Join the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont (NAMI Vermont) for this opportunity to network with peers, advocates, family members, and mental health professionals, learn about resources and services that are available, and reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness.

This year’s conference features two inspiring keynote speakers. Dr. Martha B. Straus is a professor of Clinical Psychology at Antioch University New England in Keene, NH. She will discuss how to recognize your own triggers and reactions while living and working with distressed adolescents. Dr. Steve Taubman, President of Powertrack Presentations, brings high energy and a little magic to his keynote as he explores the concept of mindfulness for staying positive in challenging situations.

We also have a lineup of inspirational and educational workshops planned:
• Building Flourishing Communities: Understanding the Impacts of Trauma, N.E.A.R. Science and Vermont’s Resiliency Movement
• Collaborative Networks Approach: Vermont’s Journey with Open Dialogue Informed Approaches
• Empowering Empathy
• Zero Suicide: Lamoille County Mental Health’s Journey in Suicide Prevention
• Metabolizing Trauma, Panel by Panel: Reconciling Mental Illness and Reclaiming Personal Narrative Via the Comics Form
• Mindfulness Meditation for High Stress Situations

Fee (includes lunch): $45 for NAMI Members, $80 for Non-Members and $60/each for Groups of 10+.
Full and partial scholarships are available for low-income peers and family members.
This conference will be approved fro CEUs for LCMHCs & Social Workers with an additional $10 fee.