Online course for school personnel and healthcare providers who support students who have survived or are being treated for any type of cancer. Interactive modules focus on treatment and side effects, education, and psychosocial challenges, coping with grief, and provide strategies and resources for professionals and the children and young adults they serve.
Continuing Education Information Overview
This free online educational program consists of four modules that can be completed at your convenience. To receive CE credit, review the accreditation and disclosure information, view the presentation in its entirety, and successfully complete the post-activity assessments and evaluations. Accreditation and credit information are provided for each module below.
An email confirmation and course access information will be sent to you within 30 minutes of your registration.
CE credit available until: June 30, 2028
Additional Resources
Videos:
- Click here to watch a classroom presentation on how to talk to children about their classmate with cancer.
- Click here to watch a panel discussion for practical tips on transitioning your student back to school.
Podcast Episode: Click here to listen to Facilitating the Learning Experience of Children & AYA’s During and After Cancer Treatment.
Children's Book Series and Movie: Stars Will Twinkle, The Sun Will Shine is a three-book series and movie for kids with blood cancer. Follow Olivia and her family as she is diagnosed with leukemia, goes to the hospital for treatment, and returns to school.
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Scholarship: The Blood Cancer United Scholarship for Blood Cancer Survivors awards up to $7,500 towards tuition for virtual or in-person vocational, two- or four-year undergraduate education.
Target Audience
School nurses, social workers, teachers, school counselors and other school and college personnel. Parents are welcome.
Learning level: All levels
Goal
To educate school and college personnel on the effects of childhood, adolescent and young adult cancer treatment to improve the learning experience during and after cancer treatment.
Modules
1. Treatment and Side Effects of Childhood, Adolescent, and Young Adult (AYA) Cancers
Overview of cancers diagnosed in children, adolescents, and young adults (AYA), and common symptoms, treatment options, and side effects of treatment.
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Identify cancers that affect children, adolescents, and young adults (AYAs)
- Identify side effects and long-term and late effects of childhood/AYA cancer treatment
Registered Nursing Credit Designation - Nurses
Approval for nurses has been obtained by the National Office of Blood Cancer United under Provider Number CEP 5832 to award 1.75 continuing education contact hours through the California Board of Registered Nursing.
Social Work Credit Designation - Social workers
Blood Cancer United Provider Number 1105, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Blood Cancer United maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 12/10/2023-12/10/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1.75 clinical continuing education credits.
Blood Cancer United is recognized by the New York State Education Departments State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0117. Blood Cancer United maintains responsibility for the program. Social workers will receive 1.75 clinical CE contact hours for this activity.
Education - Teachers, school counselors, and other school and college personnel
Teachers, school counselors, and other school and college personnel will receive a Certificate of Completion to submit to their local professional development approval committee. Prior approval for acceptance of this training may be required.
2. Psychosocial Concerns of a Cancer Diagnosis in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults (AYA)
Psychosocial impact of a cancer diagnosis on the patient, their family and peers, and age appropriate information and strategies to help the student and their peers.
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Describe challenges for survivors throughout their education
- Access resources that support schools and families, including those from Blood Cancer United
Registered Nursing Credit Designation - Nurses
Approval for nurses has been obtained by the National Office of Blood Cancer United under Provider Number CEP 5832 to award 2 continuing education contact hours through the California Board of Registered Nursing.
Social Work Credit Designation - Social workers
Blood Cancer United Provider Number 1105, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Blood Cancer United maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 12/10/2023-12/10/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 2 clinical continuing education credits.
Blood Cancer United is recognized by the New York State Education Departments State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0117. Blood Cancer United maintains responsibility for the program. Social workers will receive 2 clinical CE contact hours for this activity.
Education - Teachers, school counselors, and other school and college personnel
Teachers, school counselors, and other school and college personnel will receive a Certificate of Completion to submit to their local professional development approval committee. Prior approval for acceptance of this training may be required.
3. The Education Journey During and After Cancer Treatment: Approaches to Dealing with These Challenges
Challenges survivors face throughout their education journey, strategies to help meet the students’ short- and long-term education needs, and laws that protect pediatric cancer survivors’ education rights.
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- 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 edu-cation needs
- Access resources that support schools and families, including those from Blood Cancer United
Registered Nursing Credit Designation - Nurses
Approval for nurses has been obtained by the National Office of Blood Cancer United under Provider Number CEP 5832 to award 2.25 continuing education contact hours through the California Board of Registered Nursing.
Social Work Credit Designation - Social workers
Blood Cancer United Provider Number 1105, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Blood Cancer United maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 12/10/2023-12/10/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 2.25 clinical continuing education credits.
Blood Cancer United is recognized by the New York State Education Departments State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0117. Blood Cancer United maintains responsibility for the program. Social workers will receive 2.25 clinical CE contact hours for this activity.
Education - Teachers, school counselors, and other school and college personnel
Teachers, school counselors, and other school and college personnel will receive a Certificate of Completion to submit to their local professional development approval committee. Prior approval for acceptance of this training may be required.
4. Coping with Grief, Loss, and Bereavement throughout the Treatment Continuum
Impact of grief and loss and strategies to help school personnel, peers, and families cope with their grief.
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Prepare for the challenges of cancer treatment or the loss of a student
- Implement best practices at the school after the death of a student
- Develop Follow-up strategies for school personnel
- Access resources that support schools and families, including those from Blood Cancer United
Registered Nursing Credit Designation - Nurses
Approval for nurses has been obtained by the National Office of Blood Cancer United under Provider Number CEP 5832 to award 1.25 continuing education contact hours through the California Board of Registered Nursing.
Social Work Credit Designation - Social workers
Blood Cancer United Provider Number 1105, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. LLS maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 12/10/2023-12/10/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1.25 clinical continuing education credits.
Blood Cancer United is recognized by the New York State Education Departments State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0117. Blood Cancer United maintains responsibility for the program. Social workers will receive 1.25 clinical CE contact hours for this activity.
Education - Teachers, school counselors, and other school and college personnel
Teachers, school counselors, and other school and college personnel will receive a Certificate of Completion to submit to their local professional development approval committee. Prior approval for acceptance of this training may be required.
Continuing Education Information
There is no fee to participate in any of the four continuing education modules within this activity. Each module is accredited individually and offers its own continuing education credit.
To receive credit for a module, review the accreditation and disclosure information, view the presentation in its entirety, and successfully complete the post-activity assessment and evaluation for that module. If you do not achieve a minimum score of 70% on a post-activity assessment, you may retake it until a passing score is achieved.
Completion of all four modules provides 7.25 total continuing education credits. Please retain a copy of your certificate(s) for your records.
If you are applying for continuing education credit through your local accreditation board, program documents to submit along with your Certificate of Completion are available in the Staying Connected program on the Resources Tab.
Provider
These programs are provided by Blood Cancer United.
Sponsors and Supporters
This course is supported in part by The John and Frances Beck Family Foundation Fund at The Pittsburgh Foundation, and an educational grant from the Allegheny Foundation.
For questions, concerns, or assistance for people with disabilities or grievances, please contact us at: [email protected].