NAMI Educational Programs

Across the country, thousands of trained NAMI volunteers bring peer-led programs to a wide variety of community settings, from churches to schools to NAMI Affiliates. With the unique understanding of people with lived experience, these programs and support groups provide outstanding free education, skills training and support. Most are available in Spanish and Online. Please note that NAMI programs are not open to student or professional observation.

All of NAMI Emerald Coast’s Classes, Programs, and Presentations

are offered FREE of charge for all participants.

If you’re interested in becoming a Program Leader, please apply here.

Classes:

NAMI Family-To-Family - a class for families, significant others and friends of people with mental health conditions. The course is designed to facilitate a better understanding of mental health conditions, increase coping skills and empower participants to become advocates for their family members. This program was designated as an evidence-based program by SAMHSA. You can pre-register for the next class via this link - Click here to register .

NAMI Peer-To-Peer - a class for adults with mental health conditions. The course is designed to encourage growth, healing and recovery among participants. Our next class will be scheduled for Fall 2025. You can register for the next class via this link here.

Structured Family Recovery (R) - SFR Program helps rebuild trust and restore family relationships. SFR helps prevent relapse by creating a Family Recovery Team to support the newly recovering person during treatment, after treatment, and throughout the first year of recovery. A certified SFR Counselor will guide you and bring recovery to life. One-hour conference calls keep the family recovery team connected, no matter where each person might live. To sign up for Structured Family Recovery(R), Click here to register . For more information, visit https://lovefirst.net/structured-family-recovery/.

Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) I - This interactive seminar for anyone who is interested in wellness, recovery, and creating their own WRAP Plan. Participants learn how to develop personal life and wellness goals as they engage in a mutual learning model with other peers. If you would like to sign up for our next seminar, click on our Click here to register.

Presentations:

NAMI Ending The Silence – a presentation designed for middle and high school students, school staff, and parents or guardians of middle or high school aged youth. Audiences learn about the signs and symptoms of mental health conditions, how to recognize the early warning signs and the importance of acknowledging those early warning signs.

NAMI In Our Own Voice – a presentation for the general public to promote awareness of mental health conditions and recovery.

NAMI FaithNet (Bridges of Hope) – a presentation to educate faith communities about mental illness so that they can create stronger safety nets and welcoming communities of faith for people affected by mental illness. NAMI FaithNet is an information exchange network of NAMI members, friends, clergy and congregations of all faith traditions who wish to create more welcoming and supportive faith communities for persons and families touched by serious mental illness. It also encourages the role of faith in recovery for those for whom faith is a key component of their experience.

NAMI Sharing Hope – a 3-part community conversation series designed for, by, and about black and brown communities to designed to promote mental health awareness, explore signs and symptoms of mental health conditions and highlight how and where to find help.

NAMI Emerald Coast promotes Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Training for local Law Enforcement. Contact us to find out how to get local Law Enforcement CIT training for your area.