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By the end of the course, the Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist, Social Worker or Psychologist will be able to:
-Discuss three cancer diagnosis reactions.
-Discuss four more cancer diagnosis reactions.
-Discuss five guidelines regarding communication about cancer.
-Discuss six more guidelines regarding communication about cancer.
-Describe six responses to cancer.
-Discuss three cancer caregivers' psychological adjustment.
-Discuss four guidelines regarding work life and cancer.
-Discuss three interventions regarding effects of cancer caregiving.
-Discuss five techniques regarding cancer caregivers'mood.
-Explain six interventions regarding family-centered caregiving for cancer.
-Discuss one cognitive intervention for cancer patients.
-Discuss four guidelines for parents coping with children's cancer.
-Explain two techniques regarding assessment of affect and physical activity in children with cancer.
-Name three components a life schema is based on .
-Explain the definition of existential and situational meaning.
-Explain the clues that a patient is experiencing depression, not preparatory grief.
-Name the three general coping styles for coping discussed by Livneh in the above article.
-Explain the major difference between engagement and disengagement coping strategies.
-Name four things does Livneh suggest rehabilitation practitioners should focus on.
-Explain the ultimate way to resolve pathological attachment.
-Explain the definition of family resilience.
-Explain what is considered to be the most important concept when developing a useful family resilience schema.
-Name two negative response types were found most frequently among martial couples coping with cancer.
-Explain what is Dyadic coping.
-Explain what kind of changes tend to live longer.


"The instructional level of this course is introductory, intermediate, or advanced depending on the learners clinical area of expertise."