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NAMI Basics - The fundamentals of caring for you, your family, and your child with mental illness.

What is NAMI Basics?



NAMI Basics is a 6 week
education program for parents and other caregivers of children and
adolescents living with mental illnesses.  The NAMI Basics course is
taught by trained teachers who are the parent or other caregivers of
individuals who developed the symptoms of mental illness prior to the age of 13
years. All instruction materials are FREE
to participants.



 

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What will I learn?



ü  The basic
information necessary to take the best care possible of your child, your
family, and yourself.

ü  Skills to help
you cope with the impact mental illness has on your child and your entire
family.  The tools you
will need to assist you in making the best decisions possible for the care of
your child, including information about Massachusetts Special Education Law,
IEPs and Transition.

 

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