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| NAMI Peer-to-Peer is a free, ten week, peer led, recovery based class for consumers. if you are interested in taking the class, please contact Sarah Karney, Consumer Programs Coordinator at 301-949-5852x105 | |||||||
| Date: | 5/5/2008-7/7/2008 | Time: | 7:00:00 PM | ||||
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| Contact: | SARAH KARNEY | ||||
| Phone: | 301-949-5852 | ||||||
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| On Tuesday, May 20, at 7:30 pm, a speaker from the St. Luke’s House Career Transition Program for high school students with emotional disabilities will meet with the support group for parents of children and adolescents with mental illness. The group gathers at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda in Room CR 6,7 on the lower level. | |||||||
| Date: | Tue, 5/20/2008 | Time: | 7:30:00 PM | ||||
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| Contact: | EMILY NOVICK | ||||
| Phone: | 301-949-5852 | ||||||
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| On the 4th Tuesday of each month volunteers will be at the NAMI MC Office to answer questions and provide information to the general public and interested members about NAMI MC events, classes, support groups and more. If you have been looking for a way to become involved with NAMI MC this is it! The Thrift Shop will be open until 7:30 PM so come early and shop before you meet with the volunteers! | |||||||
| Date: | Tue, 5/27/2008 | Time: | 7:00:00 PM | ||||
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| Contact: | NAMI MC OFFICE | ||||
| Phone: | 301-949-5852 | ||||||
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| The Regional Community Support Center at Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute is thrilled to announce its second annual conference, Recovery Partnerships: Building Bridges for Personal Safety. Similar to last year, the conference will focus on expanding the opportunities for ongoing inquiry and learning to support the reduction and hoped-for elimination of seclusion and restraint use. Each of the presentations offered will provide information that adds to the continued support of the transformation of our mental health system toward a recovery-oriented system of care focused on consumer empowerment and strong partnerships. | |||||||
| Date: | Thu, 5/29/2008 | Time: | All day | ||||
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| Contact: | AMY RUSHTON | ||||
| Phone: | 703-207-7147 | ||||||
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| Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 7, 2008, when Dr. Georgia DeGangi (of ITS for Children, Kensington, MD)and Dr. Anne Kendall (of Wake & Kendall, Washington, DC) will present an interactive workshop for parents on “Tools for Helping the Hard to Manage Child.” The workshop will focus on practical strategies to help parents to manage anxious, overwhelmed, overstimulated, disruptive and oppositional children at home, at school and in interactions with family members and peers.
During the workshop continental breakfast and lunch will be served and there is no registration fee. Drs. DeGangi and Kendall will base the workshop on their new book, “Effective Parenting for the Hard-to-Manage Child: A Skills-Based Book” (Routledge Press, 2007).
You must pre-register for this event by calling or emailing the contact below. | |||||||
| Date: | Sat, 6/7/2008 | Time: | 9:00:00 AM | ||||
| Location: |
| Contact: | EMILY NOVICK | ||||
| Phone: | 301-949-5852 | ||||||
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| Betty Bryant of CLE in Rockville will speak about this national post-secondary program for students who need extra support with academic, social and independent living. CLE helps students and parents with college enrollment, registration, tutoring and counseling. Students live together and take classes at local community colleges, vocational schools or universities and receive support from CLE staff (including a clinical psychologist). Bring your high school student with you to this meeting! | |||||||
| Date: | Thu, 6/12/2008 | Time: | 7:15:00 PM | ||||
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| Contact: | NAMI OFFICE | ||||
| Phone: | 301-949-5852 | ||||||
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| If you’ve never attended a NAMI National Convention you don’t know what you’re missing. Don’t miss out! Hotel rooms ranging from $72-$134/night are available for NAMI members at area hotels. | |||||||
| Date: | 6/13/2008-6/15/2008 | Time: | All day | ||||
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| Contact: | NAMI NATIONAL | ||||
| Phone: | -- | ||||||
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| On the 4th Tuesday of each month volunteers will be at the NAMI MC Office to answer questions and provide information to the general public and interested members about NAMI MC events, classes, support groups and more. If you have been looking for a way to become involved with NAMI MC this is it! The Thrift Shop will be open until 7:30 PM so come early and shop before you meet with the volunteers! | |||||||
| Date: | Tue, 6/24/2008 | Time: | 7:00:00 PM | ||||
| Location: |
| Contact: | NAMI MC OFFICE | ||||
| Phone: | 301-949-5852 | ||||||
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| On the 4th Tuesday of each month volunteers will be at the NAMI MC Office to answer questions and provide information to the general public and interested members about NAMI MC events, classes, support groups and more. If you have been looking for a way to become involved with NAMI MC this is it! The Thrift Shop will be open until 7:30 PM so come early and shop before you meet with the volunteers! | |||||||
| Date: | Tue, 7/22/2008 | Time: | 7:00:00 PM | ||||
| Location: |
| Contact: | NAMI MC OFFICE | ||||
| Phone: | 301-949-5852 | ||||||
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| On the 4th Tuesday of each month volunteers will be at the NAMI MC Office to answer questions and provide information to the general public and interested members about NAMI MC events, classes, support groups and more. If you have been looking for a way to become involved with NAMI MC this is it! The Thrift Shop will be open until 7:30 PM so come early and shop before you meet with the volunteers! | |||||||
| Date: | Tue, 8/26/2008 | Time: | 7:00:00 PM | ||||
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| Contact: | NAMI MC OFFICE | ||||
| Phone: | 301-949-5852 | ||||||
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| José A. Apud MD, PhD is psychiatrist with expertise in Neuropsychiatry and Psychopharmacology who presently serves as the Clinical Director for the Schizophrenia Research Program at the National Institute of Mental Health located on the campus at NIH. He will be speaking on the new approaches being developed to treat cognitive impairments in individuals with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders. He will also be available to address any questions related to the diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia. | |||||||
| Date: | Thu, 9/11/2008 | Time: | 7:15:00 PM | ||||
| Location: |
| Contact: | NAMI OFFICE | ||||
| Phone: | 301-949-5852 | ||||||
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| On the 4th Tuesday of each month volunteers will be at the NAMI MC Office to answer questions and provide information to the general public and interested members about NAMI MC events, classes, support groups and more. If you have been looking for a way to become involved with NAMI MC this is it! The Thrift Shop will be open until 7:30 PM so come early and shop before you meet with the volunteers! | |||||||
| Date: | Tue, 9/23/2008 | Time: | 7:00:00 PM | ||||
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| Contact: | NAMI MC OFFICE | ||||
| Phone: | 301-949-5852 | ||||||
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| Established in 1990 by Congress, the first week of October is designated as "Mental Illness Awareness Week" (MIAW) in recognition of NAMI’s efforts to raise mental illness awareness. MIAW is NAMI’s premiere public awareness and public education campaigns that link the organization nationally to the organization’s over 1100 local affiliates across the country. | ||||
| Date: | 10/5/2008-10/11/2008 | Time: | All day | |
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| "Bipolar Disorder Awareness Day" (BDAD) is held each year on the Thursday of MIAW to encourage further understanding and promote early intervention and treatment for this mental illness. MIAW and BDAD are NAMI’s premiere public awareness and public education campaigns that link the organization nationally to the organization’s over 1100 local affiliates across the country. | ||||
| Date: | Thu, 10/9/2008 | Time: | All day | |
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| On the 4th Tuesday of each month volunteers will be at the NAMI MC Office to answer questions and provide information to the general public and interested members about NAMI MC events, classes, support groups and more. If you have been looking for a way to become involved with NAMI MC this is it! The Thrift Shop will be open until 7:30 PM so come early and shop before you meet with the volunteers! | |||||||
| Date: | Tue, 10/28/2008 | Time: | 7:00:00 PM | ||||
| Location: |
| Contact: | NAMI MC OFFICE | ||||
| Phone: | 301-949-5852 | ||||||
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| On the 4th Tuesday of each month volunteers will be at the NAMI MC Office to answer questions and provide information to the general public and interested members about NAMI MC events, classes, support groups and more. If you have been looking for a way to become involved with NAMI MC this is it! The Thrift Shop will be open until 7:30 PM so come early and shop before you meet with the volunteers! | |||||||
| Date: | Tue, 11/25/2008 | Time: | 7:00:00 PM | ||||
| Location: |
| Contact: | NAMI MC OFFICE | ||||
| Phone: | 301-949-5852 | ||||||
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| Dr. Jocelyn Kilgore with the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences will be speaking on PTSD. Following her presentation there will be time for questions. | |||||||
| Date: | Thu, 12/11/2008 | Time: | 7:15:00 PM | ||||
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| Contact: | NAMI OFFICE | ||||
| Phone: | 301-949-5852 | ||||||