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Family-to-Family Education Program 

Please note that NAMI also offers a Providers Course which is structured to help service providers understand and obtain a broader knowledge of mental illness.  To learn more about the Providers Course and when and where it is being held click here.

Course Location and Registration for Fall 2011 Classes


Bancroft There is no class being scheduled for the fall 2011.
   
  For more information and to register for a future NAMI Family-to-Family course, please contact Kim Smies at 613-332-3359 or email naminorth_coordinator_ksmies@hotmail.com.

Belleville The next NAMI Family-to-Family course will begin on Monday, September 12 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Community Living Belleville & Area, 91 Millennium Parkway, Belleville.
   
  For more information and to register for a future NAMI Family-to-Family course in Belleville, please contact Mental Health Services, Hastings Prince Edward, at 613-968-4312.
   
  Click here for information about the "Growing Forward" Support Group serving Belleville and Trenton.

Brantford The next NAMI Family-to-Family course will begin on Wednesday, September 13; the course is held one evening a week for 12 weeks from 7 pm to 8:30 pm.
   
  For more information and to register for the NAMI Family-to-Family course in Brantford, please contact Lill Petrella at the Canadian Mental Health Association – Brant County Branch at 519-752-2998, ext. 112 or e-mail lill@cmhabrant.on.ca.
   
  Click here for information about the Families Caring, Families Sharing Support Group in Brantford.

Brockville The Family-to-Family Education Program is currently not being offered in Brockville.
   
  Should anyone be interested in becoming a teacher to teach in this location, please contact Madeleine Bertrand at Madeleine.Bertrand@bell.net.  A teacher-training session is being held in the fall 2011 and interested parties must indicate their interest before September 30th.

Cornwall
Alexandria
There is currently no class scheduled for the fall 2011.
   
  For more information and to register for a future NAMI Family-to-Family course in the Cornwall/Alexandria area, please call the CMHA in Cornwall at 613-933-5845 or toll free 1-800-493-8271 and ask to register for the NAMI Family to Family Education Course.  Or you can email terry@tamcreek.ca.

Dorval, Quebec There is currently no class scheduled for the fall 2011.
   
  For more information and to register for a future NAMI Family-to-Family course in Dorval, contact Lucie Discepola at (514) 636-6885, or email lucie.asmfmh@qc.aira.com.

Kingston The next Family-to-Family course will begin on Wednesday, September 14.  Class time is 6.30 pm till 9.00 pm at 552 Princess St. in Kingston.
   
  For more information and to register for the NAMI Family-to-Family courses in Kingston, please contact Sandra Schentag, Family Resource Centre, 385 Princess St., Kingston ON K7L 1C1, 613-544-2886 or email frc@fcmhs.ca.

Leamington The next NAMI Family-to-Family Education course will be offered beginning on Tuesday, September 13.
   
  For more information and to register for the NAMI Family-to-Family course in Leamington, please contact Noreen Wiebe at 519-322-0163 or Earl Fletcher at 519-324-9498.

North Bay There is currently no class scheduled for the fall 2011.
   
  For information and to register for NAMI Family-to-Family courses in North Bay contact April Raftis at the Nipissing Family Centre at 705-494-4774 ext. 226 or by email at fasst@bellnet.ca

Ottawa The next Family-to-Family course will begin on Thursday, September 29 at a central location.
   
  For more information and to register for NAMI Family-to-Family courses in Ottawa, please contact the Canadian Mental Health Association, Ottawa Branch at 613-737-7791.
   
  Click here for information about The NAMI Mutual Support Group - Ottawa (Orleans), Ont. which meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month.
   

Sarnia -
Wallaceburg
Two courses will be offered in the fall 2011; one will be held in Sarnia, the other in Lambton Kent County.
   
  For more information and to register for NAMI Family-to-Family courses in Sarnia/Wallaceburg, please contact the Lambton Family Initiative at 519-337-8110 or email whopkins@xcelco.on.ca

Sault Ste. Marie The next NAMI Family-to-Family course will begin on Monday, August 29.
   
  For more information and to register for NAMI Family-to-Family courses in Sault Ste Marie contact Edie Bernard-LeBlanc, Coordinator, Algoma Family Support Network at 705-759-0458, ext 231 on Wednesdays and Thursdays, or by email anytime at edie@cmhassm.com or edie.leblanc@shaw.ca

Smiths Falls The NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program is currently not being offered in Smith Falls.
   
  Should anyone be interested in becoming a teacher to teach in this location, please contact Madeleine Bertrand at Madeleine.Bertrand@bell.net.  A teacher-training session is being held in the fall 2011 and interested parties must indicate their interest before September 30th.

Toronto The next NAMI Family-to-Family course will begin on Wednesday, September 21.
 
  For more information and to register for a NAMI Family-to-Family course in Toronto, please contact the Canadian Mental Health Association - Toronto Branch at 416-789-7957, ext. 270.

Windsor  
  For more information and to register for NAMI Family-to-Family courses in Windsor, please contact Jean Laforge at Mental Health Connections at 519-256-4854, or by fax at 519-256-3431, or by email jlaforge@mhc-wec.on.ca.

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