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AOSW 2009 Conference Agenda

WEDNESDAY, May 6thTHURSDAY, May 7thFRIDAY. May 8th

NOTE: Look for sessions with this symbol (*). This denotes possible ethics credits.

FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2009

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM  Registration

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM  SIG Meetings
SIG 7 – Diversity
SIG 8 – Ambulatory Care/Fee for Service
SIG 9 – Pain & Palliative Care
SIG 10 – Ethics
SIG 11 – Radiation Therapy
SWORG Meeting

7:00 AM - 9:00 AM  ICC2 I Can Cope Facilitator Training, Part II, [Continued from ICC1]
Attendance at Part 1 (ICC1) is a prerequisite. The registration deadline for the ICC Facilitator Training, Parts 1 & 2, is April 13, 2009. No late or onsite registrations will be accepted.

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM  National Marrow Donor Program Breakfast
Focus on Survivorship
  Kate Pederson, LICSW, MSW; Betsy Lucas - Handout

9:45 AM - 11:35 PM  Papers & Workshops
9:45 AM - 10:35 AM

I1/J1 Sex & Oncology: Why keep it Undercover?
  Melissa L. Donahue, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C - Handout

I2/J2  “PIRANHAS IN MY HEAD”: The Power of Metaphor, Symbol and Myth in Clinical Interventions During Treatment and at End-of-Life
  Richard R. Dickens, MSW, LCSW-R; E. Willis Partington, M.Div., MSSW, LCSW-R - Handout 1 - Handout 2 - Handout 3

I3/J3 Caregivers and Pain
  Yvette Colón, PhD, MSW, Terry Altilio, MSW, LCSW; Shirley Otis-Green, MSW, LCSW, ACSW, OSW-C - Handout 1 - Handout 2 - Handout 3

I4 Post BMT Survivorship Education in the General Oncology Setting: Help Me Help My Patients
  Nancy Boyle, MSW, LCSW; Tammy Weitzman, MSW, LCSW - Handout

I5  Inflammatory Breast Cancer: The Orphan Disease
  Barbara E. Bond, LICSW, EdD; Susan J. Asci, BA; April G. Connolly, MSW

I6/J6 A LION IN THE HOUSE: Adaptation of an Emmy Award-Winning Movie to a Train-the-Trainer Session on Pediatric Survivorship using a DVD Module
  Bonnie Byers Crawford, MSW, LISW-S; Melissa Godoy - Handout 1 - Handout 2 - Handout 3 - Handout 4 - Handout 5

10:45 AM - 11:35 AM
J1/I1  [Continued from I1] - Handout

J2/I2 [Continued from I2] - Handout 1 - Handout 2 - Handout 3

J3/I3  [Continued from I3] - Handout 1 - Handout 2 - Handout 3

J4  Cancer Clinical Trials: Advocacy and Support by the Oncology Social Worker
  Karlynn BrintzenhofeSzoc, PhD, MSW, OSW-C; Margo Michaels, MPH - Handout

J5  A Family-Enhanced Intervention to Reduce Fatigue in Breast Cancer Survivors: Qualitative Description and Evaluation
  Julianne S. Oktay, MSW, PhD; Susan Appling, MS; Melissa Bellin, MSW, PhD;   Kathy Helzlsouer, MD, MHS;
  Susan Scarvalone, MSW, LCSW-C
- Handout

J6/I6 [Continued from I6] - Handout 1 - Handout 2 - Handout 3 - Handout 4 - Handout 5

1:15 PM - 4:05 PM Papers & Workshops
1:15 PM - 2:05 PM

ICC3/ICC4  I Can Cope Train the Trainer, Part I
  Paula Plona, ACSW, OSWC; Kelli Bass, LCSW, OSW-C
This session builds on material covered in I Can Cope facilitator training. It focuses on presentation skills and principles used to train new facilitators. Training is interactive and will prepare ICC facilitators to work with their local ACS staff to train other ICC facilitators.

Completion of ICC facilitator training is a prerequisite for this session and pre-registration is required. The registration deadline is April 13. No late or onsite registrations will be accepted after April 13. Contact Greta Greer at greta.greer@cancer.org

K1/L1  Teaching a Positive Psychology Approach of Supportive Counseling to Students and Staff: Innovations in What you are Supporting and How it Can Help a Person Affected by Cancer
  Les Gallo-Silver, ACSW, LCSW-R - Handout

K2/L2*  Ethical Stress: Sources and Resources
  Patricia O’Donnell, PhD, LICSW; Karlynn BrintzenhofeSzoc, PhD, MSW, OSW-C; Adrienne Farrar, PhD, LCSW-C - Handout

K3  A Glimpse Beyond: Recognizing and Interpreting “Near-Death Awareness”
  Wendy Walters, LCSW, OSW-C - Handout

K4  Out of the Box Thinking: Generating Dollars for Oncology Social Work Staffing
  Carole F. Seddon, MA, LCSW-C, BCD, OSW-C; Louise S. Knight, MSW, LCSW-C, OSW-C - Handout

K5  Quality of Life Scores Pre & Post Autologous Stem Cell Transplant and a Comparison of QOL of Patients Greater Than and Less Than 60-Years-Old
  Jane M. Dabney, MSW, LISW-S - Handout

2:15 PM - 3:05 PM
ICC4/ICC3 [Continued from ICC3]
Completion of ICC facilitator training and Part 1(ICC3) are prerequisites for this session. Preregistration is required. The registration deadline is April 13. No late or onsite registrations will be accepted after April 13.

L1/K1 [Continued from K1] - Handout

L2/K2* [Continued from K2] - Handout

L3  Development of Psychosocial Oncology Program – King Hussein Cancer Center-Jordan
  Bassam Kamal, PhD; Jamal Khatib - Handout 1 - Handout 2

L4 Clinical Interventions for the Young Adult with End-Stage Cancer in an Inpatient Hospital Setting: ALife Cycle Perspective
  Barbara J. Golby, MS, MSW, LCSW

L5  Exploring Financial Quality of Life in Three Under-served Populations Coping with Cancer
  Christine Callahan, MSW, LCSW-C, PhD Student - Handout

3:15 PM - 4:05 PM
M1  Telephone Group Model, Innovation in Counseling: Perspectives on a Brain Tumor Group
  Mary P. Lovely, PhD, RN; Richard R. Dickens, MSW - Handout

M2  Everything Old is New Again: Getting Back to Basics with Distress Screening: Advancing Social Work Practice through Distress Screening
  Mary E. Turney, MSW, LCSW; Jolene A. Rowe, MSW, LCSW - Handout

M3  Seamless Care: Integrating Palliative Care into Oncology Practice
  Susan Hedlund, MSW, LCSW; Nancy Boyle, MSW, LCSW - Handout

M4  Locked in Our Own Prisons: Finding Freedom - SESSION CANCELLED
  Debra K. Mattison, MSW, ACSW, OSW-C, LMSW, BCD; John Harrington, MSW, LMSW

M5 Life Interrupted: A Descriptive Study Addressing the Impact of a Brain Tumor Diagnosis in Young Adults
  Lauren C. Hendley, BA; Harriet A. Patterson, MPH; Jenette A. Spezeski, MPH - Handout

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM   Closing Keynote
Cancer Survivorship in the 21st Century: Coordination and Caring
  Patricia A. Ganz, M.D. - Handout

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM   25th Anniversary Celebration

WEDNESDAY, May 6thTHURSDAY, May 7th

 

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