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Free Professional Development Seminar
Management of stressors for the family and child throughout the cancer experience
School-based guidance officers, counsellors, nurses, chaplains and interested teachers are invited to attend a free professional development seminar designed to help educators support children and young adults through a personal or family-related cancer diagnosis within a school setting.
The free seminar, hosted by Cancer Council Queensland and the Queensland Children's Cancer Centre, will be held at the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane from 9am to 1.30pm on September 6, 2011.
The seminar aims to educate and support school-based educators and health professionals to help children, their families and their peers to cope with the stress caused by a childhood or family-related cancer diagnosis in both primary and secondary school environments.
Chairman of Cancer Council Queensland's Childhood Cancer Task Group, Dr Tim Hassall, said this year's seminar would take a closer look at supporting students who have been affected by a cancer diagnosis.
"For more than a decade, this seminar has given educators direct access to some of Queensland's best health professionals in paediatric cancer care.
"This year, we will host representatives from leading cancer support-based community organisations including Camp Quality, Canteen, Redkite, Ronald McDonald House, Starlight and Leukaemia Foundation.
"Our focus this year will be on exploring how educators can help students to cope with the stressors caused by a family, friend or personal cancer diagnosis," Dr Hassall said.
To register please fill out the form below or alternatively download the form:
Applications close on Wednesday, August 31st.
For more information about the seminar or to register your interest, email Angelene Kendall, Cancer Council Queensland, at angelenekendall@cancerqld.org.au.
