 Our next Peer-to-Peer class has been scheduled! Dates: August 22, 2018 through October 24, 2018 Times: 6:00pm-8:30pm Location: Hancock Regional Hospital, Orange classroom on the lower level This class is for persons with mental illness(es) only. Registration is recommended. Please call us at 317-257-7517 or email info@namiindy.org to register. What is NAMI’s Peer-to-Peer Program? Peer-to-Peer is a unique, experiential learning program for people with any serious mental illness who are interested in establishing and maintaining their wellness and recovery. The course was written by Kathryn Cohan McNulty, a person with a psychiatric disability who is also a former provider and manager in the mental health field and a longtime mutual support group member and facilitator. An advisory board comprised of NAMI consumer members, in consultation with Joyce Burland, Ph.D., author of the successful NAMI Family-to-Family Education program, helped guide the curriculum’s development. Since 2005, NAMI’s Peer-to-Peer Recovery Program has been supported by AstraZeneca. What does the course include? Peer-to-Peer consists of ten two-hour units and is taught by a team of two trained “Mentors” and a volunteer support person who are personally experienced at living well with mental illness. Mentors are trained in an intensive three day training session, and are supplied with teaching manuals. Participants come away from the course with a binder of hand-out materials, as well as many other tangible resources: an advance directive; a "relapse prevention plan" to help identify tell-tale feelings, thoughts, behavior, or events that may warn of impending relapse and to organize for intervention; mindfulness exercises to help focus and calm thinking; and survival skills for working with providers and the general public. Check back for class availability or contact the NAMI Greater Indianapolis office at 317-257-7517 or info@namiindy.org. Peer-to-Peer Class Topic List Each class contains a combination of lecture and interactive exercise material and closes with Mindfulness Practice (techniques offered to develop and expand awareness). Each class builds on the one before: attendance each week is strongly recommended. Week One Welcome Introductions Course orientation Questions and answers Week Two Icebreaker Group ground rules Discussion on course values Mental illnesses as traumatic experiences Consumer stages of recovery Stigma Culture Mindfullness Week Three "Its not my fault" - mental illnesses as no-blame disorders Brain biology and research The challenges and benefits of medication Relapse prevention Creative visualization Mindfulness Week Four Story Telling - sharing of personal experiences Mindfulness Week Five Information and discussion about: Schizophrenia Depression Bipolar Disorder Schizoaffective Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder Relapse prevention continued Accounts of wisdom and strength Mindfulness Week Six Information and discussions about: Generalized Anxiety Disorder Panic Disorder Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Dual Diagnosis Relapse prevention continued Substance abuse and addiction The role of acceptance in recovery Mindfulness Week Seven Understanding emotions Complete relapse prevention Focusing on experiences of joy Spirituality Physical health and mental health Mindfulness Week Eight Suicide and prevention Coming out of isolation Mental illness and disclosure Take-home tool for making difficult choices Surviving a hospital stay Advance Directive for Mental Healthcare Decision Making Week Nine Guest Speaker Hot buttons and triggers Working with providers Advance Directive continued Incarceration - survival and preparedness Mindfulness Week Ten Another look at consumer stages of recovery Empowerment Advocacy Opportunities for involvement in NAMI Mindfulness Evaluations Celebration |
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