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2011 APOSW’s 35th Annual Conference

Conference Agenda

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

NOTE: While the AGENDA is open for viewing by the public, HANDOUTS ARE FOR MEMBERS ONLY.

Members, click here to access handouts.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM  Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM  Opening Remarks
 Pat Cornwell, LCSW, President – APOSW

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM  KEYNOTE SESSION (1.5 CEUs)
Everyday Clinical Ethics: Enhancing Clinical Care and Revitalizing Professionalism
 Elaine C. Meyer, PhD, RN

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM  Break

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM  BREAKOUT 1 (1.2 CEUs)
1A - Outcomes of an Innovative Educational Conference Series for Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer
 Constance Connor, LCSW

1B - Therapeutic Scrapbooking Revisited with a New Bloom: The theory behind the intervention, evidence based outcome measures and an interactive experience to promote your own resilience as a social worker
 Paula McCarthy, ACSW, LCSW;  Jill Sebaugh, LCSW

1C - Family Decision-Making in Pediatric Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
 Wendy Pelletier, MSW;  Pam Hinds, PhD;  Melissa Alderfer, PhD;  Kristin Stegenga, PhD;  Rebecca Pentz, PhD

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM  Break

11:45 AM - 1:15 PM  Regional Networking Luncheon and Business Meeting

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM  Break

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM INTENSIVE SESSION (1.5 CEUs) New Day and Time
The Journey through Grief and Loss: Helping Yourself and Your Child When Grief Is Shared
 Rob Zucker MA, LCSW, FT (Mr. Zucker will be available for book signing following his presentation)

3:00 PM - 7:00 PM  Exhibitors’ Fair - Poster Presentations - Silent Auction

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM  Welcome Reception

POSTER PRESENTATIONS (2 CEUs)
P-1  Finding Your Voice as a Young Adult Cancer Patient in a Pediatric Hospital
 Surani Guneratne, MSW, LSW;  Wanda Meriwether, MSW, LSW

P-2  How to Make Wishes Come True
 Kerri Merrill, LMSW;   Mary Kate Snider, BA;  Shavette Turner

P-3  Integration of Child Life Play with Groupwork for Caregivers of Children with Children
 Shihui Tang, Social Worker

P-4  The Late Effects Assessment Tool: Helping Survivors Blossom
 Pam Gabris, RN, BSN

P-5  Building Resilience Through Camp: How the Summer Camp Experience Positively Impacts Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Siblings
 Heather DeRousse, LCSW;  Stephanie Fooks-Parker, LSW;  Morgan Henry LMSW;  Heather Van Diest, LSW

P-6  Comprehensively Supporting Critically Ill Children and Their Families with Financial and Emotional Assistance
 Douglas Turk, LMSW;  Jessica Dunn, LMSW;  Marla Krellenstein, MSW

P-7  STOMP OUT SARCOMA: Developing a Board Game to Help Pediatric Sarcoma Patients Process Their Treatment Experience
 Mary E. Lane, MSW, LICSW


Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

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