Experts sharing expertise and understanding nationwide
CCA’s dedicated staff is comprised of a number of expert professionals whose specialized training covers a wide range of important areas – from palliative care to music therapy. If you’d like to learn more about scheduling a special presentation or training session with one of our staff professionals, please contact office@e-cca.org.
Over the last nine years, CCA presentations have been given at conferences and to groups, including the following:
- OHSU Pain Management Conference, Portland, OR
- Metropolitan Family Services, Portland, OR
- Oregon Association for Play Therapy, Portland, OR
- Legacy Leadership Conference, Portland, OR
- Legacy Emanuel Children’s Hospital Community Seminar Series, Portland, OR
- Hospital medical staff, Pacific Northwest
- Linfield Nursing School students, Portland, OR
- Doernbecher Children’s Hospital music support/performance, Portland, OR
- Washington County Hospice Grief Conference, Seattle, WA
National presentations include:
- National Association for the Care of Children’s Health, Washington, DC
- Massachusetts General Hospital for Children National Conference: Humanizing Health Care for Children and Families, Boston, MA
Expertise available:
- Regina Rathburn Ellis, Founder & Executive Director, Children’s Cancer Association
- Emily Hoffman, MT-BC, NMT (Board Certified Music Therapist; Neurologic Music Therapist)
- Heather Keller, MA, CT (Master of Arts in Spiritual Psychology; Certification in Thanatology with Association for Death Education & Counseling) (also Bachelor of Arts in Music)
Presentation topics available:
- Our Children . . . Your Patients: What every parent and professional should know about successful collaboration and compassionate care for seriously ill children
- The Pediatric Chemo Pal® Program: Offering hope, laughter and companionship to critically ill children and teens
- Been There—Done That: How medical professionals can make a difference in five minutes
- A Parent’s Perspective: How to support a dying child and their family
- Starting Your Own Non-Profit: Passion with a purpose
- Fundraising with your board of directors
- Encouraging corporate involvement through sponsorship and volunteerism
- Child and family therapy
- Music therapy to Seniors
- Palliative & end-of-life care
- Improvisational models of music facilitation
- Music RxSM Therapy with:
- Pediatric Development & Rehabilitation Patients
- Pediatric Oncology Patients
- Adolescent Psychiatry Patients
- Eating Disorder Patients
- Pediatric Burn Patients
- Pediatric Dialysis Patients
- Pediatric Abuse Patients
- Neonatal Patients
- General Pediatric Patients
