NAMI Birmingham’s Family 2 Family Education Program

What is NAMI’s Family-to-Family Program?

The NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program is a free, 12-week
course for family caregivers of individuals with severe mental illnesses.

• The course is taught by trained family members
• All instruction and course materials are free to class participants
• Over 115,000 family members have graduated from this national program
Class size is limited to 25

The Teaching Team: Brenda Files, Terri Keeton, Sue Jones,
Susan Baty-Pierce & Kathy Avsar

Contact Sue Jones (256-347-5655)cell (256-747-2703)home or
email Dustoffdog2@Bellsouth.net to reserve your spot in the next class that is offered

Sponsored by Birmingham Veterans Administration, NAMI Birmingham, www.namibirmingham.org,

                                                                              NAMI Alabama www.namialabama.org

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NAMI Shelby County Family-to-Family Class

For More Information or to Register for the class Contact Joan Elder

jowael@hotmail.com or call 205-980-1151

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NAMI Basics Education Program

NAMI Basics is designed for parents and caregivers of children and adolescents with mental health challenges. It teaches the fundamentals of caring for the parent, the family, and the child with mental health issues.

While no diagnosis is required to participate, we discuss ADHD, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other mood disorders. We do not discuss Autism Spectrum Disorders.

This FREE 6 week program  presented by NAMI Birmingham and NAMI Shelby &  sponsored by NAMI, www.nami.org/basics

Contact one of the NAMI Basics Program Coordinators to enroll:

Joan Elder,  jelder4158@gmail.com

Laura Helenius, laurajnh@aol.com

Susan Sallin, srsallin@juno.com