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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 https://namict.org/find-support/nami-basics/

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Challenging Kids: Enlightened Parents

We are somewhat closer to understanding the signs of mental illness than we were when my kids were in school. But we have a long way to go. You've probably have heard the words "misbehavior" "bad attitude" and "lazy" in a sentence about your kid. It's demoralizing not to be taken seriously when it comes to mental illness. #KidsDoWellifTheyCan #KnowtheSigns #Listen #empathy #SkillNotWill #ThinkKids

“He Just Needs To Get Motivated. Doesn’t He Want To Graduate?”
Somehow, despite depression in adults receiving more awareness, it is assumed that teenagers that are sleeping in or not doing their homework must be either lazy or rebellious. Some days, getting through an entire day of school was the maximum that he could do. And the expectation for him to also do hours of homework was not always reasonable. "

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Funny how you forget the cold when you're surrounded by the warmth of those approaching your table BECAUSE it's about mental health. 💜Representing NAMI Shoreline Affiliate, Connecticut, Changing Minds Advocacy Group, Think:Kids, and thankful for Killingworth Lions Club especially Greg Wind who is hilarious, and Tim Gannon et al Parmelee Farm for doing so much for the town of Killingworth. ...

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NAMI Shoreline Affiliate, Connecticut

2 days ago

Joseph Navarra, President of NAMI Manchester, weighs in on this important and overwhelming issue.
"Navarra said that every year faculty identify students who appear to be suffering or troubled, but there is little on campus to help them. If a student is in crisis, however, he said several staff members will respond and will call 911 or a mobile crisis team if needed." ...

Colleges 'swamped' by students' mental health needs, but services vary greatly

ctmirror.org

Not only do mental health services for students vary greatly from college to college in Connecticut, demand for those services has gone way up in recent years.

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NAMI Shoreline Affiliate, Connecticut

2 weeks ago

Every conversation I have about mental health ends with the realization that our power is in our ability to communicate in such a way that the one suffering feels heard, feels safe. This Ted Talk illustrates the point beautifully. Have you heard of the new documentary on HBO called "Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops"? Can't recommend it enough. The approach is applicable in all walks of life: at home, in schools, in hospitals, in jails, in treatment centers. If POLICE OFFICERS can show compassion, SCHOOLS can. It's a mindshift. And a life-saving one. #Listen #staycalm #nojudgment #curiousnotfurious #behaviorisasignal #connectedness #feelingsafe #feelingheard
THIS IS JOE FROM THE DOCUMENTARY (MENTIONED ABOVE):Studies support the fact that one in four or one in five adults living in the US qualify for a mental health diagnosis. If 20-25% of adults qualify for a men... ...

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2 weeks ago

Let’s hear it for Valerie Lepoutre our Young Adult Coordinator at NAMI CT!
Tune in to 90.5 Monday morning. 👏🏼 ...

NAMI Connecticut

Tomorrow at 9:00 am tune in to WNPR-Connecticut Public Radio’s talk show, Where We Live with host Lucy Nalpathanchil. Our Young Adult Coordinator, Val LePoutre, will be talking about the high rates of depression for millenials and the programs NAMI CT offers to help young people struggling with mental health concerns.

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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.)