NAMI Texas Certified Professionals

VFT for Professionals is a six hour in-service training session service, designed for those who work with children and adolescents that have a diagnosed mental illness or who have other special needs.

VFT Professional In-Service is similar in format to the course for caregivers of children and adolescents, but it is designed to address the needs for ongoing education for Professionals such as teachers, counselors, mental health care workers, foster care professionals, juvenile center employees, and others.

The purpose of the Professional In-Service Training session is to:

1. To educate professional about the NAMI Texas, and the VFT curriculum
2. To engage the professional in identifying ways in which VFT can become helpful to families,
3. To assist the professional in his/her interactions with the child and parents.

By using the same strategies and teaching skills, Professionals can expect to develop a deeper level of understanding for children with mental illness and their families’ needs and also establishing a higher level of empathy for their clients and referrals.

For this reason, NAMI wants to acknowledge these Professionals by offering a Directory of NTCP – NAMI TEXAS Certified Professionals.

To see the growing list of NTCP’s, click on the link below to download.

Directory Link

Where VFT Professional In-Service be utilized:

Mental Health Centers
Local PTA Organizations
Boy and Girl Scouts Conferences
YMCA
Big Brothers and Big Sisters Organizations
Psychiatric Facilities for Children/ training for all staff members
Staff Development for preschools
Head Start
Juvenile Justice Detention Centers
Mental Health Centers
Mental Health Fair and Symposiums
Staff Development for Social Workers
Local Psychological Association
Foster Parent Groups
Catholic Charities (staff development for children's therapists)
Local Special Education Advisory Board
Religious Conference