI Education page.

The NAMI Provider Education Program is a FREE 5-week course that presents a penetrating, subjective view of family and consumer experiences with serious mental illness to line staff at public agencies who work directly with people experiencing severe and persistent mental illnesses.  The course helps providers realize the hardships that families and consumers face and appreciate the courage and persistence it takes to live with and recover from mental illness.  CEUs may be available.

To learn more about Provider Education, visit this NAMI Education page.

For more information or to register for classes, please contact the NAMIGO Office at (407) 253-1900 or namigo@namigo.org.

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