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NAMI Basics

NAMI Basics is a free 6-week program that allows families to connect to one another while learning about mental illness, its impact on children and adolescents, strategies to deal with schools and providers and tools to empower parents/caregivers to overcome new challenges. This program is specifically for parents and other caregivers of children and adolescents with mental illness that have diverse complex needs.

For more information about the curriculum and a video, go to www.nami.org and go to “NAMI Programs” at the bottom center of the screen and click on “NAMI Basics”.

NAMI Shoreline offers NAMI Basics at the Madison Senior Center at 29 Bradley Road, Madison.The program times are 6:30-9:00 PM.

Questions? Susan Cayer Stout 203.432.5563 or Jeanne Proctor 203.453.2530.

Additional information on classes held in other locations throughout the state may be
obtained through the state office at 860.882.0236 and www.namict.org/educational-programs

NAMI Shoreline Affiliate, Connecticut

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Nicole Hockley of Sandy Hook Promise lost her 6 year old son, Dylan, in the Sandy Hook School shooting. On November 1 she will join leaders of the town of Clinton to continue the conversation about solutions regarding mental health, school safety, community building, and preventing gun violence. The event is free. ...

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NAMI Shoreline Affiliate, Connecticut

3 days ago

Issue Brief 65: Mobile Crisis Services
From The Child Health and Development Institute:

An Effective Approach for Reducing Emergency Department Utilization Among Youth with Behavioral Health Conditions.

Connecticut has among the nation's best arrays of services and supports for children with behavioral health needs. Despite this, the rates of emergency department use among youth with behavioral health conditions remains high. Recent data from Connecticut's Medicaid system indicates that from 2014 to 2016 there was a 20% increase in the number of visits to emergency departments among youth with behavioral health diagnoses. Effective alternatives in Connecticut, such as Mobile Crisis Intervention Services, help reduce emergency department visits and promote the use of community-based care. ...

Issue Brief 65 - Mobile Crisis Services: An Effective Approach for Reducing Emergency Department Utilization :: The Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut

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Mobile Crisis Services: An Effective Approach for Reducing Emergency Department Utilization among Youth with Behavioral Health Conditions

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5 days ago

Call to candidates: Let’s make Connecticut No. 1 in mental health services again

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Connecticut has long been a national leader in how we view and deliver mental health and substance use disorder treatment. We have been at the forefront for many years of legislation known as

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Early Bird registration closes October 17! Great symposium hosted by NAMI CT 10/19!! Read about this innovative and successful approach to healing psychosis. In Southbury CT. Register here: secure.qgiv.com/for/noc/event/793918/?blm_aid=18739 ...

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3 weeks ago

"Recognizing that we have the ability to help others, only if it's just by listening, is a powerful way to let those we care about know they're not alone." ...

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NAMI Shoreline offers Family-to-Family in Guilford!

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Emergency Contacts

911 - Ask the police dispatcher to send officers trained to respond to mental illness crisis (Crisis Intervention Team)

GO! - to the nearest hospital emergency room

203.483.2650 - BHCare, Mobile Crisis Team. (For adult crises/emergencies)

211 or 1.800.203.1234 - Infoline, a statewide resource available 24/7 211, press 1 - Child Guidance Centers' Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS). (For children's behavioral crises/emergencies.)