Do you have a parent, spouse/significant other, sibling, or adult child with mental illness? Have you been struggling to understand the diagnosis? Our FREE life-changing, courses, will provide you with answers to all your questions.
Family-to-Family Educational Program & BASICS Class
About Class Registration
Although education classes are free, pre-registration is required for them through NAMI- Piedmont Tri-County.
- You can learn more about classes and registration by emailing [email protected]
Family-to-Family Class, Begins on Jan 21, 2023, Caring for someone over age 22 with a mental health concern or diagnosis at St. Phillip Neri Munn Road Fort Mill SC Email Monica at [email protected] for registration information
NAMI Family-to-Family is a free, 8-session educational program for families, significant others, and friends of people living with mental illness. It is a designated evidence-based program. Research shows that the program significantly improves the coping and problem-solving abilities of the people closest to an individual living with a mental health condition. Taught by NAMI-trained family members who have been there and includes presentations, discussion, and interactive exercises. NAMI Family-to-Family not only provides critical information and strategies for taking care of the person you love, but you'll also find out that you're not alone. Recovery is a journey, and there is hope.
The group setting of NAMI Family-to-Family provides mutual support and shared positive impact—you can experience compassion and reinforcement from people who understand your situation. You can also help others through your own experience. In the program, you'll learn about:
- How to manage crises, solve problems and communicate effectively
- Taking care of yourself and managing your stress
- Developing the confidence and stamina to provide support with compassion
- Finding and using local supports and services
- Up-to-date information on mental health conditions and how they affect the brain
- Current treatments, including evidence-based therapies, medications, and side effects
- The impact of mental illness on the entire family
York, Lancaster, and Chester Counties, SC This includes the cities of Rock Hill, Fort Mill, Lancaster, Indian Land, York, Chester, Clover, and surrounding areas.
Our next (free) 8-session class begins in January (8 consecutive Saturdays) Time 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
NAMI Basics
- New class beginning on May 10, for 6 consecutive Tuesday evenings, 6:00-8.00 PM. All materials provided. Oakland Avenue Baptist Church 1067 Oakland Ave, Rock Hill, SC 29732
- You can learn more about all education classes, upcoming dates, and registration by contacting [email protected]
- or by calling/texting 803-610-8174
- Open to Chester, Lancaster, and York County Residents.
- Space is limited.
An education program specifically for parents and other family caregivers of children and adolescents experiencing mental health challenges. As a caregiver of a child or adolescent with a mental health condition you face unique challenges: social stigma, complex family dynamics, navigating the school system, and unpredictable aspects of these conditions. It can be overwhelming.
NAMI Basics provides you with skills, knowledge, and a community of people who can relate to your experience.
You will learn from people like you, who get it, who have been there. Trained peers will guide you on how to better understand and support your child while maintaining your own well-being.
What should I know?
- Open to parents and family caregivers of people younger than 22 who are experiencing mental health challenges
- Meets for six seasons
- Free to participants
- Taught by trained family members whose children experience mental health challenges
- No specific medical therapy or medication is endorsed or recommended
Why should I attend?
- Find a community of support
- Gain practical up-to-date information about mental health challenges
- Learn how to effectively advocate for your child with the school and mental health systems
- Develop problem-solving and communication skills
- On-Demand if you can't make an in-person or zoom class. Register here: BASICS ON DEMAND
Education classes are free
Provider Education
A staff development program specifically for healthcare professionals who work directly with individuals living with mental illness. As a healthcare professional, it's important to understand the unique challenges experienced by the individual and their entire family when facing a mental health challenge: social isolation, complex family dynamics and the unpredictable aspects of the illness.
The presenters of the class have experienced mental illness firsthand. You will learn why a partnership with the individual and their family is important in their wellness and recovery.
NAMI Provider Education gives you the tools necessary to combine the recovery model with the medical model to better serve your clients.
What should I know?
- Open to any adult working in the mental health field: professionals, lay professionals, and administrative staff
- Free of cost to participants
- Meets for five sessions
- Led by a team of individuals living with mental illness, family members, and mental health professionals
- Optional 4-hour introductory seminar
Why should I attend?
- Gain understanding and empathy for an individual experiencing a mental health crisis and their families, especially in the areas of treatment
- Learn to successfully apply the concept of collaboration between the individuals, their family, and the mental health staff
- Understand the predictable emotional stages of individuals with mental illness and their families' experience
Crisis Intervention Team Training (CIT)
The National Alliance on Mental Illness South Carolina (NAMI SC) offers a 35-hour Crisis Intervention Training Program. The CIT model has garnered a reputation as the preeminent method to train police officers in handling cases involving mental illness. Officers are taught to help individuals with mental illness in crisis situations by identifying mental illness whenever possible and to direct that individual through a treatment center rather than jail.
Research has shown that the benefits of CIT training include more positive perceptions about those with mental illness, more efficient crisis response times, increased jail diversion among those with mental illness, and an improved chance of treatment continuity with community-based providers. In addition, officer injuries are greatly reduced.
All courses are certified by the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy and are FREE to the departments.
NAMI Homefront
NAMI Homefront is a free, 6-session program for family, friends, and significant others of Military Service Members and Veterans. The class helps families understand what the Service Member/ Veteran is experiencing related to trauma, combat stress, civilian life transition, PTSD, and other mental health conditions.
The program is designed to help family members understand and support their Service Member/Veteran while maintaining their own well-being. NAMI Homefront leaders have personal experience with mental health conditions impacting their Service Member/ Veteran. The class is free but you are expected to attend all six sessions. You must have access to a laptop, PC, or tablet with a stable internet connection to participate. Audio will be telephone, a headset or headphones with mic are recommended.
Pre-registration is required and space is limited. All participants are screened to ensure this program is appropriate for their needs.
USE THE FOLLOWING LINK TO REGISTER*:
https://www.research.net/r/homefrontonline
*All participants are screened to ensure this class is appropriate for their needs.
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