Eight session course is taught by trained family members. All course materials are furnished without charge. The class is for caretakers of persons with  mental illnesses:  this could be parents, siblings, spouses and adult children of persons with mental illnesses, and recovering individuals who are themselves also caretakers of a persons(s) with mental health conditions.

Education Program - Family to Family offered at NAMI- Whatcom County

Provides public education regarding the understanding of mental illness.  Seeks out information about the latest in mental health research and works to overcome the present stigmatizing of mental health consumers.

Programs that publish newsletters to make the public aware of the services which are available within the community, to review legislation and other measures for resolving specific social problems and/or to provide information or opinions about other topics that may be of interest to a particular target group or the community at large.

Newsletters

Programs that maintain lists of individuals who are willing to make presentations on any of a variety of human service topics and social issues or which have paid staff or volunteers, one of whose primary responsibilities is public awareness and education with respect to one or a variety of community services, issues and problems.

Speakers/Speakers Bureaus

Programs that distribute pamphlets, brochures, journals, monographs, manuals, booklets or other literature to increase the public's awareness of the need for or availability of services in a particular geographical or service area or for a particular target group; the causes, detection and treatment of a particular disease, disability or condition and means for its prevention; or specific social problems which affect the community and potential solutions. Included are publications and those that are distributed in printed format, as well as those available in digital format that the public can download and print themselves.

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Education Program - Family to Family offered at NAMI- Whatcom County