Tonight's picture was taken in January of 2009. Mattie was home in between treatments and was on the couch surrounded by many of the items his care community gave him. In fact, can you see the star wand he was holding? It came from the owner of the Dairy Godmother, an ice cream and frozen treat store in Alexandria, VA. Naturally you couldn't have a wand without the ice cream! Mattie loved ice cream, even during his cancer treatment. We were more than eager for him to eat it too, since he was emaciated from chemotherapy. Literally the pillows on the couch, the green stuffed animal, and the military patches were all gifts! The outpouring of support for Mattie was hard to describe.
Quote of the day: Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results. ~ Andrew Carnegie
Mattie Miracle's goal is to cover everything psychosocial: 1) funding direct supportive care services (our child life specialist, and snack/item carts), 2) advocacy of psychosocial issues on Capitol Hill, 3) strategizing how to implement the evidence based Psychosocial Standards of Care for Children with Cancer and Their Families at treatment sites around the country, 4) contributing to the psychosocial research literature, and 5) offering psychosocial grants to researchers.
Mattie Miracle will be offering $20,000 in psychosocial grants this year. The grants are offered through two professional associations: the Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses (APHON) and the American Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS). We thank both APHON and APOS for standing behind our psychosocial mission.
Recently we created The Mattie Miracle Early Investigator Award for APOS clinicians who wish to support research that aims to help implement any of the 15 published Pediatric Psychosocial Standards of Care for Children with Cancer and Their Families. The goal of implementing the Standards is to ensure optimal psychosocial care for children with cancer and their families from the time of diagnosis, throughout treatment, into survivorship or end of life and bereavement care.
APOS was formed in 1986 to bring together professionals working in the psychological, behavioral and social aspects of cancer. Its mission broadened in the early 2000's to network professionals from all disciplines working in psychosocial oncology: nurses, social workers, psychologists, counselors, clergy and psychiatrists.
APOS is the professional association which invited Mattie Miracle to host both of its think tanks at their annual conferences, think tanks that were instrumental to the creation of the Standards of Care. APOS is also a professional endorser of the Psychosocial Standards of Care.
To learn more about the Grant:
https://apos-society.org/wp content/uploads/2018/03/MMCF.APOS_.LOI2_.pdf
No comments:
Post a Comment