Family services

Educational Services Program: School & Learning

Pat Ebervein, School Services coordinator, works with a young patient. Read more.

Educational Service program provides an opportunity for children to continue with their current school work, enhance their natural skills and have fun learning while hospitalized.

School Services

Through onsite teachers, tutors and classrooms, School Services provides learning experiences for pre-K through grade 12, and also connects with the child’s school and teachers, when appropriate.

Catch the Reading Bug

With community partners, we work to promote early childhood literacy.

Catch the Reading Bug promotes literacy among children and encourages dialogue between patients, families and staff about the joys of reading through use of:

• Book carts and book lending
• Bedtime stories, broadcast nightly on Skylight TV's Channel 16
• Community Partners
  • Project Open Book/Reading is Fundamental
  • Reach Out and Read
  • Chicago Public Library

Special Events & Community Partnerhips

• Museum collaborations
• Theater performances
• Celebrity and athlete visits
• Garden play
• Artist workshops

Learn more about:

• Child Life specialists
• Creative arts therapists
• Volunteers