education

ARAFMI's education initiatives aim to:

• Increase coping strategies for families
• Increase community awareness and understanding of mental disorders and decrease stigma
• Educate mental health professionals to facilitate attitude changes and move towards more collaborative partnerships between consumers, carers and health workers in the care and treatment of people with a mental illness.

Workshops and programs

ARAFMI aims to provide a number of educational workshops and programs for carers. These are provided on an 'as needs' basis. We are able to provide 'Carer Coping Skills' Workshops, 'Group Leader' Workshops and 'The Eight Stage Healing Process' course.