NAMI Ending the Silence is an engaging presentation that helps audience members learn about the warning signs of mental health conditions and what steps to take if you or a loved one are showing symptoms of a mental health condition.
NAMI Ending the Silence presentations include two leaders: one who shares an informative presentation and a young adult with a mental health condition who shares their journey of recovery. Audience members can ask questions and gain an understanding of an often-misunderstood topic. Through dialogue, we can help grow the movement to end stigma.
Who Can Participate?
- NAMI Ending the Silence for Students is a 50-minute presentation designed for middle and high school students that includes warning signs, facts, and statistics and how to get help for themselves or a friend. Research has shown that NAMI Ending the Silence for Students is effective in changing middle and high school students’ knowledge and attitudes toward mental health conditions and toward seeking help.
- NAMI Ending the Silence for School Staff is a 1-hour presentation for school staff members that includes information about warning signs, facts, statistics, how to approach students, and how to work with families.
- NAMI Ending the Silence for Families is a 1-hour presentation for adults with middle or high school-aged youth that includes warning signs, facts, statistics, how to talk with your child, and how to work with school staff.
What Will You Learn?
- Recognize the warning signs for themselves and their friends and how to get help
- Raise awareness and change perceptions around mental health conditions
- Develop a community of support
- Provide practical, current information about mental health conditions
- Diminish the stigma around mental health conditions so teens feel comfortable talking about how they feel in order to get the help they need
NAMI Family & Friends is a free 90-minute or four-hour seminar that informs people who have loved ones with a mental health condition how to best support them. It is also an opportunity to meet other people in similar situations and gain community support.
Who Can Participate?
NAMI Family & Friends is open to the general public.
What Will You Learn?
The seminar is led by trained people with lived experience of supporting a family member with a mental health condition. They will walk you through the following topics.
- Understanding diagnoses, treatment, and recovery
- Effective communication strategies
- The importance of self-care
- Crisis preparation strategies
- NAMI and community resources
NAMI In Our Own Voice changes attitudes, assumptions, and ideas about people with mental health conditions. These free, 40-, 60-, or 90-minute presentations provide a personal perspective of mental health conditions, as leaders with lived experience talk openly about what it is like to have a mental health condition.
Who Can Participate?
NAMI In Our Own Voice is open to the general public.
What Will You Learn?
- An opportunity to hear open and honest perspectives on a highly misunderstood topic
- A chance to ask leaders questions, allowing for a deeper understanding of mental health conditions and dispelling of stereotypes and misconceptions
- The understanding that people with mental health conditions have lives enriched by hopes, dreams, and goals
- Information on how to learn more about mental health and get involved with the mental health community
HOW DO I SIGN UP?
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