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Family
Education
With
Hope In Mind
WHIM is an 8 workshop course taught by family members with adults with mental illness to other like families. This course is also taught to mental health professionals and can be modified to be taught in a shorter time frame. This course covers different types of mental illnesses, medications, coping skills, advocacy, stigma, and empathy.
This class is offered at various times throughout the year.
For more information regarding WHIM, contact Family Education Coordinator
Phyllis Pusser via email or at (806) 793-8576.
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Visions for Tomorrow
VFT is a flexible education course taught by family members with children and adolescents with mental illness to other like family members. This course was developed by NAMI Texas and is available nationwide. Visions for Tomorrow addresses the needs of younger families in dealing with children and adolescents with mental illness. Course topics include types of mental illnesses and emotional disorders as well as instruction on coping skills, dealing with schools, and medication.
This class is offered at various times throughout the year.
For more information regarding VFT, contact instructor
DeAnna Gibson via email or at (806) 798-7931.
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Consumer Education
TS focuses on “making reintegration the goal,” which is the curriculum motto. Team Solutions is a course distributed by Eli Lilly for NAMI Texas. It is a flexible, educational workshop that uses ten different modules addressing medication compliance, supportive services, treatment teams, recovery, etc. Trained and accredited NAMI Texas consumers teach this curriculum to other mental health consumers. The class is anywhere from 10-14 weeks long and certificates are given upon completion. This class is offered at various times throughout the year.
Solutions for Wellness has two modules that mesh mental illness recovery with physical fitness, nutrition, and exercise. Outdoor activities will accompany the class. This class is offered in the summer.
For more information regarding consumer education, contact Consumer Education Coordinator Erin Graham via email or call the NAMI Line.
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