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 Text Box: The following materials are available from the MHANJ.  These resources are an excellent addition to your Community Education programs. Check out MHANJ’s award winning videos and The Families’ GOALS Project!   For further information, contact Jennifer Miller, Director of Training and Marketing at jmiller@mhanj.org.   Text Box: BOOK : The Families’ GOALs Project Manual  The 12 session psycho-educational support group model outlined in this manual was created to help families who have experienced traumatic losses.  With a firm theoretical grounding in disaster mental health, grief theory, family systems theory and resiliency work, groups address the needs of family  members of all ages as they deal with changes and challenges presented to them by the death of a loved one.  A structured curriculum is detailed for groups from pre-K through high school as well as for adults, with clear specific instructions for group execution. CD-rom which has the entire manual,           appendices and clip art  included.   Free publication, only pay nominal shipping and handling fees.  Order now!    VIDEO: The Families’ GOALs Project   A great companion to The Families’ GOALs Project Manual, this award video illustrates the importance of psycho-educational groups for families who have experienced a traumatic death of a loved one,    interviews with the authors, program participants and information on some of the theory behind the Families’ GOALs Project.   Free video, only pay nominal shipping and handling fees.  Order now!      VIDEO:  Wellness: Journeys Toward Mental Health  This video, approximately 15 minutes in length, follows six individuals in an interview format as they discuss their recovery from severe mental illness.  The video focuses on the concept that recovery and mental wellness is possible, even for those with long term mental illness.  Free video, only pay nominal shipping and handling fees.  Order now!    VIDEO: Beyond 9/11  This video, approximately 30 minutes long, was originally created to help educators design memorial activities in remembrance of September 11th.  By exploring their personal journey through this tragedy and its aftermath, educators are better prepared to help their community identify its coping skills and emotional resiliencies for dealing with future terrorism and other traumatic events.  Free video, only pay nominal shipping and handling fees.  Order now!      VIDEO: Anything But Crazy: African Americans, Spirituality and Emotional Wellness  This video, approximately 30 minutes long, explores issues surrounding spirituality and mental illness in the Black community. Though interviews with the clergy and African Americans dealing with mental illness, this video discusses the changing role of the Black church in assisting individuals with integrating spiritual and emotional health.  Free video, only pay nominal shipping and handling fees.  Order now!      CD: Anything But Crazy: African Americans, Spirituality and Emotional Wellness  This CD contains the video described above, as well as a dynamic PowerPoint presentation created specifically to educate the African American church community about mental illness and how the church can help congregants struggling with emotional problems get the help they need from the mental health system. Contains handouts, and useful website links as well.  Free CD, only pay nominal shipping and handling fees.  Order now!        VIDEO and PowerPoint Presentation: Employment Works! This 17 minute video was created to help mental health consumers and service providers explore the role that employment plays in recovery.  Using interviews with 5 consumers at various points in their  recovery who discuss the challenges and rewards of being employed, the video stresses the message that work is part of recovery, not the end result.  The video illustrates the points that are made in the accompanying educational PowerPoint presentation.  This package is meant to get individuals at all  levels of recovery, and those professionals who assist them, thinking about the role of work in well-being.  Free video and powerpoint presentation, only pay nominal shipping and handling fees.   Order now!   

 
 

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