Health at Home

Health at Home

YOUNGSTOWN

Mercy Health Youngstown is offering a workshop, Health at Home, from 11 a.m. to noon June 16 in the Youngstown Room at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, 1044 Belmont Ave.

The workshop and all materials are free, but reservations are required. Call 330-480-3070. The workshop includes an easy-to-use reference guide that provides information about more than 200 common health problems as well as tips on caring for yourself and your family, preventing illness and injury, and advice on when to seek medical attention.

Joint-pain seminar

YOUNGSTOWN

Northside Medical Center is hosting a free joint-pain seminar at 6 p.m. June 9 in the Politis Auditorium at the hospital. People with severe knee or hip pain are invited to join Dr. James Kerrigan, orthopedic surgeon and independent member of the medical staff at Northside, to learn about treatment options.

To sign up, call 1-800-679-3606.

Healthy Eating

YOUNGSTOWN

A series of three weekly Healthy Eating for You presentations are offered from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Wednesdays beginning June 1 in the Warren Room at St. Joseph Warren Hospital, 667 Eastland Ave. S.E.

Weekly topics are “Portion control,” June 1; “Label Reading,” June 8; and “Eating Mindfulness,” June 15. The presentation is free and open to the public and provided by Mercy Health Youngstown. Reservations are appreciated. Call 330-480-3070. Parking is free.

Functioning skills

AKRON

Akron Children’s Hospital has created a program to help school-age children with executive functioning deficits in organization, time management and setting and achieving goals.

The Executive Functioning Skills Building Program, a short-term, skilled-based treatment delivered through individual and family therapy, is primarily for children from 10 to 16 with or without previous diagnoses. Children participating may have an attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder diagnosis, but this is not a prerequisite. Additionally, children with late effects from cancer treatment, epilepsy, or traumatic brain injuries may benefit from this program.

Children who would benefit from this program include those who complete their homework but forget to turn it in on a regular basis; have trouble completing multistep directions; are unable to set and complete goals; have trouble working within time constraints which are not unreasonable; always seem to be late, rushing and missing the school bus and appointments; are viewed as “smart, but scattered” with such poor organizational skills that grades and home life are impacted, said Sarah Groves, program coordinator and a licensed professional clinical counselor.

The treatment engages both the child and the family to provide practical skills to the child and ways for the family to support the development of executive functions. To schedule an assessment, call 330-543-5015.