2023 Pediatric Psychosocial and Palliative Care Virtual Conference

Objectives:

1. Understand role of clinicians other than chaplains in providing spiritual support in the setting of serious illness 
2. Understand state of the science around role of spirituality for children facing serious illness 
3. Recognize ways in which spiritual care can be integrated into holistic care of children facing serious illness 

Presentation description: the lecture focuses on the basic dichotomy in stress: in the face of the stressors experienced by the typical mammal, which is to say acute physical challenges, the body’s stress-response is highly adaptive; in contrast, in the face of the chronic psychosocial stress that humans excel at, the same stress-response becomes adverse to health.   

Learning objectives:mportance of community Importance of shared experience and community Power of opening up and sharing your cancer story Connecting with all of this is how we heal and grow together, for the WIN WIN :)

Learning objectives:Learn about the neurological power of community Learn about meditative influence on compliance Learn about the Heroes Circle® impact on patient – family bonding Learn some skills to enhance pill swallowing capability.