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FCCW hosts Fall NAMI Family to Family Classes
Update: Winchester starting TUESDAYS September 17, 2019 from 7-9:30 pm
Preregistration is required. Contact Maureen at 781-864-2336 or maureen1maureen@aol.com.
A FREE psycho-educational class for family and friends of individuals living with mental health conditions.
The Family-To-Family Education Program is a 12-week course for family, caregivers, and friends of individuals living with a serious mental illness. Family to Family is taught by trained family member volunteers.
All instruction and course materials are free for class participants.
The Family-to-Family curriculum utilizes a variety of teaching techniques and includes a broad range of topics:
- Information about all the major mental health conditions
- Coping skills, handling crisis and relapse
- Listening and communication techniques
- Problem solving and limit setting; rehabilitation
- …..and much, much more!
Please help get the word out to neighbors, friends and community groups. The Family to Family NAMI series will be held at FCCW starting in September. Pre-registration is required. it is one of the most effective tools to educate and empower those close to a person living with mental illness.
Preregister by calling Maureen at 781-864-2336 or emailing her. For more Family to Family Fall Courses, 2019 Nami Central Middlesex class offerings go to www.namimass.org.
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