Education
Education
NAMI-WCI seeks to eradicate stigmas and social stereotypes associated with mental illnesses through education and informational support programs. We want to empower your family with knowledge to cope with mental illnesses.
The loved ones of those suffering with mental illness face many unique challenges, including stigma, social stereotypes, and the unpredictability associated with loving someone with a mental illness. NAMI-WCI supports and enriches you and your family’s journey towards wellness with our Family-to-Family education class. This class is offered free of charge, and is taught by trained NAMI family members who have relatives with mental illness.
Our Family to Family Education class teaches the knowledge and skills that family members need to cope more effectively. During this course, you will:
- Attend with other adult family members just like you in a confidential setting.
- Gain insight into how mental illness affects your relative.
- Take an eye-opening look inside some of today’s current brain research related to mental illness.
- Learn how families can become advocates for better treatments for their relatives.
- Learn about the medication issues involved in mental illness and the latest treatment options.
- Learn to cope with worry and stress; learn to focus on care for you as well as your loved ones.
Our trained peers have been there; they know what it’s like to love someone who suffers from mental illness. Family-to-Family will equip you to better understand and support your loved one while maintaining the well-being of you and your family. We want to help your family find peace and hope.
When: TBA
Where: TBA
Registration is required. If you are interested in taking the course,
Request an application @ jmabbitt@nami-wci.org
*The NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program has been added to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices!
Also of interest:
We’ll help you find hope in knowing you’re not alone. NAMI-WCI offers Peer-to-Peer education classes that allow you to receive valuable information and support, develop a community, and understand the roadmap to recovery. Whether you’re seeking to overcome stigma, manage tough family relationships, or balance changing medical needs, this course provides the opportunities to get new ideas from others with similar experiences.
Peer-to-Peer is a nationally recognized education and support program designed to help consumers sustain their recovery from serious mental illness. Students participate in 8 weeks of classes, free of charge and taught by trained NAMI peer mentors. Participants will enjoy a relaxed, confidential setting in which they can freely express themselves.
Topics include: information on medications, signs of an impending relapse, obstacles to recovery and patients’ rights within the mental health care community. In addition to the weekly two-hour class, participants are encouraged to become members of an ongoing support group.
What you will gain:
- Further insight into mental health
- Knowledge of how to cope with difficult circumstances
- Learn to identify feelings, thoughts, behaviors and events that can result in possible relapse
- Learn how to be an active participant in your treatment plan
- Learn how to strengthen interpersonal relationships
- Experience new hope and inspiration in regard to recovery
When: TBA
Where: TBA
Materials and class are free of charge, and this course is open to adults living with mental illnesses. This class will be meeting in person.
Registration is required.
Request an application @ jmabbitt@nami-wci.org
Announcing CIT Training Registration is open! April 22nd - 26th, 2024
CIT training consists of an intensive one-week course presented annually by the National Alliance on Mental Illness-West Central Indiana. Law enforcement officers are trained on how to identify and de-escalate a mental illness crisis, allowing jail commitments and prosecutions to be reduced significantly. The program is presented in partnership with local mental health agencies, area law enforcement agencies, mental health professionals, individuals, and families affected by mental illness. Special thanks to Purdue Federal Credit Union for sponsoring the graduation banquet.
For more information:
Call (765) 423-6939 or send a message.
A self-designed prevention and wellness process that anyone can use to get well, stay well, and make their life the way they want it to be.
Registration required.
Public class: February 17th, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM at NAMI West Central Indiana, 615 N 18th Street, Suite 104 Lafayette, IN 47904.
For registration, contact Joy Mabbitt at jmabbitt@nami-wci.org
NAMI is excited to announce the start of a new program!
NAMI Basics is a class for parents, guardians and other family caregivers who provide care for youth (age 22 or younger) who are experiencing mental health symptoms. This course is also available in Spanish, Basses y Fundamentos de NAMI.
You are not alone. We will get through this together.
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