7:00 - 9:00 pm
Every 1st Tuesday

Scottsdale Senior Center at Granite Reef
1700 N. Granite Reef
Scottsdale, AZ

Free of charge.
All are invited.

Please check Caring & Sharing newsletter or this web site's calendar for speaker & topic.

Family-to-Family

Registration Required

Contact:
Susan
602.244.8166
email:
education@NamiPhoenix.org

See Front Page for
class schedules

A 12-week, two and one-half hours per week, experiential course based on the family support model.

Teachers are trained, experienced family members of adults with mental illness.

Free of charge.

1. Stages of Emotional Response
2. Guilt Busting.
3. Diagnostic Criteria: Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Schizoaffective Disorder, Panic Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Psychosis, Borderline Personality Disorder, Dual Diagnosis (brain disorders and substance abuse).
4. Crisis Resources
5. Sharing our Stories,
6. Basics About the Brain
7. Prognosis
8. Recovery
9. Medications,
10. Other Therapies.
11. Problem Solving Workshop
12. Inside Mental Illness
13. Empathy and Self Esteem
14. Feelings and Behavior.
15. Communication Workshop
16. Relative Groups and Self Care
17. Recovery and Rehabilitation
18. Advocacy, Breaking the Silence.

Susan
602.244.8166

Registration Required

Call for next class schedule

A nine-week, two hours per week, experiential education course on the topic of recovery.

Taught by a team of three trained "mentors" or peer-teachers who are experienced at living well with mental illness.

Free of charge.

1. Stigma,
2. Discrimination
3. Relapse Prevention Planning
4. Thoughts & Feelings
5. Sleep, Senses and Behavior
6. Language
7. Emotions.
8. Diagnoses: Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Schizoaffective Disorder, Panic Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Psychosis.
9. Story Telling,
10. Addictions
11. Spirituality
12. Medication,
13. Coping Strategies
14. Decision Making
15. Relationships
16. Empowerment
17. Advance Directive
18. Advocacy

Next Class:
To Be Scheduled

Susan
602.244.8166

A ten-week series of workshops. Teachers are trained family members with firsthand experience in the challenges and rewards of raising children with brain disorders.

Free of charge.

1. Brain Biology and Diagnoses: ADD/ADHD, PDD/Autism, Tourette's Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Eating Disorders, Anxiety, Panic, Phobias, Early Onset Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder.
2. Data organization and record keeping methods
3. Effective Communication with providers, school personnel, and family members, coping and self care skills, problem management skills.
4. Rehabilitation, recovery, and transition into adulthood.
5. Advocacy, legal issues, dealing with stigma, emotional support through group settings.