For our 2011 class schedule contact:
Family-to-Family (F2F) Coordinator:
Charlene 707-467-9116
Gladys 707-462-0490.
Inland Family-to-Family Class you can click here to send us an email.
Peer-to-Peer (P2P)
Peer-toPeer (P2P) Coordinator:
Raven Price 707-621-0022
Susan Wynd Novotny 707-972-9040
CIT Training
CIT Training February 22nd & 24th, 2011.
Family-to-Family Education Class
This is a comprehensive educational 12 week course offered free to the commmunity.
The Family-to-Family course is designed for family members and friends of loved ones suffering from mental health issues. Family-to-Family is taught one evening a week for 12 consecutive weeks. Class size is kept small for intimacy (class sizes in our community tend to average between 10-12 people and are limited to no more than 25). The course is co-taught by specially trained family members and includes the following topics:
- Information about Schizophrenia, Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Panic Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Coping skills; handling crisis and relapse
- Listening and communications skills
- Problem solving and limit setting; rehabilitation
- Understanding the actual experience of people suffering from mental illness
- Self-care; learning how to recognize normal emotional reactions within families to chronic worry and stress
- Basic information about medications and their side effects
- Information about connecting with appropriate community services and community supports
Announcement: Free 12 week education mental health class begins January 18, 2011. Call Gladys 462-0490 for more information.
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