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Family-to-Family
Visions for Tomorrow
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In Our Own Voice
Peer-To-Peer
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2010 Board of Directors Meeting Schedule Posted
Family to Family Teacher calls: 3rd Wednesday of the month from 12-1, Spanish from 6-7 pm. If you would like to be on the call, please contact Lisa Moore at lmoore
@namitexas.org.

NAMI Connection Calls: 1st Thursday of the month from 12-1.
If you would like to be on the call, please contact Lisa Moore at lmoore
@namitexas.org.

Parity Required for Group Outpatient Serious Mental Illness Coverage
Click here to read the bulletin from the Texas Department of Insurance

Education and Support

NAMI Texas offers a variety of programs and services directed to mental health consumers, family members, friends, professionals, other stake holders, and the community at large to address the mental health needs of Texans.

NAMI programs are provided at the local level by our affiliates. Please find and contact the Affiliate nearest you for programs and services offered in your area.

You may also contact the NAMI Texas staff members listed below for enrollment, certification and other information.

Education

Education is an essential part of understanding and coping with mental illness. NAMI Texas currently provides numerous educational curricula and workshops addressing the many needs of different constituencies.

Family Education:

Family-to-Family
This free 12-week is designed to meet the needs of family caregivers of adults with serious mental illness.
Contact: Your Local NAMI Affiliate.
Visions for Tomorrow (VFT)
This free educational program addresses the needs of younger families with children who have mental illnesses.
Contact: Lisa Moore, NAMI Texas, lmoore@namitexas.org
Visions for Tomorrow Professional In-Service is a one-day training for professionals who work with children and youth with a mental illness. An overview of various diagnoses and treatments is provided, but the emphasis is on how to develop a productive and positive working relationship with family members.
Contact: Lisa Moore, NAMI Texas, lmoore@namitexas.org
Partnerships is a four week educational program that provides basic information about diagnoses and treatment of three serious mental illnesses: major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia. It provides invaluable information for family members and friends about how to cope with a loved one's mental illness and the importance of self-care.
Contact: Lisa Moore, NAMI Texas, lmoore@namitexas.org
Great Minds Think Alike is an educational program for youth, ages 12-18, that are dianosed with a mental illness /brain disorder. The program provides an overview of different dianoses, including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and Anxiety Disorders. the focus is on recovery and the skills needed to successfully learn to manage your mental illness.
Contact: Lisa Moore, NAMI Texas, lmoore@namitexas.org

Consumer Education:

In Our Own Voice: Living with Mental Illness is one-and-one-half hour interactive, multimedia presentation by about mental illness and recovery made by consumers. Audiences for this anti-stigma presentation may be the public, other consumers and family members, community organizations, civic groups, law enforcement, etc.
Contact: Lisa Moore, NAMI Texas, lmoore@namitexas.org
Peer-to-Peer is a free nine-week experiential education course on the topic of recovery for any person with serious mental illness who is interested in establishing and maintaining wellness
Contact: Your Local NAMI Affiliate.

Support

NAMI Texas affiliates provide regular support groups for consumers, family members and others affected by mental illness.

To participate in NAMI Texas support group, please find and contact the NAMI affiliate in your area.
NAMI Connection is a support group designed specifically to support consumers in their recovery. For additional information on where to find a NAMI Connection group, please contact NAMI Texas.

Advocacy

NAMI Texas's role as an advocacy organization grew fom the need of its members, consumers, and families to effect a positive change in the response of society, government, and business to an individual with mental illness.

Click here for more information about advocacy
NAMI Smarts: Telling Your Story is a educational training that develops advocacy skills that can be applied in a variety ways at the local, state, or national level. This is a hands on training class with opportunities to practice.

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