[Peer To Peer]
[Family To Family]
[NAMI Basics]
Peer to Peer Class
A free class for persons with any serious mental illness who are
interested in establishing and maintaining their wellness and recovery. This course is
taught by a team of three trained "mentors" who are personally experienced at living well
with mental illness. Participants come away from the course with a binder of
hand-out materials, as well as many other tangible resources: an advance directive; a
"relapse prevention plan" to help identify tell-tale feelings, thoughts, behavior or events
that may warn of impending relapse and to organize for intervention; mindfulness exercises
to help focus and calm thinking; and survival skills for working with providers and the
general public.
Please note: There will not be a fall Peer-to-Peer class. NAMI is making significant changes to the class and has asked that affiliates postpone Peer-to-Peer until those changes are complete.
If you are interested in attending a future session, please see our Contacts page or send an email to p2p@namisjc.org
See the information on the National NAMI web site for more details about the NAMI Peer to Peer Class.
Family to Family Class
A free class for family members of those affected with a mental
illness. The course will include information about schizophrenia, depression, OCD, and
bipolar disorder (manic depression). Participants will gain insight into these illnesses
and knowledge about medication, advocacy, and the availability of community services and
support. In addition, family members will receive valuable lessons in communication skills,
crisis intervention, and problem solving.
The next Family-to-Family class begins on Courses Begin Late September 2010.
Classes start at 6:30 pm and are held in the Sunshine Clubhouse, across from Madison Center. If you are interested in taking the class,
please call (574) 259-3564, or send an email to f2f@namisjc.org
Sunshine Clubhouse is located at 520 Crescent Ave., two blocks west of St. Joseph Hospital, in South Bend (map).
See the information on the National NAMI web site for more details about the NAMI Family to Family Class.
NAMI Basics
NAMI Basics is a six-week class for parents and other caregivers of children and adolescents living with mental illnesses. Caregivers may include extended family or foster parents. The 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. NAMI Basics aims to give you the fundamental information necessary to be an effective caregiver, help you with the traumatic impact that mental illness has on the child living with the illness and the entire family, to provide tools for the parent/caregiver to use even after completing the program that will assist in making the best decisions possible for the care of the child, and to help the parent/caregiver take the best care possible of the entire family especially themselves. There is no cost to attendees of this class.
If you have questions about the NAMI Basics class, please send an email to p2p@namisjc.org or call (574) 259-3564.
See the information on the National NAMI web site for more details about the NAMI Basics Class.
