Workshop 3G: Migraine At School
Migraine at School is a comprehensive program to train parents, students, nurses, and educators to recognize or understand the symptoms of migraine in affected children.
2:10 PM - 3:20 PMWed
Stratus 7/8
All HEALTH PTSA
Speakers
Elizabeth Henry Weyher
Director of Communications
Danielle Byron Henry Foundation
Melissa Piercey
Director of Education Advocacy
Danielle Byron Henry Migraine Foundation
Dan Henry, MD
Primary Care Physician specializing in complicated headache and migraine disease
Foothill Family Clinic
William B. Young, MD
Professor of Neurology and Co-Director of Inpatient Program
Jefferson Headache Center
Documents
Presentation
Handout
Handout 2
Handout 3
Handout 4
Migraine at School is a comprehensive program to train parents, students, nurses, and educators to recognize and understand the symptoms of migraine in affected children. Migraine is a neurogenetic disease affecting approximately 10% of children ages 5 - 15 and up to 28% of adolescents. Children who have migraine are absent from school twice as often as children who do not. Despite its prevalence, migraine is a highly stigmatized disease. Join us to understand the stigma and to hear personal stories of those affected by migraine disease, including Danielle Byron Henry, who ultimately took her own life at 17 after her battle with chronic migraine, and how Migraine at School will facilitate important change.