Conference Details
Pediatric Psychosocial and Palliative Care Virtual Conference 2020
Childhood Resilience from Hospital Room to Classroom
While pediatric illness can invoke stress and even trauma, many patients are subject to toxic stress even before and certainly after diagnosis. This seminar brings together world class experts on creating childhood resilience in the face of adversity for clinicians and educators.
Join us November 9-12
Daily from 3:00 – 5:15pm EST
option to register for one or multiple days
$50 per person (includes any number of days)
CEU’s – offered for Social Work, Nursing, and Child Life.
Check back here soon for updated Continuing Education and speaker topic information
Questions? Contact Us or Call 248.864.8238
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“It was so refreshing having a whole conference focused on children’s illness and coping techniques to help them.”
“The conference was absolutely amazing in so many ways. It was so well organized, the speakers and presenters were not only of such a high caliber, they really shone with a love for the organization, the work they do, and true kindness and empathy.”
“Great conference!! The speakers were all fantastic and shared important knowledge that will help me in my practice – both with adults and kids.”
Register Today for the 2020 virtual conference!
November 9-12 (Daily from 3:00-5:15pm EST)
Questions? Contact Us or Call 248.864.8238
Speakers
DAY ONE – Innovation in Advocacy and Stress Intervention
Monday, November 9, 2020
Matthew Zachary
Cancer survivor; Founder – Stupid Cancer, the world’s largest young adult cancer community; Founder – OffScrip Media
Jeffrey I. Gold, PhD
Director – Children’s Outcomes, Research, and Evaluation Program, CHLA; Professor – Keck School of Medicine, USC
DAY TWO – Pediatric Trauma – Identification and Treatment
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD
Senior Fellow – The ChildTrauma Academy; Principal – The Neurosequential Network
Martin Bluth, MD, PhD
Global Medical Director – Kids Kicking Cancer; Professor – Wayne State University School of Medicine
DAY THREE – Toxic Stress – Reshaping the Response
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Robert M. Sapolsky, PhD
Professor – Stanford University; bestselling author on the science of stress and trauma
Bridget McCormack
Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court; Co-Chair – Childhood Resilience Initiative
Renée Branch Canady, PhD
CEO – Michigan Public Health Institute, a nationally engaged nonprofit advancing public health innovation and collaboration
DAY FOUR – It Takes a Child to Teach a Village
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Melissa Platt
South African Leader in promoting palliative care and patient advocacy through her nonprofit organization Footprints 4 Sam
