National Alliance on Mental Illness
Today I received a call from the NAMI Howard County office. NAMI [National Alliance on Mental Illness] is a national organization that does a wonderful job of educating and supporting people effected by mental illness, their friends and families and the public, in general. Their trained facilitators run support groups for both the person effected by the illness and for friends and family. NAMI has specific educational training sessions for family members, parents of children with mental illness, Hispanic groups and for consumers who want to become presenters for NAMI’s various outreach programs. Last week, I began attending their 12-week Family to Family course that gives family members a better understanding of mental illness and tools to better interact and support their loved one. After only two classes, I’m impressed with how much new information I’ve picked up.
The purpose of the call from them today was to ask if I was interested in a contract position with the organization. I’ll have more information about the project after I attend a meeting in their office on Monday. Basically, I’m one of two contractors who will be redesigning one of the NAMI brochures and then meeting with health care professionals in Howard County, Maryland and giving them the brochures for their patients who have or may have a mental illness. I’m happy to be associated with this fine organization and I’ll post more information after Monday’s meeting.
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