Volunteer parents, who bring both knowledge and personal experience, have been trained and certified by NAMI NH to teach Parents Meeting the Challenge. Participants receive a copy of the Guidebook for Caregivers of Children and Adolescents with Serious Emotional Disorders and a Participant’s Manual that includes science-based information and current publications on children/adolescent emotional and behavioral disorders.
“It provided me with HOPE and new ways to meet my child’s needs.”
The curriculum will cover:
- Facing mental illness in the family
- Brain biology
- Common childhood emotional disorders
- Developmental stages
- Managing family stressors and identifying service needs
- Crisis planning
- Negotiating the child serving systems
- Advocacy
- Communication
- Self care
- Special education