Parents with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses identify having medical and mental health clinicians with expertise and attunement to their parenting concerns as an important unmet need.

This course will provide a format for identifying parenting concerns and providing expert parent guidance to parents in treatment for cancer, from a new diagnosis to recurrence and end of life. This multi-session course includes both didactics and video of clinical interactions.

Course topics include a brief review of literature that supports the need for parent guidance during a parent's serious illness, a discussion of the impact of child development and temperament on a child's adjustment to parental illness, and a video illustration of the clinical intervention. Content is targeted for mental health clinicians who work in medical settings, community mental health providers who see families impacted by cancer or other life-threatening illnesses, and non-mental health practitioners who treat patients facing parenting challenges during illness.

Course materials are available beginning on October 5, 2020, and all online course work must be completed by November 20, 2020.

Pricing

MDs/Doctoral-Level Professionals

Early Bird Registration (on or before October 2, 2020): $349.00

Regular Registration (after October 2, 2020): $399.00

Other Professionals or Trainees

Early Bird Registration (on or before October 2, 2020): $249.00

Regular Registration (after October 2, 2020): $299.00

Cancellation Policy

A refund minus a $25.00 administrative fee will be issued for refund requests received by October 23, 2020.  No refunds will be issued for refund requests made after October 23, 2020. Payments made may not be applied to future conferences or other educational activities.  There are no exceptions to these policies.

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Special Thanks

The Marjorie E. Korff Parenting At a Challenging Time Program is supported by an endowment from the Korff family and other generous donors including the Davidson family, Epstein family and funding from the MGH Cancer Center.

The online When a Patient with Cancer is a Parent course was made possible through a generous grant from the Lynch Foundation.

The creation of this course in partnership with the MGH Psychiatry Academy would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of our project manager, Greer Dent. Her attention to detail, her excellent writing skills and her commitment to the quality of this course made each step of the process possible.