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Over 15,000 children are diagnosed with cancer every year in the United States. In addition to symptoms associated with their disease, children undergoing cancer treatment frequently experience significant pain and symptoms which negatively impact quality of life. In addition, advances in the delivery of healthcare have resulted in a shift from inpatient to outpatient treatment, which has transitioned the responsibility for symptom management to parents. Data suggest that children’s pain is under treated by parents in the home setting. In addition, because pain is such a complex phenomenon, multimodal intervention is necessary for optimal management. Unfortunately many children do not have access to sufficient pain treatment, particularly in the context of a global pandemic. Accordingly, the field of mobile health (mHealth) offers an innovative avenue for pain intervention for children undergoing treatment for cancer. Our research program at the UCI Center on Stress & Health has partnered with the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (CALIT2) to develop innovative and engaging mHealth interventions targeting children’s cancer symptom experience in the home setting. Michelle Fortier is an Associate Professor in the Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing at UCI with secondary appointments in the Departments of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care and Psychological Science. She is also co-director of the UCI Center on Stress & Health, a multidisciplinary research center through the School of Medicine with a focus on reducing children’s pain and anxiety in the medical setting. Dr. Fortier’s research interests include improving quality of life and symptom management in children undergoing treatment for cancer, with a particular focus on incorporating technology into the management of pain and anxiety. (Join via Zoom link below) |
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Developmental language disorder (DLD) is one of the most common childhood disabilities. Language difficulties of bilinguals is often attributed to second language learning resulting in under-, delayed, and over- identification of DLD. Available diagnostic tools are standardized for face-to-face administration calling into question their validity and reliability when administered via telepractice. While many school districts have suspended assessment at this time, special education law under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires that school districts conduct assessments within 60 days of referral. Thus, it is critical to establish whether language assessment tools administered on-line yield valid results. In this talk I will 1. Review the diagnostic criteria for DLD. 2. Discuss challenges in identification of DLD and potential threats to validity and reliability in conducting assessment in an on-line format. 3. Outline the proposed summer pilot study. 4. Discuss potential outcomes and implications. Elizabeth Peña, Ph.D. CCC-SLP is a Professor and Associate Dean of Faculty Development & Diversity in the School of Education at UCI. She is a certified Speech-Language Pathologist and is a Fellow of the American Speech Language Hearing Association. Her research focuses language development and language disability in dual language learners; and how to best differentiating language impairment from language difference. She is interested in how children from diverse linguistic backgrounds learn new language skills and how they lexicalize their conceptual knowledge across two languages. (Join via Zoon link below) |
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