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We would like to invite you to join us in this great fund raising event throughout the month of May

will be donating a new sushi roll, appropriately named "NAMI" roll for our programs. Featured during their month long fundraising event to benefit NAMI education programs, advocacy and support for families, friend and those who suffer brain disorders.

Every time someone orders the NAMI sushi roll,they are helping fund our education programs.

NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the largest education, support and advocacy organization that serves the needs of all whose lives are touched by these illnesses. This includes persons with mental illness, their families, friends, employers, the law enforcement community and policy makers. The NAMI organization is composed of approximately 1100 local affiliates, 50 state offices and a national office.

The goals of theNAMI programs are: to fight the stigma that surrounds mental illness, to build awareness of the fact that the mental health system in this country needs to be improved and to raise funds for NAMI so that we can continue our mission.

To all the growers who donated to the plant sale and volunteers who helped make this fund raising event a success

Topic: MUSIC THERAPY, MELODY & MANIA Music As Part of Your Recovery!Speakers: Rebecca Vaudreuil, MA, BM, MT-BC, NMT Neurologic Music Therapist, Board Certified

Ms. Rebecca Vaudreuil, MA, BM, MT-BC,NMT, is a board certified music therapist. She has a bachelors degree in Music from the Berklee School of Music in Boston, Cum Laude. Looking to meld her love of people with her love of music, Ms. Vaudreuil earned her advanced certification in neurological music therapy. She is dedicated to working with people from around the world, exposing them to the rewards of musical experiences in recovery of both medical and mental health disorders. She believes music is the universal language we all speak.

Ms. Vaudreuil has led music therapy sessions, in conjunction with medical and psychiatric treatment plans, with Scripps Health Systems, Rady Children�s Hospital, San Diego Veterans Administration Hospital, San Diego Hospice and Learning Services, to name just a few. She also works with private music therapy providers in San Diego County such as Resounding Joy. In April, she was a featured speaker at the annual American Music Therapy Association annual convention outlining her work and results with our returning veterans.

She is the recipient of an American Music Therapy Association grant for her work in neurological and psychological therapy with the military population. She is a sought after speaker on the topic of music therapy and the applications for PTSD and TBI. Through the Semper Fi Fund, she is now able to work directly with those returning vets who have a mental disorder such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or a traumatic brain injury. This curriculum is structured to understand ways in which PTSD may manifest including: inability to function, isolation, depression, hyper-vigilance, impatience, anxiety, aggression and emotional detachment. Music is then key to the recovery process.

Sergeant Ben Tourtelot, USMC, has worked with Ms. Vaudreuil extensively through the Veterans Hospital system. Sgt. Tourtelot has used music as an instrumental part of his therapeutic recovery. During his military service career he developed PTSD, a brain and neurological injury, and will be sharing his story with us. He is going to share the psychological music therapy techniques that helped him, including songwriting and how it has helped his rehabilitation. He will sing one of his songs as part of the presentation.

The Girls Against Abuse Foundation, consists of a group of young women who are singer/songwriters and who have, through music, been able to work out issues of domestic violence and its effects on their mental health and well-being as they have made a commitment to stand against all forms of mistreatment and abuse. A number of the ladies will be performing to further their goal to raise awareness and reduce the stigma around abuse.

Ms. Vaudreuil states �Music therapy covers a wide spectrum of treatment. It helps clients reach non-musical goals through a musical medium; music is used as a catalyst to neurological and physiological change.�

�The work is based on the idea of overlapping neural networks. The musical and non-musical pathways overlap each other, so when the non-musical route is damaged, we can use music to access and reactivate those areas to facilitate rehabilitation. Music therapy helps to enhance the clients response to traditional therapies, and is often used in conjunction with other treatments and interventions across a diversity of fields and conditions. Music interventions include: active music making, relaxation, lyric analysis, songwriting, and creative arts as therapeutic measures.�

Our evening presentation will be interactive, educational and entertaining. Positive mental health and music go hand in hand, as music helps counteract depression, elevate mood, calm and sedate, express feelings, reduce apprehension and fear, reduce anxiety and muscle tension, promotes positive communications and helps address conflict resolution.

Dr. Milton Brown, Ph.D., the director of the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Center of San Diego and an associate professor in the clinical psychology doctorate program at the California School of Professional Psychology (Alliant International University), will be the featured speaker at our Thursday, June 16th, educational meeting at St. Michaels Church in Carlsbad. His life�s work includes his dedication to those struggling to understand and control Borderline Personality Disorder.

Dr. Brown, will help us understand the diagnosis, what makes this brain disorder different from others, and how those with BPD can learn effective strategies, such as DBT skills, to empower our emotional regulation by changing the activities of our autonomic nervous systems. He will demonstrate how people can change their emotions and behaviors using DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapies. The presentation will focus on those with chronic self-injury and parasuicide issues, emotion regulation strategies, shame and its treatment. This will be both an educational and moving presentation to help us all understand, support and interact with those with BPD.

Carlsbad, California (March 30, 2011) � Elizabeth (Liz) Kruidenier, Co-President of NAMI North Coastal San Diego County, has been selected as Mental Health Volunteer of the Quarter by the San Diego Mental Health Board. The award will be presented at the April 7 monthly board meeting.

"Liz is the best example of what volunteering is all about," said Eric Revere, board vice chair and NAMI North Coastal newsletter editor. �She is like an �energizer bunny� of mental health advocacy,� added Revere. �Liz is constantly either attending meetings or leading multiple mental health advocacy groups. �Her efforts during the planning phases of the Mental Health Services Act were instrumental in the establishment of 2 psychiatric walk-in assessment centers in the north county area. Her further advocacy led to the addition of a master�s program in psychiatric nursing at Cal State San Marcos School of Nursing. It will begin in the fall of 2011 with ten candidates.�

Liz is a resident of Carlsbad for 20 years. She has been a leader, advocate and volunteer in the mental health community and other community groups for 15 years.

The San Diego County Mental Health Board�s mission is to review, evaluate and advise the Board of Supervisors of the county�s mental health needs, services, programs, facilities and special problems and to advise the local mental health director. To find out more, please visit www.sandiego.networkofcare.org/mhb.

NAMI North CoastalSan Diego County

Your Local Voice on Mental Illness

760 722-3754

NAMI North Coastal San Diego County is an organization run entirely by volunteers from the community, created in 1983 with a small group of grassroots, family members, incorporated in California in 1990 as a nonprofit 501c(3), charitable, educational, support, and advocacy organization for families, friends, and those who suffer with brain disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, clinical depression, and others, Currently, NAMI NC has approximately 350 member units in North County. Scholarships are available.

NAMI NC founded the monthly TCMC Mental Health Forum in 1998 now called the North County Mental Health Forum, which includes anyone from hospital employees of PPH and TCMC, county and community members, to law enforcement. This has proven to be an excellent venue in order to address and reduce miscommunications in the community and to assist in solving problems along the way that relate to mental health issues. Attendance often includes at least 20 individuals including representatives from the Board of Supervisors. The Forum and NAMI NC are working with CSU San Marcos this year for the implementation of a mental health nurse practitioner program. The Forum andNAMI NC are also advocating for an authentic integrated system of care inNorth County.

NAMI NC�s office is located at theNorth Coastal HHSA Regional Center in partnership with the countyand county mental health services, Contacts are at 760 722-3754 or naminc@pacbell.net or website

www.nami-northcoastal.org.

NAMI NC�s Monthly Education Meeting and Support Group occur on the 3rd Thursday of each month

7-10 pm. Board of Directors Meeting occurs on the 2nd Thursday at 6:30 both at St. Michael�s Episcopal Church inCarlsbad plus a monthly Newsletter and website. Connections Support Group Meetings occur every Wednesday at Mariposa Clubhouse.

NAMI NC�s fund raising efforts include a semi-annual booth at Carlsbad Village Faire, Grant Writing, Donations, and others such as speaking to community organizations and the annual NAMI WALK.

NAMI NC participates in the Annual 3rd Saturday of April (5K) Walk with a large resource faire for the entire community to raise awareness of mental illnesses and to reduce the attached stigma. This year the WALK occurs on April 16, 2011.

NAMI NC has worked for many years to improve Mental Health Services in North County by working in partnership with the Board of Supervisors, HHSA, County Mental Health, local Providers, Consumers, Family Members, and others.NAMI NC�s advocacy has resulted in numerous new programs most recently with the startup of the North County Rady Children�sWalk-In Assessment Center, Adult Walk-In Assessment Center (WIAC) and the Fairweather Lodge.

NAMI NC has had and currently has representation on numerous Commissions, Boards, and Committees over the years including MH Board, HSAB, North County HHSA, Children�s MH Council, Housing MH Council, Children�s Council Educational Committee, Commission for Children Youth and Families, MHS, Inc Clinic Advisory Board, Exodus WIAC Advisory Board, NAMI California State Board, California MH Audit Committee, Source Selection Committees, CHIP, SD MH Coalition, MHSA Workgroups, Adult and Older Adult System of Care Council and Mariposa Clubhouse among others.

NAMI NC Programs include but are not limited to the following: NAMI Family to Family Educational Program, Peer to Peer Education Program, In Our Own Voice, NAMI Basics, NAMI Connections Support Group, Education and Advocacy Programs, Government Relations and Advocacy Committee, Parent and Teachers as Allies well as training workshops for several of these programs.

2/9/2011