[humanser] volunteer support group leader

[Sandy]

Ericka,

As for training EMS and such, the NAMI state conference I attended had a 
discussion about that, which was lead by a policeman in Framingham, MA.  He 
told of getting special training to deal with the mentally in his community. 
Recently I became friends with a former state trooper who said when the city 
of northampton set up training, they modeled it after the one in Framingham.

 She investigated some 3 thousand sexual abuse cases:  child abuse and abuse 
by those caring for disabled who were cognitively impaired.  Then she wrote 
a protocol for dealing with the abuse and presented it in various parts of 
the country.

Happy shopping!


Sandy

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From: "Ericka Short" <ericka.short at wi.rr.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 4:27 PM
To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [humanser] volunteer support group leader

> That's something !  The klocal NAMI  groups meet at our church and a 
> member of our congregation is the local president.  Jack Rose won some 
> state award for all the  work he's done for NAMI.  His sister and both  of 
> h is kids are live/lived with mental illness so he has  a human motivator 
> to make life better.  Kenosha has wonderful services for those with mental 
> illness because of him.  One of the things he  made happen was to get 
> officers and EMS staff trained to deal with  mental health issues.  The 
> whole force isn't trained, but  every year the  y train a few more. 
> Eventually  they will all be trained and then  this education will go into 
> the regular curriculum for Kenosha cops.  Isn't that innovative and 
> wonderful?  WI has just decided recently to put  cash towards treatment 
> for  certain offenders rather than all of them go to jail.  We have pilot 
> programs of drug and  mental  health court  in the  state.  Kenosha just 
> started a veterans court too.  The Gov. has decided to  push these 
> programs into all counties since it is actually working.  Thisis the only 
> good thing Gov. walker has done for the state. Otherwise he's just 
> dismantled much of the social services for people. Counties really 
> struggle financially to  do what hey know is right but aren't supported.
>
> I recently spoke to the head of social services and  told him how 
> important it was to get  the social services directories in alternative 
> formats.  He said the department had  talked about it, but didn’t' know 
> where to get things adapted.  I told him about the braille and  audio 
> services that is housed by the  wi talking book and braille library.  It's 
> in their directory so  staff should be able to find the contact info!  He 
> was pretty mystified as to  why  nobody had done anything about the issue 
> if they had  a contact to  get them adapted.  he said he was going to 
> personally champion this cause.  It's a lot better toget him to do this 
> than me bringing in legslators.  More friendly anyhow.
>
> I found the card so I'm going grocery shopping soon.
>
> Ericka J. Short
> 262-697-0510
>
> "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me". Philippians 4:13
>
> "No hand is too small or too big to do good in this world." EJ. Short
>
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