I will be attending a Youth Advisory Board training with NAMI Virginia's Virginia Family Network in early November. In the middle or latter part of November, the plan is to start a youth/adolescent/teen support group for teens around age 13-18 that have a mental illness, with young adults with mental illness serving in a facilitator/mentorship role for the group.
I have had interest in a group for kids that are upper elementary through middle school, as well, so even though they are not quite teenagers, if there is enough interest in the younger age range, we will see what we can do. I definitely would welcome guardian involvement in this, especially with the younger group.
If you are a young adult (18 years to late 20s) living with a mental illness or a guardian of a youth/teenager living with a mental illness and you are within the coverage area or surrounding area (Tennessee included) and would be interested in helping or getting your youth/teenager living with a mental illness involved in this, please email me at swvanami@gmail.com.
Thank you.
Ashley Church, President of (future affiliate) NAMI Southwest Virginia
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