Helping Young Children Thrive: Healthy Body and Healthy Brain

Jess Shatkin MD, MPH, a nationally recognized child and adolescent psychiatrist, will explain how we can best nurture, protect and guide children’s physical, mental, and emotional needs. Discuss the importance of sleep, physical activity, and healthy nutrition, the role that trauma and mental illness play in the lives of many children, and the known strategies to prevent mental and emotional distress. Offered in partnership with the Glenbard Parent Series. Learn more at https://www.glenbardgps.org/event/balanced-parenting-to-ensure-young-children-thrive.