Parents and Teachers as Allies responds to the recommendation included in Goal 4 of President Bush's New Freedom Commission Report on Mental Health that calls for schools to play a larger role in the early identification of mental disorders in children and linking them to appropriate services.
Goal: To help mainstream school teachers better understand the early warning signs of mental health treatment needs in children and adolescents and how best to intervene so that youth with treatment needs are linked with services.
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS WHO MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA
* Willing to deliver a two-hour in-service presentation for school professionals as a member of a team of volunteer presenters who share their experiences:
•An education professional ( preferably a teacher who has a child with behavioral health issues)
•A facilitator ( an experienced Family to Family OR NAMI-Basics Teacher)
•The parent of a child or adolescent living with a mentall illness
•A person who struggled with mental illness as a young person
Training will take place on Saturday, May 07th 2011 at:
Connecticut Valley Hospital, Room # 207
P.O. Box 351, Silver Street
Middletown, CT 06451
A continental breakfast and luch will be provided.
From 8:30 am to 4:00 pm
PRE-registration is required
For more information contact:
Paloma B Dee
Program Manager at
800-215-3021
familyeducation@namict.org
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