Grief in families with children experiencing complex medical needs

When a child has complex medical needs or a life-limiting condition, families often experience grief. Join Dr. Amanda Chiapa for a webinar in which she will offer a grief framework that should help healthcare professionals understand and meet the emotional needs of families who have children experiencing medical complexities or life-limiting conditions.

This webinar is intended for medical and healthcare professionals such as:

• medical assistants and EMTs
• nurses and nursing students
• advanced practice providers (APRN, PA)
• medical students, physicians
• rehab therapists (OT, PT)

Learning objectives:

• Develop an understanding of the application of models of loss and grief to parents when a child has complex medical needs, has a terminal condition, or is not expected to live
• Define and discuss anticipatory grief and increase awareness of the variety of emotional responses experienced by parents in these situations
• Review the importance of grief-sensitive communication, and develop greater confidence in communicating with parents in these situations and to increase awareness of the impact of how we communicate
• Gain information about support organizations and resources available locally and nationally