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2009 Affiliate President Conference Call Schedule Posted
Missed the call? You can hear the podcast by clicking Play below.

or download the MP3 file by clicking here.

2009 Board of Directors Meeting Schedule Posted

2009 NAMI Texas Legislative Priorities

Family to Family Teacher calls: 3rd Wednesday of the month from 12-1, Spanish from 6-7 pm. If you would like to be on the call, please contact Lisa Moore at lmoore
@namitexas.org.

NAMI Connection Calls: 1st Thursday of the month from 12-1.
If you would like to be on the call, please contact Lisa Moore at lmoore
@namitexas.org.

Parity Required for Group Outpatient Serious Mental Illness Coverage
Click here to read the bulletin from the Texas Department of Insurance

Texas Team Solutions

Texas Team Solutions is a flexible educational workshop that uses 12 different modules addressing medications, coping skills, types of mental illnesses, medication compliance, supportive services, and more. This curriculum is taught by mental health consumers along with a mental health professional or family member to the other mental health consumers.

Facts About Texas Team Solutions

Target audience: People that live with a mental Illness and those that love them and are interested in Recovery. Exceeds the educational requirement of all the Levels of Care criteria in the Resiliency Disease Management Accountable System of Care.

Author: UBHC University Behavioral Healthcare New Jersey. Written for Lilly.

Contact: Cliff Gay, NAMI TX Consumer Network/Education Coordinator, cgay@swbell.net

Teacher: Consumer lead. Co-facilitators are either: (1) other consumers or (2) people that love them

Languages: Available in English and Spanish

Class size: 7 - 10

Time frame: Twelve weeks (each two hours) for certificate and the opportunity to be trained as a teacher. Missed classes can be picked up during the next cycle, but all twelve classes have to be completed before certificate is awarded. People with special interest in a particular topic(s) are welcome with prior arrangements.

Class Topics:

Class 1: Helping Yourself Prevent Relapse
Class 2: Avoiding Crisis Situations
Class 3: Managing Crisis and Emergency Situations
Class 4: Recovering from Mental Illness
Class 5: Understanding Your Illness
Class 6: Understanding Your Symptoms
Class 7: Coping with Symptoms and Side Effects
Class 8: You and Your Treatment Team
Class 9: Understanding Your Treatment
Class 10: Getting the Best Results from Your Treatment
Class 11: Nutrition, Wellness, and Living a Healthy Lifestyle
Class 12: Fitness and Exercise

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