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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

6 days ago

*Please note: If you're experiencing suicidal thoughts contact Crisis Text Line by texting START to 741741
The topic of mental health services on campus was front and center last week at panel discussion hosted by NAMI Elm City at Gateway Community College. The discussion was facilitated by Valerie Lepoutre of NAMI CT. The students on the panel all concurred that getting help at college is daunting. Many were Yale students who struggled to find adequate services on campus, eventually seeking care off campus and in many cases having to leave their classmates and return home sometimes for over a year. The forum was video taped. When it becomes available we will post it here. The students were engaging and honest, sharing valuable wisdom which must be heard by parents and caregivers. The letter below mirrors what many of the students shared. ...

Anonymous Student Publicly Displays Letter to Counseling Services After an On-Campus Suicide

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"On the surface, you say you can offer help and assistance... But behind closed doors, the truth is whispered."

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NAMI Shoreline Affiliate, Connecticut

7 days ago

This is a question many of us wonder about. Is there a relationship between substance abuse and suicidal behavior? Free Public Forum Wednesday Dec 12 in Middletown. In crisis now? Call 800 273 8255. ...

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2 weeks ago

Indeed it's lonely and exhausting. We tend to blame ourselves. Especially when the world does, too. ...

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"Nothing prepares a parent for the discovery that their child has a mental illness."

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If you’re a champion of YOUNG ADULTS please share this info about a FREE training in facilitating a YA Connection Group! January 15, 2019! Young people helping other young people.

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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.)