NAMI West Central Indiana (765) 423-6939

Family-To-Family Education Program

Study shows family-to-family program benefits

More than 500 NAMI-WCI members have taken the Family-To-Family Education Class!
Hear more on our Family-to-Family WKOA radio ad (mp3) or
see the Family-To-Family flyer (pdf).

Do you have a loved one who has struggled with mental illness?

Family-To-Family is a 12 week educational and support program that can help you understand the causes of mental illness and the stresses that arise within a family when one member suffers with serious mental illness. In addition to information on medications, treatment resources, patient and parent's rights, you will find comfort in the support of others.

Please call or email to register or obtain more information:
(765) 429-0467 or email: info@nami-wci.org.

Peer-To-Peer Education Program

Now taking enrollment for next 2011 F2F Class!
Call 765-423-6939 to enroll

The next Family-to-Family Classess will be held:

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Registration is required. Materials and class are free of charge.
Call 765-423-6939 to enroll and for more information.

Next class starting January 2012.

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 10 weeks of classes that 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.

Consumers who have participated in the Peer-To-Peer Education class say:

~ "I've gotten a lot out of the Peer-To-Peer* course. I AM NOT ALONE!"
~ "It was finally such a relief to talk and to listen to people experiencing the same things."
~ "The Peer-To-Peer* notebook is phenomenal and answers so many of my questions. It just
helps to have others to talk to."

To reserve a space in the next Peer-To-Peer Education Class:

Call NAMI-WCI at (765) 429-0467 or email: info@nami-wci.org.
(Peer-to-Peer is partially funded by the Coalition for a Safe & Drug-Free Tippecanoe County)*Formerly Bridges

1508 Tippecanoe Street Room 4-901.
Start date: Sept. 6, 6:30-9:00 p.m.

First Evangelical Presbyterian Church
352 West Clinton Street
Start date: Sept. 1, 6:30-9:00 p.m.

Held at the White County Memorial Hospital
720 South Sixth Street.
Start date: Sept. 7, 6:30-9:00 p.m.

Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Training

Next class starting March 2012.

CIT is a 32-hour course presented by the National Alliance on Mental Illness-West Central Indiana and taught by mental health professionals

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