CALM – NAMI Southwest Washington

What is CALM?

CALM is a NAMI Southwest Washington SEE ME presentation about mental health crises, de-escalation techniques, and stigma.

This presentation/conversation is designed to give businesses a compassionate and empathetic skill set to use when employees are encountering a person having a mental health crisis. We realize that many times fear comes from not knowing what you are witnessing and what steps to take to help the person in distress and your staff.

Participants are able to ask questions and give feedback to better help them understand what they can do when to help their co-workers and the person in crisis.

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CALM Goals and Objectives:

Teach techniques to prevent a person or situation from escalating

Educate the public about the real-life experiences of individuals living with mental health disorders

Cultivate a person-centered environment of empathy over fear or confusion

Engage in ongoing conversations to reduce the stigma of mental illness throughout our community

See What People Are Saying

“Excellent training.”
– Clark Co Employee

“It brought to my attention the criminalization of mental illness.”
– NWRTC EMT Trainee

“It really humanized severe mental illness for me.”
– NWRTC EMT Trainee

“After taking the class I joked to myself afterward, that Law Enforcement and the mentally ill, share some of the same traits when we are under pressure… I value our relationship with NAMI and the education they provide! “
– Cmdr. Clark Co. Sheriff Office

“Thank you very much for your presentation and I’m especially grateful and honored to have been in a position to listen to the stories shared. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!”
– YWCA

“I have always viewed mental illness as a burden to people and I always felt that people take it to extremes, but after the panel, I know they are just normal people with a past.”
– NWRTC EMT Trainee

“I would recommend this panel to anyone who wants to understand mental illness”.
– NWRTC EMT Trainee

“The panel helped apply faces to the socially stigmatized conditions and helped change misperceptions regarding mental illness conditions.”
– NWRTC EMT Trainee

“Sadly I shy away from mentally ill people, but after learning about it and seeing they are normal misunderstood people, I won’t shy away anymore.”
– NWRTC EMT Trainee

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CALM: Communicate, Assess, Listen, Mediate

What is CALM?

CALM Goals and Objectives:

See What People Are Saying

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