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Friday, December 13, 2024, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, Eastern Time

Registrants can listen in live over the phone or online as a webcast.

Topics Covered

  • Overview of the Challenges Young Adults Living with Cancer Face
  • Talking with the Health Care Team About Survivorship Questions & Concerns
  • Choosing Who & What to Tell Others: Disclosure
  • School: Deciding How to Deal with Financing Education– Community College, Technical Training, College, Graduate School – Scholarships
  • Financial Concerns, Including Health Insurance, School, College & Career
  • Knowing Your Rights: ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act) & Additional Legal Protections
  • Working During Cancer Treatment: Suggestions from the Health Care Team
  • Dealing with Physical Changes Due to Cancer or Its Treatment
  • Short & Long-Term Follow-Up for Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Young Adult Follow-Up Clinic
  • Coping with Fear of Cancer Recurrence
  • Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions, Quality-of-Life Concerns & Discussion of OpenNotes
  • Questions to Ask Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Presenter

Melody Griffith, MSW, OSW-C

Outpatient Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Oncology Social Worker, Instructor in Social Work, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Section of Social Work, Mayo Clinic Arizona

Presenter

Debra J. Wolf, Esq.

Senior Supervising Attorney, Legal Health, New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)

Presenter

Matthew Marroquín

Program and Community Coordinator, Stupid Cancer®

Presenter

Hayley Feuchs, MSW

Young Adult Program Coordinator, CancerCare

Presenter

Carolyn Messner, DSW, BCD, FAPOS, FAOSW

Senior Director of Education and Training, CancerCare

Continuing Education Credits

(Live Only)

Social Workers: This program has been submitted to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, an approved provider through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, provider #CS4607, for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Cancer Care, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0088. This workshop is approved for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Registered Dietitians: This program has been submitted to the Commission on Dietetic Registration for one Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU).

To request continuing education paperwork, please email your name, profession, and address to connect@cancercare.org after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed, and submitted within two weeks of the live program.

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The information presented in this workshop is provided for your general information only. It is not intended as medical advice and should not be relied upon as a substitute for consultations with qualified health professionals who are aware of your specific situation. We encourage you to take information and questions back to your individual health care provider as a way of creating a dialogue and partnership about your cancer and your treatment.

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