Non-cognitive Therapies for Children to Ease Suffering at Life's End

Friday, October 7, 2011: 4:15 PM-5:15 PM
Primary Presenter:
David Steinhorn, MD, FAAP, FAHPM
Co-Presenter:
Erin Mullaney, RN, MSN, PNP-BC
Area of Emphasis: Pediatric Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Learning Objectives:
1. Define shamanism in its broad, cross-cultural context
2. Describe three non-verbal, non-cognitive modalities that can impact children with life limiting conditions as they move toward death
3. Experience shamanic journeying and understand how it can benefit children who may not be able to articulate their needs
Children of all developmental ages and degrees of maturity may have emotional and spiritual needs which are not met by conventional cognitive or expressive therapies. Integrative Medicine and other spiritual traditions such as indigenous shamanism offer non-verbal, non-cognitive means for children to work through inner issues they cannot articulate in words. This session will present a theoretic framework as well as illustrative examples drawn from the presenter's clinical practice in a tertiary care hospital.
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