CopeLink » siblings http://www.copelink.org Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:03:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Helping Siblings of Children with Cancer http://www.copelink.org/2009/10/helping-siblings-of-children-with-cancer/ http://www.copelink.org/2009/10/helping-siblings-of-children-with-cancer/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:40:58 +0000 Carolyn Messner http://www.copelink.org/?p=400 A cancer diagnosis has a profound effect on the entire family, especially when it is a child who is diagnosed. While family and friends are understandably focused on the ill child‘s care, healthy children may feel isolated and believe their needs are being neglected. These children may have feelings of sadness, anger, fear and loneliness.

Join us on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 1:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) as CancerCare hosts a free Connect Education Workshop: Helping Teachers and Educators Support Siblings of Children with Cancer.

Featured speakers include Joan Fedota, EdD, LCSW, Assistant Dean of the National College of Education at National-Louis University; Melanie Goldish, Executive Director, SuperSibs!; Michelle Oddi, RN, BSN, Young Adult Sibling and Staff Nurse, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Jordan Sonnenblick, award-winning author of the sibling story, Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie; and Julia Little, MSW, Project Coordinator, CancerCare for Kids.

You may also be interested in a podcast of Part 1 of this series, For Parents, Caregivers and Professionals: Helping Brothers and Sisters of Children with Cancer.

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