Working to improve the lives of children and adults with mental illness and their families

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NAMI Minnesota
800 Transfer Road, #31
Saint Paul, MN 55114

phone: 651-645-2948
toll free: 1-888-NAMI-HELPS
fax: 651-645-7379

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Providers & Professionals

NAMI Minnesota provides free information, classes and supports for children and adults with mental illness and their families. NAMI also provides peer-to-peer support and help that supplements mental health treatment and assists family members in understanding and coping with a loved one’s mental illness.

NAMI Offers...
• Free information: brochures and fact sheets on mental illnesses, the adult mental health system, data practices laws, dealing with a crisis, and understanding the criminal justice system.
• Classes and programs that may be of interest to the families of your clients. Hope for Recovery, Family-to-Family, Children's Challenging Behaviors, and more. Visit our Classes page here.
• Support Groups: NAMI has support groups for families and persons living with a mental illness.
• Resource Help: Information on locating resources and navigating the mental health system.
• Educational Conferences: NAMI hosts educational conferences with great speakers and information for providers, families and persons with a mental illness.
• Special Topics: Workshops on retaining custody when seeking residential services for a child, Evidence-Based Practices (EBP), Dealing with a Crisis, and more.

Teacher Education

Recognizing Early Warning Signs of Mental Illness in Children and Adolescents - A NAMI workshop for teachers and professionals. This is a two hour workshop for teachers and Continuing Education Credits are offered.

What Hurts, What Helps Families - Parents and Teachers as Allies - Professionals, despite the most honorable of intentions, have often misunderstood or underestimated the role of family in their loved one’s recovery. This workshop will cover issues families have identified as important to them.

Mental Health Staff Education

When a Crisis Occurs (for Professionals) - Professionals have unique challenges when facing someone who is having a mental health crisis. This workshop will focus on recognizing early warning signs, de-escalation tips and how to transfer care to more advanced stabilization or hospitalization.

• Mental Health First Aid (for Professionals) - Designed to teach the basic first aid skills needed to help a person who is experiencing a mental health problem or crisis, this 12-hour course is aimed at improving mental health literacy. Understanding and recognizing the signs that someone needs help, is the first step in getting that person appropriate care and treatment. Participants will receive a course manual and certificate. Contact Roxanne, 651-645-2948 x114.

Keeping Families Together Trainings (for Professionals) - Provides professionals with information about the children's mental health system and voluntary placement agreements.

Correctional Officers’ Training

This interactive workshop offers an overview of the signs and symptoms of mental illness. It provides scenarios that offer specific techniques to help de-escalate a mental illness crisis in a correctional setting.

Education for Legislators

NAMI Minnesota Booklets Available (hard copies also available)

• Keeping Families Together Resource Guide - explains intensive treatment options for children with mental illnesses, download here.
• "Family Involvement Law" booklet, view and download here.
• "Hope For Recovery Resource Guide," view and download here.
• "Advocating for People with Mental Illnesses in the Minnesota Criminal Justice System," view and download here.
• Understanding the Civil Commitment Process, download here.
• "What Hurts, What Helps?" - practical information and strategies
• "Recognizing Early Onset Mental Illness in Children and Adolescents"
• "Parents and Teachers as Allies"