Clinical Strategies for Supporting Caregivers in Managing Uncertainty, Grief and Loss

Date:
May 2, 2022 from 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. (ET)

Overview

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences presents a new webinar series: CHOP Pediatric Psychology Perspectives. The theme for 2022 is: From In Utero to Transition: Supporting Medically Complex Youth and Their Families Across the Lifespan. Our first of three presentations will be titled “Clinical Strategies for Supporting Caregivers in Managing Uncertainty, Grief, and Loss”, presented by Drs. Joanna Cole and Chavis Patterson.

Learning objectives

  1. Identify common reactions among expectant and new caregivers in response to medical complications identified in utero or after birth
  2. Formulate ways to support expectant and new caregivers with grief, loss, and uncertainty related to anticipated or unexpected neonatal outcomes
  3. Apply strategies utilized at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to improve coping for parents and caregivers at other sites

Speakers

  • Joanna C.M. Cole, PhD, PMH-C, is a perinatal psychologist and manager of psychosocial programs with the Richard D. Wood Jr. Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Chavis A. Patterson, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Director of Psychosocial Services in the NIICU

Register now

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This program is approved for 1 CE credit. In order to be eligible to earn CE credit for the webinar, attendees will need to be present for at least 50 minutes.

Related specialty: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences