Presents:

NAMI Family to Family Education Program

NAMI Family to Family is a 12 week program for those who have family members suffering from
mental illness. Lead by family-member facilitators, the NAMI course covers:

• Diagnostic criteria of common mental illnesses

• Our emotional response to the trauma of mental illness
• Biology of the brain, causes of mental illnesses, new research
• Listening/communicating techniques
• Understanding what it's like to have a mental illness
• Coping skills, handling crisis and relapse, self-care and family-care
• Finding community services and supports
• Advocacy, dealing with stigma and discrimination

Most of all, NAMI offers a confidential, safe place for people to learn and talk about mental illness
in their family with others who understand, because we are all dealing with the same issues
ourselves.

This program is provided free of charge by the Family Support Network.

When: begins Monday, April 9, 2012

Time: 7:00 p.m to 9:30 p.m

Where: Community Homes Belleville & Area

Although the course is free, you do need to register. Please call Mental Health Services Hastings &
Prince Edward (613) 967-4734. A facilitator will call you to confirm your registration and answer your
questions.