The 2015 POGO Psychosocial Education Seminar – Complex Care of Children with Cancer – enabled participants to: enhance their knowledge of complex care of children with cancer from the perspective of the psychosocial dimensions, including: best practices for psychosocial screening to promote improved and timely risk assessment of patients and survivors; identify optimal timing for intervention with special populations; improve pain management for children with cancer and identify ways to ease the burdens of end of life care.
Over 100 pediatric oncologists, nurses, social workers, and other health care professionals gathered to learn, listen and share their tools and strategies.
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Opening Keynote
An Overview of Risk and Resilience for Psychosocial Late Effects
Cynthia A. Gerhardt, PhD
MODULE 1: RISK ASSESSMENT AND SCREENING BEST PRACTICES
Early Warning Signs of Psychosocial Risk in Children with Cancer and their Families
Maru Barrera, PhD, MA, CPsych
Lifting the Veil: Assessing and Treating Depression and Anxiety in Children with Cancer
Anna C. Muriel, MD, MPH
MODULE 2: PAIN MANAGEMENT FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER
Managing Neuropathic Pain in Children with Cancer
Jennifer Stinson, RN-EC, PhD, CPNP
MODULE 3: EASING THE BURDEN
Medications Are Not Enough: Psychosocial Support for Children, their families and Care Providers at the End of Life
Kevin Weingarten, MD, MHSc, FRCPC
Family Decision Making when a Child Cannot be Cured
Cynthia A. Gerhardt, PhD
MODULE 4: INTERVENTIONS WITH SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Behaviour Management Interventions in the Care of Children with Cancer
Anna C. Muriel, MD, MPH
Pharmacological and Nonpharmacological Interventions for Cognitive Late Effects
Heather M. Conklin, PhD