NAMI Support Groups
Click here to see the calendar of events.

Click here to access the Program Interest Form

• Family Support Group
  Peer-led support group for any adult with a loved one who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. Gain insight from the challenges and successes of others facing similar experiences.
  Every Thursday, 6:30-7:30pm via Zoom.

• Connection Recovery Support Group
  Peer-led support group for any adult who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. You will gain insight from hearing the challenges and successes of others, and the groups are led by trained leaders who've been there.
  Every Tuesday, 5:30-7pm via Zoom

• Hearing Voices and/or Special Messages (HVSM) Support Group
  Peer-led support group that provides a safe space where individuals who hear voices or have other unusual experiences can find social support and a sense of belonging.
  1st, 3rd, and 5th Thursdays of the month, 5:30-7pm  via Zoom 

Youth Mental Health First Aid

• February 25, 2025 8am-3pm (FREE, Virtual) - Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare
  Click here to register.

• March 11, 2025 8am-3pm (FREE, Virtual) - Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare
  Click here to register. 

• March 26, 2025 8:30am-2:30pm (FREE, Virtual) - Child Guidance Center
  Click here to register.

Quad Cities Trauma Informed Care Consortium

Click here for the consortium's schedule of speakers

Click here for the Equity Speaker’s Bureau webinars and registration.

Click here for easy-to-access, "bite-sized" training resources.

Upcoming free Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Training: 

Click here for flyer and QR codes to register. 

• January 10, 2025 - Bettendorf, IA

• March 27, 2025 - Virtual via Webex

• May 21, 2025 - Bettendorf, IA

University of Iowa Center for School Mental Health

Free professional development opportunities for all school staff. Topics include social-emotional-behavioral health, mindfulness, assessment, suicide prevention, yoga, and more. 

Mental Health First Aid 

A skills-based training course that teaches participants about mental health and substance-use issues. Click the link above to find an MHFA training near you.

QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) Training

Learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help

Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) Training

Self-designed prevention and wellness process that anyone can use to get well, stay well, and make their life the way they want it to be.

Virtual Classes held every Tuesday: Click here

Devereux Center for Resilient Children (DCRC)

Variety of trainings/webinars for all adults who care about children.

Powerful Tools for Caregivers 

Class designed to provide YOU -the family caregiver- with the skills you need to take care of yourself. 

Basic Training for New Dads

A workshop developed and taught by local, experienced dads to support and prepare new dads to meet the challenges of fatherhood. 

Typically held the last Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at Genesis East in Davenport, Iowa.

Make it OK Ambassador Training 

Become an advocate who connects, engages, educates, and promotes mental health awareness to reduce mental illness stigma in their community. Learn about Make it OK from live presentations here.

Common Sense Education - Professional Development

Live Events - practical tools for teaching and learning with technology

PassageWorks Institute

Courses/workshops on Cultural Responsiveness, Social and Emotional Learning, Mindfulness, and Whole Systems Thinking

Healthy Relationship Education Training

For professionals who have direct access to couples and families who could benefit from healthy relationship education. Target audience examples are home visitors, Head Start teachers, child welfare professionals, therapists, and social workers. Click here for the flyer.

ELEVATE 

8-hour, research-informed, couples education curriculum that engages couples in learning and practicing the seven core principles/skills essential to maintaining healthy and stable relationships. Click here for the flyer.

Trauma-Informed Care Professional Development Certificate

Free, self-paced online TIC training that also provides free CEUs.

Please Pass the Love SMH Academy

Online credit courses and support staff certifications related to mental health.

LGBT+ Safe Zone:

Learn how to be an ally to the LGBT+ community. Please be aware that some terminology may be outdated. Contact krystyna.kaminski@k12.ia.us for updated version/terminology.

Safe Schools Academy:

Professional development opportunities/courses (including licensure renewal credit). Topics include issues impacting school climate with an emphasis on LGBTQ students.

Out in the Schools: 

Online course for learning more about supporting the LGBT+ community. Created by Des Moines Gay Men’s Chorus. Contact info@dmgmc.org for access.

Mindfulness 101

Online courses focused on how to be more mindful in life.

Managing Emotions in Times of Uncertainty & Stress

Free course by Yale for school staff

Parent to Parent: Introduction to ADHD

Free online course with 8 lessons about ADHD for parents

Common Sense Education - Professional Development

Self-paced trainings - digital citizenship and student privacy

Everfi - Wellness Matters: K-12 Health & Wellness Courses

Engaging and self-paced digital lessons/curricula for all grade levels

The Treating Trauma Master Series: A 5-Module Series on the Treatment of Trauma

1-hour modules with experts on trauma research

10 license renewal credits with purchase

NICABM CE Accredited Courses

Courses on trauma, brain science, and mindfulness

Virtual Lab School- PD for Child & Youth Educators

Several professional development tracks (Infant & Toddler, Preschool, School-Age, Training & Curriculum Specialist, Management, and Family Child Care), each with 15 courses. Focused topics: Social Emotional Learning for Teachers, Creating Gender Safe Spaces, Supporting Children with Challenging Behaviors, Supporting Language Diversity, and more. 

Cultural Inclusiveness and Equity WISE (Well-Being Information and Strategies for Educators)

FREE mental health literacy training package including an online course, video library + resource collection, and website

Fostering Resilient Learners

online courses, workshops, keynotes, and more

Breathe for Change

Free weekly wellness and SEL webinars designed specifically for educators and community leaders.

Mindspring Mental Health Alliance

Free, informative live webinars related to understanding mental health conditions with Q&A.

ADDitude Magazine

Free expert webinars focused on all things ADHD. Live and recorded.

Devereux Center for Resilient Children

Variety of Professional Development and free informational webinars

The FLIP IT Hybrid Experience

Learn about the effective four-step process for addressing young children’s day-to-day challenging behaviors. For all adults who love and care for young children (ages 3-8) are invited to participate.

ASCD Virtual Author Workshops (Live Events)

Workshops target a variety of topics, including ways to support students and improve teaching. Provides clock hours, but not free.

Social and Emotional Learning Conference 2025

April 4th, 2025 from 8:30-3:30pm

Lang Hall Auditorium and Schindler Education Center 

Cedar Falls, IA 50614

Requires Registration (early bird pricing ends March 7)

Be part of the ongoing dialogue as we continue to dive into ways to promote the social, emotional and behavioral health of children and educators in ways that advance equity and excellence in education.  

Who should attend: Teachers, school counselors, school psychologists, school administrators and anyone who works with youth and children in the community!