Name: Behind the Screens: Nurturing Adolescent Health in the Age of Social Media
Start: 2025-02-07T09:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-02-07T11:00:00-06:00
Location: Maine Township Town Hall

Behind the Screens: Nurturing Adolescent Health in the Age of Social Media

This workshop will discuss the influence of social media on adolescent health and how providers can help.
About this Event

This free in-person event is sponsored by Maine Township's MaineStay Youth & Family Services and Chicago Behavioral Hospital. It is appropriate for social service professionals and includes 2.0 free CEUs for social workers, professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists, and nurses. Continental breakfast will be available from 8:30-9:00 am. Advance registration is requested as seating for this event is limited.

Attendees are encouraged to bring personal hygiene products (soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, etc.), paper products, or diapers to donate to the Maine Township Food Pantry.

Presenter Bio

Dr. Imran Shakir is the Chief Medical Officer at Chicago Behavioral Hospital. Dr. Shakir is an experienced psychiatrist and proven leader in the mental health field. He has focused his career on caring for the mental health needs of underserved adults and children, and also specializes in the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder. He is passionate about increasing access to mental health services for all Illinoisans, and especially for those in underserved, low-income communities. He is a thought leader in the field of mental health technology and has been involved in the development of several electronic medical records tailored for psychiatry.

Before being named the Chief Medical Officer at Chicago Behavioral Hospital, he served as the Chair and Director of Behavioral Health at Aunt Martha’s, a community mental health agency serving over 105,000 children and adults throughout over 600 communities in Illinois, where he continues to care for patients.

Dr. Shakir holds dual board certifications in Adult Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is board eligible for certification in Medical Informatics. He completed his Adult Psychiatry residency training at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio, and later completed his fellowship specialization in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Chicago, where he also served as the Chief Fellow. He completed his medical schooling at The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Erie, Pennsylvania.

This program is recognized by IDFPR as providing CEUs for LPC/LCPC and LSW/LCSW under license number 159.001334, LMFT under license number 168.000223, LCP under license number 268.000070, and RN/LPN/APN under license number 236.000127.