Symposium focuses on children's health and education
Elgin, Ill. - A one-day conference at the Elgin Academy will allow parents and educators an opportunity to learn from children's health and education experts from across the country.
The Health and Education Symposium will take place from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at the academy's main campus, 350 Park St.
The free event, presented by the academy and Advocate Sherman Hospital, will feature leading faculty, doctors and researchers in children's education and health. It is geared toward parents, professionals and children in the Fox Valley and Chicago areas.
Highlighting the symposium is Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair, author of "The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age."
The internationally recognized clinical psychologist, school consultant, speaker and author has consulted with over 350 independent and public school, parents and students on a wide range of topics related to strengthening children's social and emotional development, shaping school culture, and deepening parents' connections to their children.
Dr. Larry Kosinski, gastroenterologist on staff at Advocate Sherman Hospital, also will speak during the event. He will discuss how to get a head start on developing healthy eating habits.
Other speakers include Elgin Academy Upper School Math and Psychology faculty member Gina Kietzmann; Deborah Pearce of Pearce Communications Group LLC, which serves as a communications consultant to businesses, school, health care organizations, government agencies and nonprofit entities; child and adolescent psychologist Dr. Ann Weller from Plum Tree Psychology Ltd. in St. Charles; and Heather Bragg, author and learning specialist at Notre Dame College Prep in Niles.
There is no charge for the event, but preregistration is required.
For more information or to register, call (847) 695-0303 or visit www.elginacademy.org.
About Advocate Sherman Hospital
Named the fifth most beautiful hospital in the U.S. by Soliant Health and built in 2009, the 255-bed Advocate Sherman Hospital features all private patient rooms, a 15-acre geothermal lake to heat and cool the facility, an advanced Emergency Department with a level II trauma center, a spacious Family Birthing Center and Special Care Nursery, a Heart & Vascular Center, a Cancer Care Center and a bright, open design to contribute to the healing process. Advocate Sherman is a certified Primary Stroke Center, Breast Center and Chest Pain Center, and also received a 2011 Silver Award from Illinois Performance Excellence. In 2012, it achieved Magnet nursing status - the highest national standard for nursing excellence. Advocate Sherman provides services across the whole continuum of care, including three immediate care/outpatient centers, an imaging center and a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility. Advocate Sherman employs more than 2,200 individuals, has more than 600 dedicated physicians on its medical staff and is part of the Advocate Health Care network. For more information, visit AdvocateHealth.com/Sherman or call 1-800-3-Advocate.
About Advocate Health Care
Advocate Health Care, named among the nation's Top 5 largest health systems by Truven Analytics in 2013, is the largest health system in Illinois and one of the largest health care providers in the Midwest. Advocate operates more than 250 sites of care, including 10 acute care hospitals and the state's largest integrated children's network. As a nonprofit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $571 million in charitable care and services to communities across the Chicago area and Central Illinois in 2011.