Home Education Programs

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The links below will take you to the NAMI National website for information on specific programs that are available in Alaska.

      Breaking the Silence

• Learn more about this educational package which teaches upper elementary, middle school and high school students about serious mental illness.
  

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  Family to Family

• A free 12-week course for family caregivers of individuals with severe mental illnesses.

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  C I T

• This increasingly popular program educates and prepares police officers who come into contact with people with severe mental illnesses to respond effectively and appropriately.

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  In Our Own Voice: Living With Mental Illness

• A one-and-a-half hour interactive, multi-media presentation by consumers for consumers and others about living with mental illness.

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  NAMI C.A.R.E.

• A program in which people with mental illness learn from each others' experiences, share coping strategies and offer each other encouragement, understanding and support.

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  Parents and Teachers as Allies

• The Greater Orlando area has conducted a pilot educational program for NAMI National. The PARENTS AND TEACHERS AS ALLIES In-Service Program is a team presentation for schoolteachers, guidance counselors and other staff.

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  Peer to Peer

• For any person with a mental illness, this course contains individual relapse prevention planning, a debriefing/storytelling week, and an advance directive for psychiatric care.

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