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Hamilton Mad Students Collective
Hamilton Mad Students Collective - Wellness Recovery Action Plan at McMaster University
Education
Hamilton, Ontario
May 28, 2016 - May 29, 2016
http://www.neads.ca/en/about/events/index.php?id=1545
Hamilton Mad Students Collective - Wellness Recovery Action Plan© self-help group at McMaster!

Are you a student (or soon to be student) who experiences mental health difficulties or distress?

Do you want to learn more about wellness tools and how to incorporate them into your life?

Join a free 2 day educational Wellness Recovery Action Plan© self-help group at McMaster!

Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29 from 10-5pm.
@McMaster (email hamilton.mad.students@gmail.com to register and for room location)

--Identify, decrease, and prevent intrusive or troubling feelings and behaviours and improve your quality of life

--Increase self-awareness and personal empowerment
--Learn about your rights and how to self-advocate
--Make your own action plans to respond to distress, stay safe during crisis, and succeed at school
--Feel less isolated by connecting with other students who share similar experiences and developing your support network!

Contact Alise at hamilton.mad.students@gmail.com
for further info and to register. If these dates don't work for you, let us know so we can keep your schedule in mind when organizing our next WRAP group.

Read more about WRAP here: www.mentalhealthrecovery.com

WRAP is an internationally recognized and evidence-based peer-led recovery education program. It was developed out of research by people with mental health concerns on their own recovery journeys. The Mental Health Rights Coalition in Hamilton and peer supporters at St. Joe's have been facilitating WRAP groups locally for some time now, as have consumer/survivor initiatives and peer support programs across Ontario. WRAP has also been successfully facilitated by high school youth in Alberta with their peers and, recently, has been offered at McGill University and York University's School of Social Work. HMSC started facilitating WRAP groups in the summer of 2014: http://eenet.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Evidence-in-Action-WRAP.pdf. Beyond its personal benefits (above), WRAP is also an often desired certification by peer support and social service employers.

Who? Students in the Hamilton-area from any college, university, or adult education course/program (and people planning to return to school) who personally experience psychiatric systems, madness, mental illness, mental health disability, emotional or spiritual distress, etc.

Can’t make the group? Looking for other support? Join our active email discussion listserv to continue this and other conversations. The listserv is a private place for members to talk about our lives, support each other, discuss ideas, share info/resources/events/news, and arrange spontaneous gatherings. We also host regular informal peer support meetings and social events -- details get posted to our listserv. See www.hamiltonmadstudents.ca for further info.

About us:
The Hamilton Mad Students Collective formed in 2012. Members are students age 16+ in the Hamilton-area who are attending or preparing to attend any school. This includes students on a leave of absence from school and planning to return.

All members self-identify as having personally experienced madness, mental health disability, mental illness, significant spiritual or emotional distress, and/or the psychiatric/mental health system. Some refer to ourselves as Mad, crazy, service users, psychiatric survivors, neuroatypical, mentally ill, or disabled.

For further info see www.hamiltonmadstudents.ca

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