Share your valuable perspective! Use your lived experience to make a positive impact on health care communities as a NAMI Provider Teacher.
What's the Opportunity?
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Share your perspective with health care professionals to break down stigma and revise misconceptions about mental illness and recovery.
Supply valuable information about what resources are available.
Share your lived experience to help educate organizations about mental health.
Empower health care professionals to take a collaborative and inclusive approach to providing care.
What is Provider?
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Provider is a completely FREE in-service training program offered as either a comprehensive 15-hour course or a 4-hour seminar.
This program is designed for staff at public mental health agencies and other organizations working directly with individuals who have mental health conditions.
Teachers share their personal experiences within the structure of a scripted curriculum.
Who Can Be a Teacher?
Provider is taught by a 3-person team:
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One Peer (individual living with a mental health condition)
One family member of a Peer
One mental health professional, who is also either a Peer or a family member of a Peer
What to Expect:
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Meet other dedicated and empathetic people, just like you!
Feel great about helping health care professionals build understanding of mental illness and improve health care for everyone.
Learn new things about mental health care, approaches to treatment, and more.
Get all the materials and support you need from the NAMI Vermont office.
FREE two-day training provided by NAMI Vermont.
Commit to team-teaching at least two Provider programs per year for 3 years.
Ready to Make a Difference? Register Now!
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Visit NAMI Vermont - Provider Program for more information.
Register for NAMI Vermont's next Provider Teacher Training here!
