Family Education Curriculum

Purpose: A long-term maintenance group for consumers of mental health services and/or their supports to sustain the recovery efforts of consumers. Duration: Long term-open ended group with rolling enrollment. Components: Flexible agenda that follows Dr. William McFarlane’s model for Multifamily Groups including: socializing, go-around, and problem identification/solving and ending with socialization. Author Recent Posts Dr. […]

Purpose: A psychoeducational program that can be delivered to an individual family or in a group of 5-8 consumers of mental health services and their families to address mental health educational needs, communication and problem solving skills to support the consumer’s recovery from mental illness. Duration: Longer term intervention (9-24 months or longer) Components: It […]

Purpose: An informational meeting hosted by a mental health agency/program that has a feel of an Open House with food & drinks being provided. Duration: Flexible. One time, Multiple times per year and/or quarterly. Components: Flexible – depending on the needs of the consumers and their families. Formal presentations by agency staff can be made […]