Glenbard Parent Series to host two 5/7 events re: helping teens thrive
The Glenbard Parent Series will present a day of talks featuring acclaimed clinical psychologist Robyn Silverman on Thursday, May 7. After spending years researching leadership development, wellness and most recently, grit and fulfillment Silverman has a positive approach to parenting filled with strategies to help youth set goals, realize their gifts and achieve their dreams.
Silverman is engaging, motivational and passionate about helping young people overcome their barriers to achievement and success. Her book "Good Girls Don't Get Fat: How Weight Obsession Is Messing Up Our Girls & How We Can Help Them Thrive Despite It" is based on her commitment to help all reach their potential and expands upon her groundbreaking research on body image as an obstacle to accomplishment and acceptance.
Silverman will present Helping Girls Thrive: Developing Their Confidence, Goals and Leadership from noon to 2 p.m. May 7 at Community Consolidated School District 93's administration center, 240 Covington Drive in Bloomingdale
Silverman will present Thriving Under Pressure: How to Help Youth Set Goals, Discover Their Strengths, and the Strategies for Motivation, and Good Health at 7 p.m. May 7 at Glenbard South, 23W200 Butterfield Road in Glen Ellyn. A 6:15 p.m. Wellness Expo with more than 20 vendors will precede the 7 p.m. program.
GPS is generously sponsored by the Cebrin Goodman Center, Cooperative Association for Special Education (CASE), College of DuPage, DuPage Medical Group, Emmy Gaffey Foundation and Trust Company of Illinois, with additional support from FORWARD Helping Girls Navigate Adolescence and Central DuPage Hospital Behavioral Health and Northwestern Medicine.
For information regarding GPS programs, visit facebook.com/glenbardparentseries or contact Gilda Ross, Glenbard District 87 student and community projects coordinator, at 942-7668 or gilda_ross@glenbard.org.