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Achievements
6 | 2010 ST. AEMILIAN-LAKESIDE ANNUAL REPORT
Our achievements
in 2010 were numerous, across all our services.
Included are just some of our highlights.
n A new service line, Family Preservation
Services, was created by St. Aemilian-Lakeside
to serve children and families through the Bureau
of Milwaukee Child Welfare. Using a streamlined,
in-home model that focuses on assessment
and employs best practices to ensure safety,
Family Preservation’s goals are family unification,
promoting well-being and keeping families together.
n Nancy Brooks-Lewis and Jesse Lewis, who
adopted four treatment foster children through
St. Aemilian-Lakeside, were one of four families
chosen by the State Department of Children and
Families to receive a 2010 Governor’s Outstanding
Adoptive Parent Award. The award recognizes
adoptive parents who have gone above and
beyond in their efforts to improve the lives of
children and families in Wisconsin.
n Misty Barnhill, program supervisor at Friendships
Unlimited in Waukesha, was awarded the
National Alliance on Mental Illness’ (NAMI)
Consumer Advocate of the Year Award from
NAMI of Waukesha County. The award noted
she exemplifies self-determination, resilience,
courage and tenacity in her mental health recovery
journey and recognized her accomplishments by
living independently, obtaining employment and
volunteering in the community, among
other things.
n With support from Spring City Corner Clubhouse,
66% of its active members were either employed,
volunteering or going to school in 2010. The
Clubhouse, based on a workday model, helps
individuals who are socially and vocationally
disabled by mental illness achieve the confidence
and skills needed to lead vocationally productive
and socially satisfying lives.
n Six staff members at Friendships Unlimited
in Waukesha were certified by the state as peer
support specialists, people experiencing mental
illness themselves who help others with similar
concerns. All completed extensive training before
taking the certification exam, which is part of
a process that was instituted by the state of
Wisconsin in January 2010.
n A webcast by Sara Daniel, coordinator of
St. Aemilian-Lakeside’s school based services,
was featured on the state Department of Public
Instruction’s website in a section focusing on
trauma-sensitive schools.
n St. Aemilian-Lakeside’s residential program
began employing an array of therapeutic
interventions that are based on research that has
shown that trauma affects brain development and
that patterned, rhythmic and repetitive activities
can soothe and calm traumatized children and