Strategies for Parenting in Families with a Brain Tumor

We Don’t Talk About Bruno, But We Have to Talk About Brain Tumors. This session for patients and caregivers will discuss the challenges of parenting with a brain tumor. We will discuss strategies on how to tell children their parent has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, and how to prepare them for the physical and emotional changes that they may see in their parents.
Learning Objectives:
-Understand the challenges children of different ages may face coping with a parent’s brain tumor
-Identify strategies for communicating with children about a parent’s diagnosis, treatment, symptoms, and disease progression
-Learn how to help children cope with a parent’s diagnosis
Presented by:
Abigail Levinson Marks, PhD
Milton Marks Family Camp