Goal
To educate pediatric nurses, social workers and other pediatric health professionals about the long-term effects of childhood cancer treatment.
Target Audience
Nurses, social workers, child life specialists, psychologists and other healthcare professionals at all levels, who work with childhood cancer survivors.
Register HereAgenda
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Introductions |
| 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Psychosocial Late Effects: Impact of Medical Trauma upon Transition Back to Activities
Gloria S. Chiang, PhD, Psychologist, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 1.5 CE credits |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Break with Exhibitors |
| 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | The Reality of Survivorship: Medical Late Effects of Therapy
Pam K. Bolton, ARNP, MS, RN-CS, CPHON, Survivorship Nurse Practitioner, Golisano Children’s Hospital 1.0 CE credit |
| 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Lunch & Sibling Panel
Panel Facilitator Cynthia Mendez Tamayo, LMFT, Children & Families Program Coordinator, Cancer Support Community Greater Miami 1.5 CE credits |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Break with Exhibitors |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Art Therapy with Pediatric Cancer Patients
Joan E. Schreier, MA, ATR, LCAT, Art Therapist, Chris Evert Children’s Hospital 1.0 CE credit |
Complimentary breakfast and lunch will be served
For questions and assistance for individuals with disabilities, contact:
Seth Berkowitz, LCSW, CCLS, Senior Patient Access Manager at (954) 744-5310.
Continuing Education Information
Approval for Nurses has been obtained by the Southern Florida Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society under provider number 50-12996 Expires: 10/31/2016 to award 5.0 continuing education contact hour(s) through the Florida Board of Nursing.
Approval for Social Workers has been obtained by The Florida Society of Oncology Social Workers (FSOSW) Provider #50-775 Expires: 03/31/2017 through The Florida Board of Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists and Licensed Mental Health Counselors. Social workers will receive 5.0 CE clock hours.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society maintains responsibility for this program.
Learning Objectives
- At the end of this program participants will be able to:
- Explain the diagnosis of PTSD/Medical Trauma
- Asses psychosocial late effects in context of PTSD Symptoms
- Employ Treatment and/or modulate the impact of medical trauma to prepare the child for end of treatment
- Describe the methodology of art therapy modalities
- Understand the role of the art therapist on pediatric cancer patients
- Practice art therapy techniques used with childhood cancer survivors
- Describe the medical late effects of therapy
- Explain the latest research on pediatric cancer survivorship
- Identify treatment and resources available to pediatric cancer survivors
- Describe the experience of siblings of childhood cancer survivors
- Understand the unique impact of cancer on siblings identity
