4/24/2012 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
The Illinois Department of Human Services, School Health Program, is co-hosting a conference with Oakton Community College entitled Critical Issues: Clues to Solving the Puzzles.
Target Audience
Registered Nurses, School Administrators, School Health Personnel, and Social Works.
Purpose
To provide updated information to school health personnel regarding:
- immunizations
- common mental health issues of children, risk, presentation, and evidence-based treatment
- rashes and rash illnesses
Date & Location
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April 24, 2012
- Northfield Inn & Suites Center
3280 Northfield Drive
Springfield, IL 62702
Phone: (217) 523-7900
Registration Fee: $65.00
Two easy ways to Register
Registration Form (pdf)
- By Mail - mail your registration and check information to:
- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
Attn: Lula Sanchez
721 North LaSalle Street, Room 759
Chicago, IL 60654
Fax: (312) 642-9716
- By Phone - call (312) 655-7432 and register with a credit card.
Registration includes materials, continental breakfast, and lunch. Registration is limited and is on a first come/first served basis. List only one (1) person per registration form.
Special Needs
If you have a dietary, mobility, or vision/hearing need, please call (217) 785-4525.
Cancellation Policy
A refund of all fees paid minus a $10.00 processing fee will be given only to those who cancel seven (7) working days before the day of the conference.
Agenda
8:00 - 8:30am Registration
8:30 - 8:35am Welcome & Statement of Objectives
8:35 - 9:30am Immunization Updates - Janet Daniels, BS, IDPH/Immunization Program
9:30 - 10:00am Break
10:00 - 12:00pm Why School Nurses are Pivotal to the Mental Health of Children: Dealing with Risk and Supporting Treatment - Kathleen R. Delaney, PhD, PMH, NP, Professor, Rush College of Nursing
12:00 - 1:00pm Lunch
1:00 - 3:00pm The Itch that Rashes and other Skin Disorders in Children - Amy Manion, PHD, RN, CPNP, Rush University, College of Nursing
3:00 - 3:30 pm Closing & Evaluations
Continuing Education
"This activity has been submitted to WNA CEAP for approval to award contact hours. Wisconsin Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation."
Registered Nurses: 5.50 Contact Hrs
Social Workers: 5.50 Clock Hrs
Teachers: 5.50 CPDUs
(License # required at registration)
Other Professionals: 5.50 Universal
Training Hours (1 clock hour = 1 UTH)
Planning Committee
- Victoria Jackson, RN, BSN, MSN, ILCSN
School Health Program Coordinator
- Cindy Flayton, RN, MS
Oakton Community College
