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NAMI BASICS

The Fundamentals of caring for you, your family, and your child with behavioral and emotional issues

FREE 6 week education course offered for parents/caregivers of children and adolescents with behavioral and emotional issues. (ADD/ADHD, Bipolar disorder,Anxiety and undiagnosed)

Classes include:

      Introduction– it’s not your fault, these are brain disorders

     The biology of brain disorders: 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

     Record keeping and the systems your child may be involved in (school,

     juvenile justice, mental health)

     Survivor stories, review, wrap-up

NAMI Basics                 

Wednesdays
April 17, 24, May 1, 8, 15, 22, 2013
6:00PM to 8:30PM
 

El Monte City School District   

Frances Cole Room ( in the back)
3529 N. Lexington Ave.
El Monte, CA 91731

Anyone interested can call the NAMI office (626) 276 2385or contact me, David Czolba @ (626)215-3564.   Enrollment is limited to 20 participants.

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