Educating the Educators

Course Outline:

ETE is the only NJ program dedicated solely to educating educators about mental illness in the classroom.  The ultimate goal of ETE is to help teachers, school administrators and school districts to expand school mental health programs, thus permitting children and adolescents with mental health illnesses/serious emotional disorders (SED) to envision success.  The presentation has a straightforward approach to providing educators with information and strategies for helping children learn, as well as affording a glimpse into the journey of the whole family whose child is ill.

Presenter

NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots organization for people with mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has affiliates in every state and in more than 1,100 local communities across the country.

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