Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Important announcement from NAMI National - New NAMI Store/Updates/Reporting



As we edge closer to the end of 2013 I wanted to be sure to thank you for the amazing work you’ve done this year and let you know about some important things coming in 2014.

·        New store: The NAMI Store will have a new storefront through an outside vendor.  You will notice that the store looks different, but you don’t need to do anything differently to access it; you will automatically be taken there from the www.nami.org/store link.  The new storefront will contain program manuals as well as all program promotional material.
o   The new NAMI store will generally have a turnaround time of 24 hours and you will be able to track your shipped items.  Yes!  Be thrilled!  We are!
UPDATE: The new NAMI Store will not be available until sometime in February. 
·        New manuals: We are delighted to say that all 2014 program manuals will be available in the new NAMI store using the same coupon codes.
o   All manuals are scheduled to be released Jan 2
o   Updates and edits have been made to incorporate DSM V changes to NAMI Family-to-Family, NAMI Peer-to-Peer, NAMI Basics and NAMI Parents and Teachers as Allies
§  Important changes have also been made to NAMI Family Support Group to increase clarity and ease of training
§  Due to the extensive changes that have been made to the NAMI Peer-to-Peer manuals this year, no replacement pages for the program are available; instead, new manuals can be purchased for  mentors, trainers and program participants in 2014.   To alleviate the cost burden of purchasing these new materials we suggest providing the 2014 manuals to mentors and trainers when you re-order.  You can use your 2013 manuals you’ve already purchased.
§  Summary of page changes will be available on the respective program’s intranet pages Jan 2
§  All other program manuals have updated operating policies as well as the addition of the Cultural Adaptation Policy and footers to indicate these are the 2014 versions (you do not need to order 2014 if you don’t need new manuals)
§  The updated policies will also be available on the NAMI Education Helpdesk
o   You can continue to use USA Print and Copy if you choose, but you will also have a second option for manuals
·        Re-orientation for NAMI Family-to-Family, NAMI Connection and Family Support Groups: NAMI will continue to make the re-orientation webinars and knowledge assessments available to teachers and state trainers in 2014, but it is up to the NAMI State Organizations to monitor this process. Once teachers and trainers have completed the webinar and assessment they can contact their NAMI Affiliate or NAMI State Organization to obtain the newest version of the manual.
o   If you have further questions, please contact the NAMI Education, Training & Peer Support Center at namieducation@nami.org.
·        DATA COLLECTION: (Emphasis mine) Please encourage your program leaders to submit data on all the classes, presentations and support groups they led this year. We will start compiling this as well as the State Training data on January 13. You may see the submitted data via the NAMI Data Access Site.
·        Re-launch of NAMI Education online newsletter:  We heard from many of you that you loved the Online Newsletter released earlier this year. Due to technical difficulties we had to take it down temporarily, but we are delighted to say that we will re-launch it early next year.  On this evergreen site you will find information about:
o   Training of Trainers
o   NAMI 360 Access
o   How to list your programs and classes on nami.org
o   Program updates and more!
Warm regards,
Colleen

Colleen Duewel, MPH
National Director
NAMI Education, Training and Peer Support Center
Phone: 703-516-7961
Fax: 703-516-0694

Please note that on the webpage where you go to access reporting data there are tutorials on how to enter the data.  One very helpful one is the compatibility tutorial: http://screencast.com/t/dGt28nrj1VU

Please let me know if you need further assistance with any of these items mentioned above, and especially with reporting your classes and support group meetings.  This data is used by National and by NAMI California and are essential in the continuance of the programs.  Thanks very much!

Need to Report Data?  Please follow this link: www.nami.org/programdata

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