NAMI is the nation’s largest grassroots organization for people with mental illness and their families. NAMI St. Cloud offers free monthly educational opportunities, organizes an annual local conference on mental illness, raises funds and awareness through events such as Mental Health Walks, and publishes a quarterly newsletter for Central Minnesota.
Mission
NAMI St. Cloud's mission is to offer hope and help for people with mental illness and their families by providing support, education and advocacy.
NAMI St. Cloud's mission is to offer hope and help for people with mental illness and their families by providing support, education and advocacy.
2019 Annual Conference: October 4
Join us for NAMI St. Cloud's 33rd Annual Mental Health Conference on October 4, 2019.
This year's conference is designed for people who work primarily with infants, children, and adolescents. Our presenters, who come from diverse backgrounds, will talk about what children's mental health programs in Minnesota have looked like in the past and what they are like today.
This conference has been designed to meet the continuing education requirements for 6 contact hours for the Minnesota Board of Nursing for Continuing Education. Participants requesting CEUs will receive documentation that is typically required by licensing boards, but this conference has not been submitted for prior approval by any licensing boards.
Click here to download the full conference program and registration.
Conference Agenda
7:00-8:00am Registration and Welcome
8:00-9:15am Keynote: "Best Practices in Children's Mental Health--What Works and Why" Glenance Edwall, Psy.D., Ph.D., LPMPP
9:15-10:30am "The Importance of Resilience: Skills to Endure the Hard Stuff" Kristen Wheeler-Highland, B.A.
10:30-10:45am Break
10:45am-12:00pm "A Vision for Children's Mental Health" George Realmuto, MD; Anne Gearity, Ph.D.
12:00-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-2:00pm "A Community Response to Adverse Childhood Experiences" Pam Beckering, MS, LPCC
2:00-3:00pm "Restorative Practices in Schools and Community" Paul Mickelson, B.S.; Laraine Mickelson, B.S.
3:00-3:15pm Break
3:15-4:30pm "How Are the Children" Sue Abderholden, MPH, NAMI Minnesota Executive Director
This year's conference is designed for people who work primarily with infants, children, and adolescents. Our presenters, who come from diverse backgrounds, will talk about what children's mental health programs in Minnesota have looked like in the past and what they are like today.
This conference has been designed to meet the continuing education requirements for 6 contact hours for the Minnesota Board of Nursing for Continuing Education. Participants requesting CEUs will receive documentation that is typically required by licensing boards, but this conference has not been submitted for prior approval by any licensing boards.
Click here to download the full conference program and registration.
Conference Agenda
7:00-8:00am Registration and Welcome
8:00-9:15am Keynote: "Best Practices in Children's Mental Health--What Works and Why" Glenance Edwall, Psy.D., Ph.D., LPMPP
9:15-10:30am "The Importance of Resilience: Skills to Endure the Hard Stuff" Kristen Wheeler-Highland, B.A.
10:30-10:45am Break
10:45am-12:00pm "A Vision for Children's Mental Health" George Realmuto, MD; Anne Gearity, Ph.D.
12:00-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-2:00pm "A Community Response to Adverse Childhood Experiences" Pam Beckering, MS, LPCC
2:00-3:00pm "Restorative Practices in Schools and Community" Paul Mickelson, B.S.; Laraine Mickelson, B.S.
3:00-3:15pm Break
3:15-4:30pm "How Are the Children" Sue Abderholden, MPH, NAMI Minnesota Executive Director
Annual Mental Health Walk
A huge Thank You to our 2019 Mental Health Walk Sponsors:
2019 Mental Health Walk Sponsors
In-Kind Donations:
We also wish to thank every one who supported our Walk in any way: Our Donors, Walkers and non-Walkers and Volunteers! A special Thank You to Caroline Stringer for all her time and energy in providing wonderful items for our Silent Auction!
Thank You to Elizabeth Coco and her dancers for providing us with a fun time! Thank You to Creative Catering for keeping us warm with coffee! And Thank You to the Mental Health Walk Committee for their many hours of planning and preparing for our Walk day! Improving Lives...Step by Step!
Our Walk next year will be on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Hope to see you then!
2019 Mental Health Walk Sponsors
- CentraCare Health
- Great River Bowl
- Granite Financial
- D.J. Bitzan Jewelers
- CommUNITY Adult Mental Health Initiative
- Pine Haven Youth and Family Services
In-Kind Donations:
- Creative Catering
- Jackson Roeder Memorial Foundation (Paintings)
- Barb Kellogg Photography
- Scheels All Sports Inc., Waite Park
- Coborns
We also wish to thank every one who supported our Walk in any way: Our Donors, Walkers and non-Walkers and Volunteers! A special Thank You to Caroline Stringer for all her time and energy in providing wonderful items for our Silent Auction!
Thank You to Elizabeth Coco and her dancers for providing us with a fun time! Thank You to Creative Catering for keeping us warm with coffee! And Thank You to the Mental Health Walk Committee for their many hours of planning and preparing for our Walk day! Improving Lives...Step by Step!
Our Walk next year will be on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Hope to see you then!
Become a Member!
When you join, you become a member of your local Affiliate, NAMI Minnesota, and the national organization.
Member Benefits:
· Connect with your local affiliates and others who share similar experiences.
· Receive the quarterly NAMI Minnesota Advocate and the NAMI Advocate – a news magazine published by the NAMI organization.
· Receive timely notices on meetings, support groups and public events.
· Obtain opportunities to participate in local, state, and national grassroots initiatives and legislative advocacy.
· Enjoy discounted registration to NAMI Minnesota events including out Annual State Conference, Research dinner, and NAMIWalks.
· Most importantly, be counted among those working to erase stigma about mental illness in Minnesota and beyond!
Member Benefits:
· Connect with your local affiliates and others who share similar experiences.
· Receive the quarterly NAMI Minnesota Advocate and the NAMI Advocate – a news magazine published by the NAMI organization.
· Receive timely notices on meetings, support groups and public events.
· Obtain opportunities to participate in local, state, and national grassroots initiatives and legislative advocacy.
· Enjoy discounted registration to NAMI Minnesota events including out Annual State Conference, Research dinner, and NAMIWalks.
· Most importantly, be counted among those working to erase stigma about mental illness in Minnesota and beyond!
