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ShoalsNovember 24, 7 p.m. ELECTION AND EDUCATIONAL MEETING
1st part of meeting: election followed by dvd: "How To Understand And
Communicate With Someone Experiencing Mania"
The nominating committee's recommendation:
Up for re-election: Susan Woodward, Don Rohling (to be moved from
member-at-large to 2nd vice-president, Linda Skipworth, Eleanor Rohling, Bobby
Muse
Those who are up for election for first time: Janet Cato, David Arny, Paul
Abernathy, and Rose Todd
Nominations can be made from floor with the consent of the nominee.
Those eligible for voting are those in good standing (dues up to date)
Annual Consumer Christmas Party Times and Dates
Dec 10, 10 A.M., Gift wrapping at the NAMI Shoals office
Dec 11, 6 P.M., Decorating and assumbly of gifts at Cross Point Church of
Christ on Cox Creek Parkway. Bring "finger foods" to share before work
begins.
Dec 12, 12 Noon, Serving of the Consumer's Christmas Feast will begin at
Cross Point Church of Christ on Cox Creek Parkway. (Those bringing food, please
have it at the church by 10:30 A.M.
Bipolar and Depression Support Group:
Meets on the 1st Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at our office.
Family
To Family Support Group: Meets
on the 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7:00 - 8:30 P.M. with trained family facilitators. This group is
for all ages -- for families,
and friends and significant others of consumers. It is a support,
sharing and caring type meeting.
Regular
Board Meeting: 3rd Tuesday of each month, 6:30 P.M. at the NAMI
Shoals Office at 749 Thompson Street Suite-A (see
map)
Monthly
Educational Meeting: 4th
Tuesday of each month at the NAMI office, at 7 P.M.
featuring a variety of speakers from different agencies as well as
psychiatrists from the Riverbend outpatient mental health clinic and
from private practice.
Shoals
Sharing Group For Mental Health Consumers: 1st and 3rd
Sunday of each month 2:00 - 3:30
P.M. at North Wood United Methodist Church
(see
map).
Special
Meetings, Classes and
Seminars
August 11: NAMI Family-to-Family 12 week classes for relatives of adults with serious mental illness: Thursday, August 13, 7-9:30 P.M. at NAMI Shoals office, 749 Thompson St., Florence. 765-2081
August 8: NAMI Shoals is sponsoring NAMI Basics, a
series of 6 weekly classes, for parents and other caregivers of children and
adolescents 6-8:30 P.M. on Tuesdays, beginning August 18 at Crosspoint
Church of Christ, Cox Creek Parkway, Florence in the recreation and outreach
center building. Call 765-2081 (NAMI Shoals office) to be placed on the list.
The classes are free.
The classes will be taught by trained family co-teachers, Mary Arny and Loresa
Stanfield who are themselves parents. Resource/support person will be Sharon
Wright who has taught previous classes for caregivers of children/adolescents.
The classes cover the illnesses of ADHD, major depression, bipolar disorder,
conduct disorder, oppositional disorder, anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive
disorder, schizophrenia, autistic spectrum disorders, and substance abuse. Coping
skills such as handling crisis and relapse, basic information about behaviors,
listening and communication techniques, problem solving skills, overviews of the
mental health systems, school systems, juvenile justice systems. the curriculum
was written by an experienced family member in the mental health profession.
Family-to-Family 12-Week Course
The next Family-to-Family 12 Week Educational Course will next be
offered starting August 27th. The class meets
weekly for
twelve consecutive weeks from 7 to 9:30 P.M. in the meeting
room at our office on Thompson Street. These classes are for families
of adults 18 and older who have schizophrenia, schizoaffective
disorder, bipolar disorder, major depression, obsessive-compulsive
disorder, panic disorder, and borderline disorder. It also covers
dual diagnoses of one of the above illnesses and substance abuse. For
further information,
call the NAMI Shoals office at 765-2081.
Local and
On-line
Resources: Click here for links to
resources that NAMI Shoals
members have personally
found to be helpful and effective. Also see www.nami.org and NAMI Alabama
Friday Conference Calls with Dr. Ken Duckworth, NAMI's Medical
Director: All children's Friday conference calls will take
place on the 3rd Friday of the month, unless the date is changed
to accommodate a guest participant and we will notify you of that
change. The calls are toll
free and are scheduled from 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
ET. To access the toll-free call, please dial
1-888-858-6021; access number 309918#. We hope that you will join us!
Sign up for NAMI National's e-newsletters at http://www.nami.org/subscribe
Video Library: Our
VHS tapes have been transferred to DVD format. This was accomplished
with a Grant from NAMI Alabama written by Joe Cobb.
Click here for a list of NAMI Shoals Board of Directors
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