Scott
County NAMI – the National Alliance on Mental Illness - is offering a free 12 week Family to Family
class for family members, partners and friends of individuals with major
depression, bipolar, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, borderline
personality disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder and
obsessive compulsive disorder.
The
series of classes are structured to help caregivers understand and support
individuals with serious mental illness while maintaining their own well being. The
educational course helps families gain a greater understanding of mental
illness, discuss resources, build communication skills, reduce stress and find
support. The course is taught by a team
of trained NAMI family member volunteers who know what it is like to have a
loved one struggling with one of these brain disorders.
The
free 12 week course will be taught at the Savage Public Library, 13090 Alabama
Ave. S., Savage, MN from 7 – 9:30 PM on
Wednesdays beginning February 13, 2013. Registration is required and classes are
limited to 25 persons. Co-Teachers are
Will and Janet Williams. For questions
and/ or to register call 952-890-1669.
For
information about NAMI Minnesota’s other programs of education and support,
call (651-645-2948) or check their
website at www.namihelps.org.
