NAMI Family 2 Family Flier Hill Church in Kewanee Oct 1
An eight-session course for family members, caregivers and friends of an adult loved one living with a mental health condition.
Tuesdays beginning October 1. Learn More
Advance Registration through NAMI. Register Now.
Class size is limited to (20). As this course is funded by the Henry County Mental Health 708 Board and Henry County Mental Health Alliance, residents of Henry County are given registration priority. For further information, call our NAMI office at 563-386-7477-x 266 (M-F 10-2).
This is a 90-minute seminar that informs people who have loved ones with a mental health condition how to best support them. It’s also an opportunity to meet other people in similar situations and gain community support.
This is a hybrid event – please indicate whether you will attend in-person or online when you register. Boxed, light supper provided for in-person attendees.
Register Here.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN …
The seminar is led by trained people with lived experience of supporting a family member with a mental health condition. They will walk you through the following topics.
– Understanding diagnoses, treatment and recovery
– Effective communication strategies
– The importance of self-care
– Crisis preparation strategies
– NAMI and community resources
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES …
Once you’ve attended our seminar, we’ll send you Family & Friends companion eBook at no charge. It provides important information about mental health conditions including: conditions and diagnoses, treatment and recovery, crisis planning, resources and more.
This is a 90-minute seminar that informs people who have loved ones with a mental health condition how to best support them. It’s also an opportunity to meet other people in similar situations and gain community support.
Register Today.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN …
The seminar is led by trained people with lived experience of supporting a family member with a mental health condition. They will walk you through the following topics.
– Understanding diagnoses, treatment and recovery
– Effective communication strategies
– The importance of self-care
– Crisis preparation strategies
– NAMI and community resources
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES …
Once you’ve attended our seminar, we’ll send you Family & Friends companion eBook at no charge. It provides important information about mental health conditions including: conditions and diagnoses, treatment and recovery, crisis planning, resources and more.
This is a 90-minute seminar that informs people who have loved ones with a mental health condition how to best support them. It’s also an opportunity to meet other people in similar situations and gain community support.
Register by Calling Black Hawk College PaCE Office 309-796-8223. Course #1295.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN …
The seminar is led by trained people with lived experience of supporting a family member with a mental health condition. They will walk you through the following topics.
– Understanding diagnoses, treatment and recovery
– Effective communication strategies
– The importance of self-care
– Crisis preparation strategies
– NAMI and community resources
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES …
Once you’ve attended our seminar, we’ll send you Family & Friends companion eBook at no charge. It provides important information about mental health conditions including: conditions and diagnoses, treatment and recovery, crisis planning, resources and more.
This is a 90-minute seminar that informs people who have loved ones with a mental health condition how to best support them. It’s also an opportunity to meet other people in similar situations and gain community support.
This is a hybrid event – please indicate whether you will attend in-person or online when you register. Boxed, light supper provided for in-person attendees.
Register Here.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN …
The seminar is led by trained people with lived experience of supporting a family member with a mental health condition. They will walk you through the following topics.
– Understanding diagnoses, treatment and recovery
– Effective communication strategies
– The importance of self-care
– Crisis preparation strategies
– NAMI and community resources
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES …
Once you’ve attended our seminar, we’ll send you Family & Friends companion eBook at no charge. It provides important information about mental health conditions including: conditions and diagnoses, treatment and recovery, crisis planning, resources and more.
Jodie Toohey is the author of nine books – three poetry, four fiction, and one non-fiction.
Tuesday, June 20 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Bettendorf Public Library
2950 Learning Campus Drive, Bettendorf
Invest 90 minutes in your well-being. Journaling provides real benefits for your mental health. There’s plenty of scientific evidence that proves journaling reduces stress, improves memory, and helps you regulate emotions.
Author Jodie Toohey will show you how to use your senses as a framework for writing. She will introduce you to the “free-writing style” and guide you as you try several writing exercises. We’ll leave time for a robust discussion at the end of the seminar.
Come prepared with a journal, paper, and something to write with. This event is free and made possible through the support of the Bettendorf Public Library
Joseph Reid, author of “Broken Like Me” brings a powerful mix of personal experience and easy-to-use tools for living with a with mental illness.
He has been hospitalized for depression three times. He will share his Four Words to Move Forward on how to communicate with professionals and loved ones when you are emotionally at rock bottom and teaches how to “You-utilize” your own unique talents and abilities to get moving in the right direction.
This presentation is created to normalize the discussion around mental health. It is designed for those who struggle with a mental illness and for those who find themselves going through a period of life where they are feeling broken … like him.
This event is free to NAMI GMV members. All others $5 online or at the door. Books available for purchase $15 and author will sign. Presentation starts promptly at 6 p.m. with Q&A at 6:45 p.m. Book signing 7:30 p.m.
This is a day of music and art to help raise money for the local affiliate of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) with feature performances from
and hosted by comedian Tori House
We’d appreciate a donation for anyone attending. But if you are suffering and needing help come on down. Don’t worry about cover and there will be no questions asked.
Register Here.
Saturdays @ 11 a.m. Please join us in person or online.
In Person. Walk ins welcome. We will ask you to provide basic registration information. Family Resources, 2800 Eastern Avenue, Building A, Davenport. (Annie Wittenmyer Campus.)
Virtual. After registering, You will receive a system email response with the following information: Zoom Online Meeting Login information. This video meeting is not recorded to ensure your privacy and safety.
NAMI Support Group Guidelines – our group guidelines provide confidentiality and respect for one another. We use a nationally-developed model and the group lasts 60 minutes. Our facilitators are trained NAMI education volunteers who all have lived experience supporting a youth living with a mental illness. This a specialized NAMI Family Support Group for caregivers of youth living with or exhibiting symptoms of a mental health condition. Parents, foster parents, grandparents and other direct caregivers are welcome to attend. As always, participation is confidential and there is no cost to attend.
Thanks to the Eastern Iowa Mental Health Region for supporting this program. The support group is offered in cooperation with Family Resources who runs an eastern Iowa crisis stabilization unit for youth ages 8 to 17 years. You do not have to have a child under Family Resources care to attend. All caregivers are welcome.
This is a 90-minute seminar that informs people who have loved ones with a mental health condition how to best support them. It’s also an opportunity to meet other people in similar situations and gain community support.
Register Here.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN …
The seminar is led by trained people with lived experience of supporting a family member with a mental health condition. They will walk you through the following topics.
– Understanding diagnoses, treatment and recovery
– Effective communication strategies
– The importance of self-care
– Crisis preparation strategies
– NAMI and community resources
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES …
Once you’ve attended our seminar, we’ll send you Family & Friends companion eBook at no charge. It provides important information about mental health conditions including: conditions and diagnoses, treatment and recovery, crisis planning, resources and more.
