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The Family Institute for Education, Practice & Research is a resource to mental health providers to learn how to add family support services to assist with the recovery of individuals with mental illness. The Family Institute has the ability to tailor trainings for individuals on a one to one basis, programs within an agency, agency […]

Purpose: To integrate the consumer’s family and/or chosen supports into the recovery process of  the consumer.  Consumers are at the center of all decisions Who to invite; which topics to discuss and not to discuss Duration: 1-3 meetings with a consumer of mental health services, their family and/or chosen supports. Components: There are several distinct […]

2002-2005-  McFarlane’s Multifamily Psychoeducation Group Initiative This inititative consisted of 34 agencies throughout New York State with half of them organized into Learning Collaboratives. The Family Institute taught this evidence based practice model of multifamily group, provided technical assistance and on-site supervision supporting agencies with setting up, recruiting for and maintaining the groups within their agencies. […]