Understanding Epilepsy

Understanding Epilepsy

Epilepsy Workshop

• Identify causes, classifications and characteristics

• Recognize how to react in medical emergencies and perform first aid

• Learn about medications, treatments and diet

• Understand cognition and behavior traits



Featured Speaker
Tracy Schultz
Director of Education, Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago

Tracy has worked in the field of health education for the past eleven years, including work in the Adolescent Enrichment Program at the Will County Health Department, Joliet, Ill., at the DuPage County Health Department, Wheaton, Ill., as a Prevention Specialist at PEER Services, Inc., a not-for-profit substance abuse prevention and treatment center, Evanston, Ill., and as Project Coordinator for the New Trier Township Prevention Council. Currently, Tracy is employed by the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago as the Director of Education. She has been with the Foundation since July of 2007 and works with schools, school-based programs, doctors, nurses and other community-based agencies planning, organizing and implementing Epilepsy Foundation education and awareness programs. In addition, Tracy is the support group liaison, Teen Group contact, and assists with educational advocacy services. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Health and Human Performance.



Free of Charge/Open to the Public


Date: Tuesday
May 21, 2013

Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Place: 21154 W. Shirley Rd. Palatine, IL 60074


For additional information/R.S.V.P.:
Contact: Larissa Olson 847-540-3736 or
larissao@countrysideassn.org

www.countrysideassn.org


847-438-8855
COUNTRYSIDE ASSOCIATION
21154 SHIRLEY RD., PALATINE, IL 60074