2015 Manual updates - Family and Peer Programs

Hello all.  Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year!  Thank you for all your hard work in 2014! 

No new updates for Peer to Peer, Family to Family and Basics this year except for a couple of changes in the policies and the code of conduct.  Please see below.  Would you please kindly share this information with all your teachers?  Thank you. 

This is a copy of the Announcement from NAMI National:

New manuals effective January 1, 2015: the following programs have new manuals with substantial updates from previous versions. You may use up any existing 2014 inventory before transitioning to the 2015 version. There will be no changes to these manuals again until January 2017, at the earliest.

·     NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group

·     NAMI Family Support Group

·     NAMI Homefront

·     NAMI Parents & Teachers as Allies

The 2014 manuals remain current for the following programs. There will be no new versions of these manuals until January 2016, at the earliest. You will need to replace the policy documents as described below.

·     NAMI Basics/Bases y Fundamentos de NAMI

·     NAMI Ending the Silence

·     NAMI Family-to-Family/De Familia a Familia de NAMI

·     NAMI In Our Own Voice

·     NAMI Peer-to-Peer

·     NAMI Provider Education

Other Resource Updates

The 2014 NAMI Signature Program Operating Policies and NAMI Signature Program Code of Conduct have both been revised. Copies of the 2015 document must be provided to all NAMI program trainers, teachers, mentors, facilitators and presenters along with instructions to replace the version in their 2014 manuals and on resource tables in support groups. Changes/updates include:

2015 NAMI Signature Program Operating Policies

·     Removed recommendations for stipends/contractual fees for all program leaders. Revised language on contracting with state trainers.

·     New section to address non- and de-certification of program leaders.

·     Added requirement of written approval from NAMI for all research conducted on NAMI signature programs.

2015 NAMI Signature Program Code of Conduct

·     Added language regarding the importance of not promoting and endorsing beliefs, groups and businesses.

Important Resources for Program Leaders

This is a new document for program leaders for each of the manuals that can be downloaded from the Edu Help Desk www.nami.org/eduhelpdesk