About the webinar

A chronic, life-threatening illness in a child creates immense burdens and anticipatory grief for parent-caregivers, yet paediatric palliative care often lacks vital psycho-socio-spiritual support. This essential webinar introduces a novel, empirically informed therapeutic approach that bridges this gap using technology and narrative practice.

Presented by international expert Dr Andy Ho, this training unveils the Narrative e-Writing Intervention (NeW-I), a therapist-facilitated smartphone app intervention. The session details the theoretical underpinnings and clinical efficacy of NeW-I, showing how it focuses on parental strengths and meaning to enhance their spiritual wellbeing, hope, and quality of life amid adversity.

Secure your registration to gain competency in cutting-edge e-counselling models, empowering you to apply innovative, psycho-socio-spiritual strategies to support the most vulnerable parent-caregivers.

Learning outcomes

Participating in this online professional training will enable you to:

• Identify the critical gaps in existing paediatric palliative care provision related to psycho-social-spiritual needs and anticipatory grief.
• Understand the theoretical foundation of the novel Narrative e-Writing Intervention (NeW-I) for supporting parent-caregivers of children with chronic illness.
• Describe the implementation science of NeW-I, including its acceptability and feasibility in clinical settings.
• Be equipped to consider how similar e-counselling approaches can be adapted for use with parent-caregivers.

Who should attend

This webinar is highly relevant for professionals dedicated to psychosocial, palliative, and trauma-informed support for families coping with child illness and loss.

The target audience includes:

• Counsellors and Psychologists
• Professionals in Palliative Care and Oncology
• Grief and Bereavement Practitioners
• Social Workers and Case Managers
• E-Health and Telehealth Clinicians
• Individuals working in Child and Family Welfare

About the presenters

The webinar is presented by an internationally recognised leader in psychosocial interventions and e-health:

Dr Andy Hau Yan Ho – A social scientist, psychologist, and educator who is the President of the Association for Death Education and Counselling (ADEC) and a Board Director of the prestigious International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement. Dr Ho is the Head and Associate Professor of Psychology at Nanyang Technological University. He specialises in research and teaching across public health palliative care, positive psychology, and community empowerment, and has founded several innovative interventions.

Purchase access

Use the purchase button to process your payment through our secure gateway. As soon as your purchase is complete, we’ll email you the details for immediate access to the recording within our Moodle Learning Management System.

System requirements for online training

To ensure you can participate in this webinar, please have access to the following:

• Desktop or laptop computer
• A reliable, stable internet connection
• Working microphone and speakers
• Webcam (either built-in or external to your computer)
• Headphones (recommended for optimal audio clarity)

Contact us

For further details or questions, please contact our Centre for Learning and Innovation:

Phone: (03) 8573 2222

Email: [email protected]