NAMI San Mateo County
 

General Meeting

Our next General Meeting will be Wednesday - September 22nd

6:30pm Social and Announcements

7:00pm to 8:30 Speaker and Q&A

at the

The Silicon Valley Community Foundation

1300 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo

Recovery is Real!

Presenter: Lori Ashcraft, Ph.D., Executive Director, Recovery Opportunity Center in Arizona

We are extremely fortunate to have Lori Ashcraft as our guest speaker for this meeting. An inspirational advocate for true recovery since the late 1960's, Lori has worked to create a variety of successful programs in several states that empower people to succeed in accomplishing their goals, and to reconnect to themselves, to others, and to meaning and purpose in life.

Check www.recoveryinnovations.org and www.recoveryopportunity.org and join us to learn what it takes to make recovery real.

NAMI SMC General Meetings are free and open to the community.

SAVE THE DATE

Next General Meeting - November 17th

NAMI California Annual Conference - August 27th and 28th at the San Francisco Airport Marriott

For conference registration information please visit www.namicalifornia.org

Education Programs

Please contact our office at (650) 638-0800 about any of these popular programs.

Family to Family Education Program:

Free 12-week course offered by trained family member volunteers. This program is open to parents, spouses, siblings, and adult children of persons with mental illness.

The Peer to Peer Program:

Free 9-week program for persons with mental illness. These classes are taught by trained consumer mentors and are available throughout the county in the spring and fall.

Crisis Intervention Team (CIT):

A voluntary program is designed to help law enforcement deal with people with mental illness in our community. This is a collaborative effort with the San Mateo County Sheriff's Department, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services and NAMI San Mateo County.

The Provider Education Program:

Offered to individuals who provide mental health services to people with mental illness. Classes are taught by trained family members and consumers.

In Our Own Voice:
Living with Mental Illness:

A recovery education presentation given by trained consumer presenters to groups of consumers, family members, community groups, colleges and professionals.

 

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