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February 2019
Fitness Foundations
Fitness Foundations description: Presented by Steve Manns, Fitness Coordinator at the South Hills JCC start-date: 2019-02-21 start time: 07:00 PM end date: 2019-02-21 end time: all-day event: recurring event: No event address: South Hills JCC 345 Kane Boulevard Pittsburgh, PA 15243 event organizer: David Rullo event website: http://southhillsjewishpittsburgh.org/healthy event cost: FREE
Find out more »How to Recognize & Address Mental Health in Youth
title: How to Recognize & Address Mental Health in Youth description: Each year, 1 in 4 youths experiences a mental health or substance use disorder. This educational session will focus on recognizing the signs and responding constructively as parents and adult mentors, as well as on understanding the way stigma impacts treatment-seeking and what treatment resources are available. Presented by The Allegheny County Department of Human Services Office of Behavioral Health Contact Lisa Lederer at lisaglederer@gmail.com with questions. start-date: 2019-02-24…
Find out more »March 2019
Family Guide to Mental Illness and the Law
University of Pittsburgh School of Law librarian Linda Tashbook, author of “Family Guide to Mental Illness and the Law” (Oxford University Press, 2018), will hold a discussion at 4:30 p.m. on March 6 in the Alcoa Room of the Pitt School of Law, 3900 Forbes Ave., second floor. The talk is free and open to the public. Contact 412-624-4364 for more information.
Find out more »All About Parkinson’s Disease
Join JAA as the Parkinson Foundation of Western PA shares an overview of Parkinson's disease, including pathology, management, and some of the more notable research that is currently being conducted. You will learn about: • How the disease may present itself differently from person to person. • Motor & non-motor aspects or symptoms of the disease. • Caring for the person with the diagnosis. • How caregivers can misinterpret behaviors the person with Parkinson's displays. • Helpful tips for the…
Find out more »April 2019
A Community Conversation on Teen Mental Health
A Community Conversation on Teen Mental Health at the JCC in Squirrel Hill, Sunday, April 28 In an August 2017 report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted that serious depression is worsening in teens, especially girls, and the suicide rate among girls reached a 40-year high in 2015. In December 2017, Harold Koplewicz, founding President of The Child Mind Institute reported, “Child and adolescent mental health disorders are the most common illnesses that children will experience under the…
Find out more »May 2019
Better Choices, Better Health at the JCC
Come join a workshop called Better Choices, Better Health at the JCC – Squirrel Hill When: Six consecutive Tuesdays, May 7 – June 11, 2019 Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Room 202) Please call Amy Gold at (412) 697-3528 to sign up today! This is a wonderful program that has benefited many adults. The workshops are informative, fun, and interactive. By joining the workshop, you’ll be together with people with similar conditions and concerns as you, and you’ll make…
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