Support for Professionals

What is NAMI Provider Education?

NAMI Provider Education Program is offered in a  five-session or four-hour introductory seminar, is a staff development program for health care professions who work directly with people affected by mental illness.  This unique program is led by an individual living well in recovery, a family member and a health care provider.  The presenters share their personal, intimate perspective on their treatment experience and offer you the tools needed to combine the medical and recovery models of care so the client can receive the best possible care.

The course helps providers realize the hardships that families and consumers face and appreciate the courage and persistence it takes to live with and recover from mental illness.

How is the Provider Education course unique?

The Provider Course emphasizes the involvement of consumers and family members as faculty in provider-staff training. The teaching team consists of five people:

• Two family members trained as Family-to-Family Education Program teachers;
• Two consumers who are knowledgeable about their own mental illness, have a supportive relationship with their families, and are dedicated to the process of recovery; and
• A mental health professional who is also a family member or consumer.