la rabida children's hospital

Perspectives in Care:

Medical Trauma in Childhood

A La Rabida Symposium and Nursing RECHARGE Event

Date: Friday, April 20, 2012
Courses: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $140 Early Bird Registration (discount code: earlybird)
$160 Registration after March 15, 2012
Location: Tinley Park Convention Center
Register at www.larabidamedicaltrauma.eventbrite.com

 

Conference Overview
Medical trauma is defined as the child's and family's experience of scary, painful, and/or highly distressing medical events and their responses to them. The goal of this conference is to highlight the consequences of medical trauma and improve the quality of care for children who have experienced medical trauma. The presenters in each teaching session have developed learner objectives, which will be listed in the registration materials on the day of the event. Successful completion of this event will be ascertained through completed evaluation tools and attendance sign-in sheets.

 

Schedule

7:30 – 8:10

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:10 – 8:15

Welcome and Opening remarks-Aden Henry, R.N., MHA

8:15 – 9:15

Keynote address: Judith Simon Prager, Ph.D., Verbal First Aid

 

Nursing RECHARGE

Pyschosocial Issues

Medical Issues

9:30 – 10:30

Update in Pediatric DKA and the Impact of New Onset Diabetes

Rose Briars, ND, PNP-BC, CDE

The Psychology of Medical Trauma in Children

Margret Nickels, Ph.D.

Addressing Medical Trauma in the Young, Nonverbal Child

Anne Isaac, LCSW

10:45-11:45

Assessing Psychosocial Risk and Resilience

Melissa Alderfer, Ph.D.

So What is Trauma-Informed Care Anyway and How Do I Know if I’m Providing it?

Bradley Stolbach, Ph.D.

Supporting the Family for Best Outcomes

Judith Prager, Ph.D.

Noon – 1:00

L U N C H

1:00 – 2:00

Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stress: A Toolkit for Professionals

Melissa Alderfer, Ph.D.

2:15 – 3:15

Yippee! Another day in paradise…driving negativity out of the workplace

Liz Jazwiec, RN

How Children and Families Cope with Pediatric Medical Trauma and Stress

Lindsay Amper, Ph.D.

Medical Narrative for Health Professionals

Ruby Roy, MD
 

Lindsay Amper, Ph.D., discusses La Rabida Children's
Hospital Medical Trauma Conference 2012
 
Who Should Attend
This conference has been designed for health care professionals and educators, including:
• Physicians
• Developmental Therapists
• Social-emotional Consultants
• Psychologists
• Occupational Therapists
• Program Specialists
• Case Managers
• Physical Therapists
• Social Workers
• Nursing Professionals
• Speech-language Pathologists
• Educators
• Service Coordinators

 

Keynotes
Judith Simon Prager, Ph.D.
Hypnotherapist, consultant and author
 
 
 
 
Since 2001, Dr. Prager has taught the protocol of Verbal First Aid, How to speak in medical emergencies to relieve pain, calm, promote healing and save lives, to firefighters, emergency medical personnel, doctors, nurses and police officers across the U.S., at New York University Hospital immediately after the September 11th attack, and in England and in China after the devastating 2008 earthquake that killed 80,000 people.
 
Verbal First Aid is a protocol for a language of healing that helps set a trajectory for recovery when people are in fear, pain or crisis. At such times, they slip into fight/flight/or freeze and their autonomic nervous system is open to suggestions. Every word said to them can harm or heal. Children often trust adults to tell them how the world works. Verbal First Aid provides techniques for building that trust which then allows the healing suggestions of the clinician to gain efficacy in the mind and body of the child. Several techniques will be presented for using a child’s natural perceptions of reality vs. fantasy to help promote calm, well being and sometimes healing.

 

 Liz Jazwiec, RN http://lizjazz.com/, Bio

 Liz Jazwiec, R.N. is a nationally renowned speaker, strategist and author who has shared her passion for leadership, engagement and service with audiences across the country. As author of the bestselling book, Eat THAT Cookie! How Workplace Positivity Pays Off..For Individuals, Teams and Organizations, she talks about how it is possible to create a positive workforce in difficult times. In 2010 Eat THAT Cookie! was chosen as a winner of the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year award in the leadership and management category. 

She has delivered more than 2,000 invited addresses and workshops to healthcare audiences nationwide, including recent presentations to the Wisconsin Organization of Nurse Executives, National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses, Sutter Health’s Partners Advancing Clinical Excellence (PACE) event, California Society for HealthCare Risk Managers, Community Health Systems National CNO conference, Case Management Society of Oklahoma Conference and Iowa Hospital Association’s Nurse Leadership Track.
 
Many audiences describe Liz’s presentations as uplifting, motivational and fun. However they also clearly respect her practical and experience-based style. You’re sure to enjoy her creative and viable suggestions for addressing some of the difficult issues facing organizations today.     

 

Faculty
Melissa A. Alderfer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Clinical Psychologist, The Cancer Center of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
 
Lindsay Amper, Ph.D.
Post Doctorial Fellow
La Rabida Children's Hospital
 
Rosemary Briars, ND, PNP-BC, CDE
Co-Director, Chicago Children’s Diabetes Center
La Rabida Children’s Hospital, Chicago
 
Anne Isaac, LCSW
La Rabida Children's Hospital 
 
Margret Nickels, Ph.D.
Erikson Institute
 
Ruby Roy, MD
La Rabida Children's Hospital
 
Bradley Stolbach, Ph.D.
La Rabida Children's Hospital
 
Continuing education information:
 
This activity was approved as follows: 5 CEUs by NASW-IL, a licensed provider of continuing education for LSWs, LCSWs, LCPs, LCPCs, and LMFTs; 5 contact hours for nurses, by the Illinois Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation; up to 5 hours of Early Intervention Credentialing Credits by the Illinois Early Intervention Training Program, in varied areas of approval; and 4 hours of continuing education credit for Physical Therapists and Occupational therapists, by La Rabida Children's Hospital.
 
 
Registration Fee and Options

 

Early Bird Discount before March 15, 2012

After March 15, 2012

Basic Registration fee

$140 (discount code: early bird)

$160

 

NASW members (10% discount plus $10 fee)

$136 (discount code: NASW-EB)

$154  (discount code: NASW)

 

 

Registration policy:
Registration is secured upon receipt of payment. Credit card payment only, please. Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover accepted. No refunds after April 10, 2012. Please go to larabidamedicaltrauma.eventbrite.com to register and pay online. Questions? Please call 773-753-8649 or 773-753-9605.