When there is substance use in the family, it is often a central theme involving the entire family. Yet treatment is often just with the individual and does not actively involve the entire family that is traumatized. What is our point of entry and how do we approach the parent and child without scaring them away?

Join us for one of our information sessions to learn how YOU can be the difference to a foster child and change their story for the better.

Healthy Lifestyles Project: LIVE is a series of live, interactive events to promote healthy living for adults and students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Join Us! We will discuss: The benefits of employment for youth with disabilities. The common steps in facilitating community-based employment and highlight ways families/caregivers can play a role in the process. Tools for initiating a strengths-based employment search. The importance of work experiences, and tips for navigating employment supports.

NAMI Union County is proud to present a virtual QPR Gatekeeper certification facilitated by the Mental Health Association in New Jersey (MHANJ) for our November public presentation. Learn how to question, persuade and refer (QPR) for suicide prevention. QPR is a nationally-used, evidence-based emergency response to persons in crisis. In this presentation, you will learn: • How to Question, Persuade and Refer someone who may be suicidal • How to get help for yourself or learn more about preventing suicide • The common causes of suicidal behavior • The warning signs of suicide • How to get help for someone in crisis

The NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group is a free, peer-led support group for any adult who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition.

The New Jersey Self-Advocacy Project team finds it important to keep nurturing our connections with you and branching out in ways that help us all continue to grow. These webinars are for adults and students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, their family members, and Direct Support Professionals.

Current literature regarding the evaluation and treatment of patients with traumatically induced disorders of consciousness (DOC) will be addressed, in addition to the definitions and evaluation of the spectrum of DOC. Common complications that can slow or arrest recovery are considered. Updated practice guidelines and recommendations for diagnoses and care and treatment strategies for DOC will be reviewed. Objectives: Participants will be able to discuss: Definitions of the spectrum of disorders of consciousness (DOC); Outcomes after DOC; Updated practice guidelines for the management of patients with disorders of consciousness; Recommendations for programs caring for patients with DOC. Presenter: Dr. Brian Greenwald

Understanding how to recognize the difference between depression and the normal ups and downs in life The presentation will be interactive with strategies to combat those feelings Presenter: Dr. Yolanda Hawkins-Rodgers, LLC Licensed psychologist The workshop will be delivered via Zoom Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88308586864 Meeting ID: 883 0858 6864