National Alliance on Mental Illness
Illinois'
Voice on Mental Illness - NAMI Illinois
National Alliance on Mental Illness
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Inform Yourself
About Children and Adolescents
NAMI's Education Programs
NAMI offers an array of education and training programs and services for consumers, family members, and the general public. These programs draw on the experience of mental health consumers and family members who have learned to live well with their illnesses and are eager to help others, as well as the expertise of mental health professionals and educators.
Education programs are designed to foster learning, healing, and empowerment among families of individuals with serious brain disorders. NAMI's Family to Family Education Program A free 12-week course for family caregivers of individuals with severe mental illnesses. NAMI's Peer to Peer Mentoring Program A free 9-week course 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. NAMI's Visions for Tomorrow Education Program A free 8-week course for primary caregivers of children and adolescents with brain disorders. NAMI Basics The new signature education program for parents and other caregivers of children and adolescents living with mental illnesses. In Our Own Voice an interactive public recovery education program presented by trained consumers (people with mental illness) to lay audiences, professionals and other consumers about the reality of living with mental illness and the high potential for recovery.
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