PRESENTED BY:

JAMIE M. SMITH, MBAPRESIDENT - NAMI OF SARASOTA COUNTY

MARKETING & COMMUNITY RELATIONS MANAGER - FLORIDA CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER

Note:

What is NAMI?

Mission & Vision

Education & Support Programs

How to reach NAMI Sarasota County?

What is NAMI?

NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness.

What is NAMI?

NAMI has over 1,100 affiliates, including NAMI Sarasota County, in communities across the country who engage in:

Advocacy Research Support Education

What is NAMI?

Members of NAMI are families, friends, community organizations, and people living with mental illness.

We offer help and a sense of community for parents, caregivers, veterans, health care providers and persons living with mental illness.

MISSION - VISION

NAMI of Sarasota County is dedicated to improving the lives of individuals,

families, and all those affected by mental illness through advocacy, research,

support, and education.

501(c)3 We’re all volunteers!!!

Education & Support Programs

All education and support programs are FREE!!!

NAMI Sarasota County has:

4 Peer-to-Peer Teachers

4 Family-to-Family Teachers

Education & Support Programs

MONTHLY INFORMATION/SUPPORT MEETINGS 

Sarasota3rd Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.

Beneva Christian Church4835 Beneva Road, Sarasota, FL 34233

(Corner of Beneva & Proctor Road) 

Venice1st Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.

Venice Health Park1201 Jacaranda Blvd, Venice, FL 34292, Room 1283

(Corner of Jacaranda Blvd and Center Road)

Education & Support Programs

• For parents and other caregivers of children and adolescents living with mental illnesses

• Meets once a week for 6 weeks or twice a week for 3 weeks

• For providers of mental health services • Meets for 6 weeks

• For consumers • Meets once a week • Disponible en Español

• For school professionals • Two hour in-service program

• For the general public • Recurring one time presentations • Disponible en Español

Education & Support Programs

• For the general public • Online, interactive, educational

initiative

• For family members/loved ones of someone living with a mental illness

• Meets once a month

• For family members, partners and friends of someone living with a mental illness

• 12-week course • Disponible en Español

• For consumers (people living with a mental illness)

• 10-week course • Disponible en Español

What is NAMI’s Family-to-Family Program?

The NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program is a free, 12-week course for family caregivers of individuals with severe mental illnesses.

• The course is taught by trained family members •All instruction and course materials are free to class participants •Over 300,000 family members have graduated from this national program

What does the course include?•Current information about schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder (manic depression), panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, borderline personality disorder, and co-occurring brain disorders and addictive disorders

•Up-to-date information about medications, side effects, and strategies for medication adherence

•Current research related to the biology of brain disorders and the evidence-based, most effective treatments to promote recovery

What does the course include?

•Gaining empathy by understanding the subjective, lived experience of a person with mental illness

• Learning in special workshops for problem solving, listening, and communication techniques

•Acquiring strategies for handling crises and relapse

•Focusing on care for the caregiver: coping with worry, stress, and emotional overload

•Guidance on locating appropriate supports and services within the community

• Information on advocacy initiatives designed to improve and expand services

YOU CAN’T KNOW WHAT NO ONE HAS TOLD YOU!!!

Video

How To Reach NAMI Sarasota County?

NAMI of Sarasota County, Inc.1661 Ringling Blvd., #1741

Sarasota, FL 34230941-822-5965

Website: Coming soon!Facebook: NAMI Sarasota County

NAMI Florida: NAMIFlorida.orgNAMI National: NAMI.org