GVHD Support Group for Parents of Pediatric Patients

Share experiences, gain support from other parents of young children who are living with GVHD

Printer-friendly version Wednesday, October 18, 2023

If your child age is age 0-18 and has graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD), we invite you to join this bi-monthly support group.

The group meets via Zoom on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month:

7:00-8:15 pm Eastern, 6:00-7:15 pm Central,
5:00-6:15 pm Mountain, 4:00-5:15 pm Pacific

 

Share experiences. learn from other parents and get support.

Meet group leader Caitlin Scanlon, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW 

Ms. Scanlon is a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in helping children, adolescents, and families experiencing serious illness, grief, loss, and coping. She is very familiar with bone marrow/stem cell transplantation and CAR T-cell therapy and has helped patients and their families cope with issues such as graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), secondary cancers.

She is passionate about guiding and supporting families as they cope with serious illness. She recognizes that when an individual is diagnosed with cancer, the entire family system is impacted and she works with the individual and whole family to reduce feelings of isolation and address coping, bridging communication gaps amidst managing difficult situations, and a variety of other needs.

Click here for more information about Caitlin Scanlon