The course provides family caretakers with education about mental health conditions, skills workshops, and information about available resources. The NAMI Family-to-Family curriculum includes:

Information about mental health conditions and treatments
Coping skills, handling crisis and relapse, local and national resources
Listening and communication techniques
Problem solving, limit setting, self-care

Most importantly, the course offers family members the invaluable opportunity of open conversation and mutual support in a stigma-free environment. Course participants, now more than 400,000 people nationwide, find that the Family-to-Family experience empowers them to understand and pursue paths toward healthy recovery for their loved ones, their families, and themselves.

Registrant Information

We ask that all interested participants, even from the same family, register individually for this course. Registration will be limited to those that have officially registered.

Name

Phone Number

Address

Which Affiliate are you a member of or plan to join? View our affiliate map for reference: https://namimass.org/local-nami-affiliates/

This class is for those (family members or friends) who care for someone living with mental health challenges. Is this you?

Yes
No. You might be interested in some of NAMI's other programs. Please visit our website http://www.namimass.org for more information.

What is your relationship to an individual with a mental health condition? (optional)

Diagnosis (if known)

Age of onset

Please share your story and/or any additional information you feel is important for us to be aware of:

I understand the following:

This in an 8 week course. The materials are copyrighted and should not be copied or duplicated. We ask that you try your best not to miss more than 1-2 classes to get the full benefit. Missing more than 2 classes could result in being ineligible to receive a completion certificate at the end of this course.

To ensure you, and all other students, receive the best experience from this course, full participation from everyone is expected. We ask that all interested participants (even from the same family) register individually for this course. Attendance will be limited to those that have registered.

I have read and agree to the terms above.

Covid-19 Policy

To maximize participant and program leader wellness, NAMI Mass has outlined the following mandatory guidelines for any in-person NAMI program activities:
● Program participants must either be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 to attend in-person programming OR they must wear a mask for the entire program. Participants will attest to their vaccination status at the time of program registration.
● All people present at the program or event must be COVID-asymptomatic, regardless of their current test results.
● All program participants should wait at least 7 days from a positive COVID-19 test before returning to in-person events.
● Program participants must agree to notify NAMI Mass if they are quarantined due to a COVID-19 exposure that occurred less than one week prior to the group meeting.
● All people present at the program or event, regardless of their vaccination status, may choose to wear a mask while at the program venue, including the time before, during, and after the event.
● Masks are not required for in-person programming unless a consensus is reached by the individuals present that they would like the group to continue wearing masks.
● All people present may choose and should be able to maintain no less than three feet of social distance while at the program venue.
● NAMI Mass encourages any immunocompromised individuals who choose to participate in NAMI Mass in-person programs or events to wear face masks and maintain social distancing.
● Any attendee who is unwilling or unable to adhere to the above guidelines should be promptly removed from the venue.

I have read and agree to the terms above.

Emergency Contact Information

Name of Emergency Contact

Relationship:

Phone Number

After submitting your registration form, one of the program leaders will be in contact with you shortly regarding the next steps in the registration process.

Virtual Family-to-Family Course

Program Leaders

Donna Andreason

Sara Stoutland

Registrant Information

Emergency Contact Information