Attention all NAMI Basics Teachers

Received this from NAMI National. 
 

Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 2:54 PM
To: edgroup
Subject: MEDIA OPPORTUNITY: Families with Children, Teens, Young Adults

MEDIA OPPORTUNITY: Child and Young Adult Mental Health

A national news producer would like to talk with families currently trying to find help for a child, teenager or young adult in their 20s, but who are finding barriers or gaps in the mental health care system. Please send a summary of your situation to NAMI Media Relations bobc@nami.org and copy Meghan.Frank@nbcuni.com, including telephone contact information.  Only a few personal stories will be selected, but all will be considered. They will be kept confidential until permission is explicitly given for use. Please also forward this notice to anyone whom you think might be interested. Thanks for your help.

Bob Carolla, J.D.

Director of Media Relations

National Alliance on Mental Illness ( NAMI)

3803 North Fairfax Drive

Arlington, VA 22205

Message from NAMI National - 2014 F2F Curriculum

This email from National was received on Feb. 13, 2014.  It contained 3 attachments which were updates for the F2F Trainer, Teacher and participant manuals. These updates can also be obtained by going to http://nami.org/eduhelpdesk

Please see email content below:

Greetings NAMI Family-to-Family Program Directors & Coordinators:

As those of you who also work with NAMI Basics know, Teri Brister and I got so caught up in developing the NAMI Homefront program that we forgot to send you all New Year’s Cheer and information about 2014 manual updates!  Please read on for news about NAMI Family-to-Family:

Meet Suzanne Robinson

I was NAMI Ohio’s Director of Programs for 14 years prior to joining the NAMI Education team last August.  I am now Senior Education Program Manager for NAMI Family-to-Family and NAMI Homefront. I am still based in Ohio but I am happy to assist you via email or telephone.  I hope to see you at Convention in September if not sooner! 

Manual Updates

The long-delayed release of the 5^th Edition of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM-5) in May of 2013, necessitated updates to more pages than we would normally have changed for 2014. Thankfully, many of the updated pages are double-sided so the task of replacing pages, although tedious, is far less expensive than replacing entire manuals. This is why the NAMI manual format remains a loose-leaf binder rather than a bound book. Barring any major updates in medication or research the next revision of NAMI Family-to-Family is not scheduled until 2016. 

NAMI Store and Intranet

The 2014 versions of the manuals for all programs are now available in the NAMI Store for hardcopy purchase or as PDF downloads (trainer manuals are only available for hardcopy purchase), and you should have also gotten word that the NAMI Store has gone through an upgrade and looks different, but your coupon codes for the manuals will stay the same.

I’ve attached the PDF files of the updated 2014 pages for the Participant, Teacher and Trainer Manuals.  Please make sure that your teachers and trainers have these new page files to keep their manuals updated. The 2014 updates are also available via this link: NAMI Family-to-Family Intranet

To get access to NAMI Signature Program intranets, send an email to NAMI Education at namieducation@nami.org and include the following:

1.      Name

2.      Affiliate

3.      Role in affiliate

4.      NAMI Username

5.      Email (associated with NAMI account)

6.      Intranets Requested

Charts and Blue Card Sets – Minor Revisions Please Use What You Have!

The charts and blue cards needed for NAMI Family-to-Family are also available for purchase or download at the NAMI store.  The chart updates involve a corrected typo and the addition of logos. The revised blue cards have some minor grammatical changes and are now single-sided so that they are easier to download and copy.  It is not necessary to replace blue cards or charts unless they are worn or damaged.  Older versions of both charts and blue cards can be used in 2014 classes and trainings so there is no need to discard what you may have in stock!

Re-Orientation

The YouTube version of the re-orientation assessment is still posted online if you have people that need access to it. Let me know if you would like me to send an updated list of your state’s teachers and trainers who have completed the process.  The YouTube instructions are attached.

Please contact me if you have questions and thanks for all you do!

Suzanne

Reminder Spanish Training and Info on Parental Mental Health Scholarship

Hello.  Just a reminder that we are holding a Spanish Teacher Training in Ontario, CA on March 14-16.  I currently do not have very many enrolled, so I’m hoping to hear from the rest of you soon.  Please contact me for the announcement letter (English and Spanish versions) and the application for this training.  Thank you!

NAMI National has sent me this Parental Mental Health Scholarship Information so I’m passing it  along to you all.  Please read below for the description and information.  I know nothing beyond what you read here, so please contact them if you are interested in looking into this opportunity further.  Thank you!

Deadline Extended – Consumer Scholarships Available for Parental Mental Health Conference

Conference organizers, consisting of an international consortium of researchers and providers who are committed to advancing the services and supports for these families, recognize it is essential to the success of this event that parents with mental health challenges attend and present at the conference.  Parent consumer scholarships for United States residents have been made available thanks to the generous funding from Brook Lenfest, and support from Philadelphia's Councilman-At-Large Dennis M. O'Brien, the TU Collaborative on Community Inclusion and Employment Options, Inc.

If you are interested in attending this cutting edge conference and need financial support, please submit a completed the application by 11:59pm on Monday, February 17, 2014.

The application can be found at: http://www.tucollaborative.org/pdfs/Consumer%20Scholarship%20Application_2014_FINAL.pdf.

For more information or to register for the conference, please follow this link: http://www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/MentalHealth2014/.