Training Opportunities
Start
making plans now to strengthen your affiliate’s education offerings by
carefully recruiting, screening and
selecting your affiliate members for
participation in this fall’s statewide training for NAMI Illinois signature
programs.
The key to developing and maintaining a strong NAMI affiliate
usually lies in the quality (and quantity) of the
programs you offer!
NAMI
Illinois is please to announce registration is now open for the
Education
and Support Training Series
July
26-28, 2013
Embassy
Suites,
East Peoria
,
Illinois
Registration
is now open for NAMI Illinois’ series of education and support trainings July
26-28, 2013.
Please
note the actual start dates/times for each program. NAMI National has changed
the training schedules this year.
Family-to-Family
Thursday evening-class begins at 9:30 a.m. Fri. through 1:00 p.m. Sun.
Basics
Friday afternoon-class begins at 3:00 p.m. Fri. through 12:00 p.m. Sun.
In
Our Own Voice Friday
evening-class begins at 8:30 a.m. on Sat. through 4:30 p.m. Sun.
Family
Support
Friday evening-class begins at 9:00 a.m. Sat. through 6:15 p.m. Sun.
Connection
Friday evening-class begins at 9:00 a.m. Sat. - 6:00 p.m. Sun.
All
trainings will be held at the same location however some groups may be arriving
at different times and on different days.
Contact your
affiliate president or affiliate education coordinator for an application.
Click the links below to learn
more about each program.
Please help us to continue to offer these valuable training opportunities at
reduced rates to our participants.
Please
make a donation today to NAMI Illinois
Basics
Teacher Basics Teacher Requirements
The course is designed to be taught using a co-leader
training model. Teacher trainings are expensive, time consuming and can
be emotionally draining for all involved. In an effort to ensure that
only the best candidates participate in the training, NAMI organizations use
an application process to select individuals to participate in teacher
trainings. Individuals who are interested in being trained to teach the
curriculum must meet the following criteria:
·
Be the
parent or other primary caregiver of an individual who began experiencing
symptoms prior to the age of 13 (it is not necessary that the child have
been formally diagnosed prior to 13). It is important that all
individuals trained in this curriculum have lived through the experiences
of having a young child with a mental illness.
·
Be at a point
in their life where they are familiar and comfortable with the emotional
issues families face and can self-disclose about their own feelings of
guilt, anger, shame, ambivalence and grief regarding their life situation.
·
Be willing to
participate in an intensive weekend training on how to teach the curriculum.
·
Be willing to
make the commitment to participants in the course, the co-leader and to the
NAMI organization to complete the 6-week course once it begins.
·
Must be a
member of NAMI
IOOV
Presenter Requirements
“In Our Own Voice” is a premiere education program which trains persons
with mental illnesses to speak to community
audiences about their experiences with brain disorders, treatment and
recovery. Presentations must
be done by a team of two NAMI
Illinois members who are trained presenters.
Presenters receive a $30 stipend and mileage reimbursement from their
affiliate for each presentation.
“In Our Own Voice” is a practical tool to educate and increase
awareness about the true nature of brain disorders, commonly known as mental
illnesses. This presentation covers issues frequently faced by people
with severe mental illnesses:
·
Dark Days
·
Acceptance
·
Treatment
·
Coping Strategies
·
Successes, Hopes, and Dreams
Presenters should be comfortable in speaking to audiences about their
individual recovery story in all 5 of the above areas.
Connection
Recovery Support Group Facilitator Requirements
NAMI
Connection is a recovery support group for people living with mental illness
that is expanding in communities throughout the country. These groups
provide a place that offers respect, understanding, encouragement and hope.
Each group:
·
Is co-facilitated by a team of two trained facilitators
·
Meets weekly for 90 minutes
·
Is offered free of charge
·
Follows a flexible structure without an
education
al format
·
Does not recommend or endorse any medications or other medical
therapies…
Trainees
should be in solid recovery and willing to commit to facilitating and
maintaining, for at least one year, a Connection Group in their community.
All
Trainees must be NAMI members! If they have past leadership or Peer
Support experience, that is icing on the cake. It is recommended that
all facilitators have their location, date and time of their groups in place
before training.
Family-to-Family
Teacher Requirements
The course is designed to be taught using a co-leader
training model. Teacher trainings are expensive, time consuming and can
be emotionally draining for all involved. In an effort to ensure that
only the best candidates participate in the training, NAMI organizations use
an application process to select individuals to participate in teacher
trainings. Individuals who are interested in being trained to teach the
curriculum must meet the following criteria:
Job Requirements:
ü
Willingness to
undergo training and adhere to fidelity of program model is required
ü
Commitment to
teach two 12-week Family-to-Family Courses
ü
Ability to
provide course data as required
ü
Willingness to
identify potential new teachers from education courses
ü
Willingness to
promote NAMI membership to course participants
ü
Member of NAMI
Support
Group Facilitator Requirements
As
one of NAMI’s central missions, support groups are the backbone of grassroots outreach
to individuals coping with the stresses of serious and persistent mental
illnesses.
The
NAMI Support Group facilitator training represents a long-held goal—to provide
a support group model which will deliver constructive, compassionate assistance
to people in need.
Job
Requirements:
ü
Willingness to
undergo training and adhere to fidelity to program model is required
ü
Commitment to
facilitate a support group monthly for a minimum of one year
ü
Ability to
provide group participant data as required
ü
Willingness to
identify potential new facilitators from their
support
groups
ü
Positive regard
for, or personal experience with mutual
support
ü
Member
of NAMI
