NAMI Montgomery County Helps Support POWER Program

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Montgomery County recently presented a check for $2,500 to Montgomery County Community College to help support its Partnership on Work Enrichment and Readiness (POWER) Program. POWER helps individuals in mental health recovery to successfully develop and reach their education and career goals.

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NEW Bucks County Peer to Peer Training

Recovery: Learning to Live Well
Bucks County announces its fall class schedule. There is no cost to take our classes, however registration IS REQUIRED. Call 1-866-399-NAMI(6264) to register.

Peer to Peer Classes:
Beginning Tuesday, September 14 and continuing for 10 weeks at 6:30 P.M.
Blooming Glen Mennonite Church
713 Blooming Glen Rd.
Blooming Glen (Perkasie), PA 18911
and
Beginning Wednesday, September 15 and continuing for 10 weeks at 6:30 P.M.
Abington Memorial Health Center (formerly Warminster Hospital)
225 Newtown Rd.
Warminster, PA 18974

The NAMI Peer-to-Peer education course provides a full approach to recovery for people with mental illness who are interested in achieving and maintaining wellness.

The course is taught by trained peer mentors who are successfully managing their own conditions. The course uses a combination of lecture, interactive exercises, and structured processes offered in a confidential setting.

• Share experiences with peers who are also working toward recovery
• Gain further insight into mental illness
• Gain knowledge of how to manage and cope with circumstances
• Learn to identify feelings, thoughts, behaviors, and events that can result in a possible relapse
• Learn how to be an active participant in a treatment plan
• Learn how to strengthen interpersonal relationships

The nine week course is offered free of charge, and meets for a two-hour session weekly.

Visit www.nami.org/peertopeer, phone the NAMI HelpLine (1-866-399-NAMI(6264), or e-mail info@nami.org

NEW Bucks County Family to Family Classes

Bucks County announces its fall class schedule. For the first time, due to popular demand, there will be a Family to Family class in the upper Bucks area. There is no cost to take the classes, however registration IS REQUIRED.

Family to Family classes:

Beginning Monday, September 13 and continuing for 12 weeks at 7:00 P.M.
Blooming Glen Mennonite Church
713 Blooming Glen Rd.
Blooming Glen (Perkasie), PA 18911

and

Beginning Tuesday, September 14 and continuing for 12 weeks at 7:00 P.M.
Crossing Community Church
80 Silver Lake Rd.
Newtown, PA 18940

Classes fill up quickly, so contact: 1-866-399-NAMI (6264) to register.

NEW Family to Family Class Starting Sept 22 near Lankenau Hospital

NAMI PA, Main Line Presents its FALL 2010 FAMILY-to-FAMILY (F2F) Education Program.
Location: LANKENAU Hospital area
When: Beginning WEDNESDAY, September 22
From 7 to 9:30 PM
For more information and to register contact Judy Green at 610 - 668 - 7917 or email F2FMainLine@aol.com

Family-to-Family is a series of 12 weekly classes, one evening per week, structured to help family members understand and support a relative diagnosed with a serious mental illness while maintaining their own wellbeing. The course is taught by trained volunteer family members who know what it’s like to have a loved-one with a serious mental illness. F2F is offered as a community service free of charge. REGISTRATION is REQUIRED