NAMI Signature Education Programs
When a person of any age is diagnosed with a serious emotional disorder of mental illness, the most effective response is to seek education. Education can empower individuals, their families and caregivers to move from a common initial reaction of confusion and despair to one of understanding, insight, hope and action. Learning about the illnesses and the systems that serve and support individuals living with mental illness are the keys to recovery.
Please contact NAMI Southwestern Pennsylvania to customize a program for your organization, info@namiswpa.org
» a free 6-week education program for parents and other caregivers of children and adolescents living with mental illness. The NAMI Basics course is taught by trained teachers who are the parent or other caregivers of individuals who developed the symptoms of mental illness prior to the age of 13 years.
» a free 12-week course for family caregivers of individuals with severe mental illnesses that discusses the clinical treatment of these illnesses and teaches the knowledge and skills that family members need to cope more effectively.
» a one-and-a-half hour interactive, multimedia presentation by consumers that offers hope and provides insight into the recovery now possible for people with mental illness.
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