Target Audience: 

School nurses, social workers, teachers, school counselors, and other school and college personnel.

Learning Level:

All levels.

Goal:

To educate school and college personnel on the effects of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer treatment in order to improve the students' learning experience during and after cancer treatment.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:

• Identify cancers that affect children, adolescents, and young adults (AYAs)
• Identify side effects, long-term and late effects of childhood/AYA cancer treatment
• Describe challenges for survivors throughout their education
• Explain laws that protect childhood/AYA cancer survivors’ rights
• Develop strategies to help meet the students’ short- and long-term education needs
• Discuss how to prepare the student body and faculty when a student is undergoing cancer treatment
• Explain how to prepare students and faculty for the impending death of a student
• List strategies to support healing for students and faculty prior to and after the death of a student
• Access resources that support schools and families, including those from Blood Cancer United
  
  

Provider:

This program is provided by Blood Cancer United, formerly known as The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.