Peer to Peer Education Program, Behavioral Health

The NAMI Peer-to-Peer Education Program is a unique, experiential learning program for people with any serious behavioral health disorders who are interested in establishing and maintaining their wellness and recovery. The program consists of ten two-hour units and is taught by a team of two trained “Mentors” and a volunteer support person who are personally experienced at living well with behavioral health disorders.



Participants come away from the course with a binder of hand-out materials and many other tangible resources including:

• An advance directive,
• A “relapse prevention plan” to help identify tell-tale feelings, thoughts, behavior, or events that may warn of impending relapse and to organize for intervention,
• Mindfulness exercises to help focus and calm thinking,
• Survival skills for working with providers and the general public.