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NAMI Basics Education Program

NAMI Basics Education Program The fundamentals of caring for you, your family and your child with mental illness Companion Power Point Presentation Summer 2008. Class 1 Agenda. Welcome Introductions to NAMI Introduction to Teachers Introduction to the NAMI Basics program

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NAMI Basics Education Program

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  1. NAMI Basics Education Program The fundamentals of caring for you, your family and your child with mental illness Companion Power Point Presentation Summer 2008

  2. Class 1 Agenda • Welcome • Introductions to NAMI • Introduction to Teachers • Introduction to the NAMI Basics program • Participant Introductions • Welcome to Holland • This is the illness your family has to live with • Adjourn

  3. Predictable Stages of Emotional ReactionsClass 1: Chart 2 Stage 1: Dealing with the Catastrophic Event Stage 2: Learning to Cope: “going through the mill” Stage 3: Moving into Advocacy: “CHARGE”

  4. Catastrophic StressorsClass 1: Chart 1 • An unanticipated event • No time to prepare for it • No previous experience about how to handle it • Has a high emotional impact • Involves threat or danger to self or others

  5. Class 2 Agenda • Human Development • The Biology of Mental Illness • Getting an Accurate Diagnosis • Overview of some of the illnesses • Adjourn

  6. Brain CellClass 2: Handout # 3

  7. The Human BrainClass 2: Handout # 4

  8. The Limbic SystemClass 2: Handout # 5

  9. Class 3 Agenda • Telling Your Stories • Treatment Options Available • The Medication Dilemma • Adjourn

  10. Telling Our StoriesClass 3: Chart 1 • Child’s name and age • Child’s diagnosis/diagnoses • How old was the child when symptoms began? • What were the symptoms? • How is the child doing now? In school? At home? • How are YOU right now? Where are you on the Stages chart?

  11. Class 3 Handout # 7 Two neurons in synaptic contact

  12. Class 4 Agenda • Objective and Subjective Family Burden • Communication Skills • Problem Solving Skills • Tips for Handling Difficult Behavior in Children • Crisis Preparation and Responses • Adjourn

  13. Collaborative Problem SolvingPlan BClass 4: Chart 1 • Empathy (plus reassurance) • Define the problem • Invitation

  14. Class 5 Agenda • Record Keeping • Overview of the Mental Health System • Overview of School System’s role • Overview of Juvenile Justice system • Introduction to Transition Issues • Adjourn

  15. Class 6 Agenda • Presentation by local experts • Review of items identified as most pressing from Class 1 • Self-Care • Referral to ‘Graduate School’ • Course Evaluation • Diplomas • Adjourn

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