Universal assessment and tiered intervention: A model of care to meet the pediatric oncology psychosocial standard of care for school support.

Objective: The feasibility and acceptability of a tiered intervention model of school intervention services was investigated in response to the publication of evidence-based Psychosocial Standards of Care for Children with Cancer and their Families.

Method: Children with newly diagnosed malignancy or transitioning to long-term survivorship care were eligible. Families received universal school needs assessment and intervention targeted at the level of risk identified.

CNS-Directed Cancer Treatment and Child Adjustment: Moderating Effects of Maternal Parenting.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine whether maternal parenting behaviors (i.e., warmth, behavioral/psychological control) moderate the association between central nervous system (CNS)-directed treatment and adjustment among pediatric cancer survivors at 3 years post-diagnosis or relapse.

Coping Trajectories and the Health-Related Quality of Life of Childhood Cancer Survivors.

Objective: To identify coping trajectories from diagnosis through survivorship and test whether particular trajectories exhibit better health-related quality of life (HRQOL) at 5 years post-diagnosis.

Methods: Families of children with cancer (ages 5-17; M = 10.48, SD = 4.

End of life communication among caregivers of children with cancer: A qualitative approach to understanding support desired by families.

Objectives: Clinicians and parents are encouraged to have open and honest communication about end of life with children with cancer, yet there remains limited research in this area. We examined family communication and preferred forms of support among bereaved caregivers of children with cancer.

Methods: Bereaved caregivers were recruited through a closed social media group to complete an online survey providing retrospective reports of end of life communication with their child and preferences for communication support from health-care providers.

Longitudinal understanding of prognosis among adolescents with cancer.

Objective: Despite calls to increase prognosis communication for adolescents with cancer, limited research has examined their perceptions of prognosis as compared with their parents. We assessed adolescents' understanding of their prognosis relative to parents and oncologists.

Methods: Families of adolescents (aged 10-17) were recruited at two pediatric institutions following a new diagnosis or relapse.