NAMI of Palm Beach County http://namipbc.org Dedicated to improving the quality of life of persons affected by mental illness and eradicating the associated stigma Tue, 22 May 2012 21:14:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 General Meeting – Thursday, June 14, 2012 http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/05/general-meeting-benefits-of-local-drop-in-centers/ http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/05/general-meeting-benefits-of-local-drop-in-centers/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 19:23:58 +0000 cruss http://namipbc.org/?p=1552  Learn About the Benefits of Our Local Drop-in Centers for Persons with Brain Illness

Claudia Roberts – Amigos

Pam Gionfriddo – Peer Place

Susan Davis – Welcome Home

Howard Hazard – Jo’s Place

 Thursday, June 14, 2012

 Main Library- 3650 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach

 6:00PM-8:00pm

 NAMI/PBC General Mtgs. Are Free & Open to the Public

 

 

 

 

]]> http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/05/general-meeting-benefits-of-local-drop-in-centers/feed/ 0 Peer-to-Peer Education Course Starting Sunday, July 15, 2012 http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/05/peer-to-peer-education-course-starting-sunday-july-9-2012/ http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/05/peer-to-peer-education-course-starting-sunday-july-9-2012/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 14:27:09 +0000 cruss http://namipbc.org/?p=1540 We are pleased to announce that our next free, 10-week Peer-to-Peer Education Course will be starting Sunday, July 15-Sept. 16, 2012, from 10:00am to 12:00pm at our NAMI/PBC office, 1520 10th Avenue, No., Ste D, Lake Worth, FL 33460.

Peer-to-Peer is a free transformational 10-week course which allows peers to learn from other peers in a class/interactive setting.  It provides cutting-edge information about mental illnesses and brain chemistry, stress reduction, relapse prevention and advance directives for hospitals.

Please contact the office at 561-588-3477 for more information and registration.

]]> http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/05/peer-to-peer-education-course-starting-sunday-july-9-2012/feed/ 0 Community Resource Fair for Mental Health http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/05/community-resource-fair-for-mental-health/ http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/05/community-resource-fair-for-mental-health/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 02:18:18 +0000 cruss http://namipbc.org/?p=1532 West Palm Beach – May is Mental Health Month and we want to invite everyone to come and learn more about health and human services available in our community. The Mental Health Association is hosting a community resource fair 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Thursday, May 17 at its offices at 909 Fern St. in West Palm Beach.

Everyone is welcome to drop by for this resource fair. If you have a friend or family member that needs assistance, please come and learn more about how to access services.

  • FREE Basic Needs Screening (insurance, cash assistance, food stamps and more)
  • FREE and confidential Mental Health Screening by licensed mental health professionals (depression, anxiety, substance abuse and more)
  • FREE HIV testing
  • Referrals to local mental health and substance abuse service providers as well as other social services
  • Learn more about services provided in Palm Beach County (local service providers will be available to answer your questions)

You will also be able to talk with representatives from and get information from many different agencies including:

Veterans Administration   *  Jewish Family Services  *  Jeff Industries/AMIGOS  *  Recovery Road  *  Down to Recovery

Catholic Charities * Collaborative Divorce  *  Div. of Human Services  *  Sober House  *  CAP  *  Parent Child Center

Palm Beach State College  *  Community Partnership  *  Transformational Studies  *  Legal Aid Society  *  Palm Tran

Carlan R. Robinson, Ph.D., Private Practice  *  The Lord’s Place  *  NAMI

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about the supportive services available in our community. Call us for more information at 561-832-3755. Please pass this announcement along to anyone you think could be interested.

 

]]> http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/05/community-resource-fair-for-mental-health/feed/ 0 Family-to-Family Education Course Starting July 14, 2012 http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/04/family-to-family-education-course-starting-july-7-2012/ http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/04/family-to-family-education-course-starting-july-7-2012/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:32:35 +0000 cruss http://namipbc.org/?p=1523 We are pleased to announce that our next free, 12-week Family-to-Family Education Course is scheduled to begin Saturday, July 14-Sept. 29, 2012, 9:00am-12:00pm at 1520 10th Ave., No., Ste D, Lake Worth, FL.  Click on the “Educational Programs” tab above for information on this course.   Seating is limited. Contact  Liz at 561-578-1370 to register or to sign up on the wait list for our next course offering. This course is sponsored in part by the State of Florida Department of Children & Families.

]]> http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/04/family-to-family-education-course-starting-july-7-2012/feed/ 0 NAMI Fundraiser Garage Sales http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/03/nami-fundraiser-garage-sales/ http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/03/nami-fundraiser-garage-sales/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:57:06 +0000 cruss http://namipbc.org/?p=1496

It’s Spring Cleaning Time!

NAMI/PBC is holding 4 area Garage Sales in April.  We are asking our members to donate items to the Garage Sale in your area.  We will be accepting any donations, except clothing – no clothing please. The drop off time for the donations is between 7am and 9am on the date noted below.  The Sales will run from 9am-2pm.  Below are the locations of the Garage Sales.

CENTRAL COUNTY – Sat. April 21
United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches
900 Brandywine Road
West Palm Beach, FL
WEST COUNTY – Sat. April 21
The Willows Subdivision
203 Bobwhite Road
Royal Palm Beach, FL
SOUTH COUNTY – Sat. April 21
Center for Spiritual Living Boca Raton
2 SW 12th Avenue
Boca Raton, FL, 33486
NORTH COUNTY – Sat. April 28
Unity Church in the Gardens
550 Bush Road
Jupiter, FL

Please be sure to drop off your donations between 7am-9am on the day of the sale and, if you can, please price the items to save us time.  We will provide all donors with a tax deductible receipt. This is a great time to get rid of items you no longer have use for that can benefit others and help support NAMI/PBC:  small appliances, electronics, computers, books, rugs, small furniture items, bikes, exercise equipment, dishes, lamps, miscellaneous items.  ITEMS MUST BE IN GOOD /WORKING CONDITION.  Also – spread the word about the sale!

]]> http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/03/nami-fundraiser-garage-sales/feed/ 0 Peer-to-Peer Education Course Starting April 10, 2012 http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/03/peer-to-peer-education-course-starting-april-15-2012/ http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/03/peer-to-peer-education-course-starting-april-15-2012/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:49:58 +0000 cruss http://namipbc.org/?p=1494 We are pleased to announce that our next Peer-to-Peer Education Course will be starting Tuesday, April 10, 2012, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm at our NAMI/PBC office, 1520 10th Avenue, No., Ste D, Lake Worth, FL 33460.  Please contact Cristina at 561-588-3477 for more information.

]]> http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/03/peer-to-peer-education-course-starting-april-15-2012/feed/ 0 Provider Education Course Starting May 31, 2012 http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/02/provider-education-course-starting-march-22-2012/ http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/02/provider-education-course-starting-march-22-2012/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2012 21:56:01 +0000 cruss http://namipbc.org/?p=1480 Attention Mental Health Providers! ! !  The NAMI Provider Education Program is a free 5-week course that presents a penetrating, subjective view of family and peer experiences with serious mental illness to line staff at public agencies, case managers, therapists, mental health technicians, and anyone who works directly with people with severe and persistent mental illnesses.

The course helps providers realize the hardships that families and peers face and appreciate the courage and persistence it takes to live with and recover from mental illness.

How is the Provider Education Course unique? The Provider Course emphasizes the involvement of peers and family members as faculty in provider-staff training. The teaching team consists of five members: * Two family members trained as Family-to-Family Education Program teachers; * two peers who are knowledgeable about their own mental illness, have a supportive relationship with their families, and are dedicated to the process of recovery; and * a mental health professional who is also a family member or peer. Few teaching programs employ peers in this kind of sustained training effort in which they are paid to participate on a teaching team as they present a 5-week course. The course reflects a new knowledge base — the “lived experiences” of people coping with a mental illness or caring for someone who lives with a mental illness. Including this deeply personal perspective creates an appreciable difference in the program’s content. It adds a means of teaching the emotional aspects and practical consequences of these illnesses to the academic medical information in the course.

Registration is required.    This course is partially sponsored by the State of Florida Department of Children and Families and 15 CEUs are provided by the Mental Health Association of Palm Beach County.

Our next course offering begins Thursday, May 31,2012.  For more information or to register, please contact Liz Downey at 561-588-3477.  Seating is limited.

]]> http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/02/provider-education-course-starting-march-22-2012/feed/ 0 “Adolescent Bipolar Disorder: A Psychiatrist’s Analysis and a Mother’s Perspective” http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/02/%e2%80%9cadolescent-bipolar-disorder-a-psychiatrist%e2%80%99s-analysis-and-a-mother%e2%80%99s-perspective%e2%80%9d/ http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/02/%e2%80%9cadolescent-bipolar-disorder-a-psychiatrist%e2%80%99s-analysis-and-a-mother%e2%80%99s-perspective%e2%80%9d/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2012 21:43:36 +0000 cruss http://namipbc.org/?p=1478 “Adolescent Bipolar Disorder: A Psychiatrist’s Analysis and a Mother’s Perspective”

A presentation by Dr. Christopher Kye, Board Certified Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, and Dena Foman, Esq., Mother and Author of “Only I Can Define Me”.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 12- 1:30 pm The Pavilion at Columbia Hospital 2201 45th Street West Palm Beach, 33407

1 Free CEU credit provided by Columbia Hospital for RN, LCSW, LMFT, LMHC

Free Lunch provided Limited seating Please RSVP by Friday, March 30th to (888) 256-7694

]]> http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/02/%e2%80%9cadolescent-bipolar-disorder-a-psychiatrist%e2%80%99s-analysis-and-a-mother%e2%80%99s-perspective%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 NAMI/PBC GENERAL MEETING – MARCH 13, 2012 http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/02/namipbc-general-meeting-march-13-2012/ http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/02/namipbc-general-meeting-march-13-2012/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:37:15 +0000 cruss http://namipbc.org/?p=1462  NAMI PBC Proudly Presents…

Food for the Body and Brain:

A Nutrition Workshop for those living with a

mental illness and their families

Presented by: MARILYN RICCI, M.S.,R.D., Consulting Dietician

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 – 6:30-8:00pm

Boynton Leisureville Clubhouse

1807 S.W. 18th St., Boynton Beach, FL

(Call 561-588-3477 for Directions)

Don’t miss this important free workshop.  Light refreshments will be served.

NAMI/PBC General Mtgs. Are Free & Open to the Public  

]]> http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/02/namipbc-general-meeting-march-13-2012/feed/ 0 FAMILY-TO-FAMILY EDUCATION COURSE – March 26, 2012 http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/02/family-to-family-education-course-march-26-2012/ http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/02/family-to-family-education-course-march-26-2012/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:25:51 +0000 cruss http://namipbc.org/?p=1460 We are pleased to announce that we will be offering the 12-week Family-to-Family Education Course scheduled to begin Monday, March 26, 2012, 6:00pm-9:00pm at 1520 10th Ave., No., Ste D, Lake Worth, FL.  Click on the “Educational Programs” tab above for information on this course.   Seating is limited. Contact  Liz at 561-578-1370 register or to get on the wait list for our next course offering. ]]> http://namipbc.org/index.php/2012/02/family-to-family-education-course-march-26-2012/feed/ 0