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NAMI-NYS offers an array of education and training programs to members as well as the general public. Learn more about NAMI-NYS’s education programs: |
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* NAMI Basics
NAMI Basics is a new NAMI national signature education program for parents and other caregivers of children and adolescents living with mental illness. The six session course is taught by trained teachers who are also parents/caregivers of individuals who developed the symptoms of mental illness in childhood. The course provides the fundamentals a caregiver needs to care for themselves, their family, and their child who is living with a mental illness.
* NAMI Connections
NAMI Connection is a weekly recovery support group for people living with mental illness in which people learn from each others’ experiences, share coping strategies, and offer each other encouragement and understanding.
* Criminal Justice Program
The NAMI-NYS Criminal Justice Program provides direct assistance to families when a family member with mental illness encounters the criminal justice system. Consultation, supportive assistance and direct intervention services are provided when a family member is arrested, faces court action or is incarcerated in a state or local correctional facility.
* Family-to-Family
A free 12-week course for family caregivers of individuals with severe mental illnesses.
* In Our Own Voice: Living with Mental Illness is a recovery, education presentation given by trained consumer presenters for other consumers, family members, friends, professionals, students of all academic levels, and lay audiences.
* 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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For more information about our education, training or support programs,
Please call the NAMI-NYS Office at (800) 950-3228.
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