The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is once again joining the Hospice Foundation of America (HFA) in promoting the 2006 HFA teleconference entitled:

Pain Management at the End Of Life
Bridging the Gap Between Knowledge and Practice

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
1:30-4:00 p.m. EDT
Live via satellite

The teleconference will be telecast live to many locations across the US. Frank Senso, Special Correspondent with CNN, will moderate the teleconference panel of experts. The panel will include multidisciplinary speakers including Yvette ColÓn, MSW, ACSW, BCD, with the American Pain Foundation and a former NASW Board member.

HFA's 2006 teleconference will examine the gap between knowledge and application of effective pain control in the person with a terminal condition, including pharmaceutical, psychosocial, spiritual, and complementary aspects of pain management.

More than 3,300 social workers participated in last year's teleconference, and more than 125,000 professionals and caregivers are estimated to participate yearly. Social workers make up the largest majority of professionals who participate in the teleconference.
Social workers can obtain 3 CEUs at a low cost for teleconference participation.

NASW encourages social work participation in two ways: to participate as an individual or with colleagues in the teleconference, or to consider hosting a site for the teleconference. Information to sign up as a participant or to be a host site can be found at http://www.hospicefoundation.org/teleconference/ and PDF file links are provided below.  HFA can also make hard copies of the brochure available for distribution.

• Registration Form (pdf document)
• Teleconference Ad (pdf document)
• Host a Site Brochure (pdf document)

For more information, please contact HFA at 1-800-854-3402 or Karyn Walsh, NASW Senior Policy Associate, at kwalsh@naswdc.org or 1-800-638-8799, ext. 448.

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW), in Washington, DC, is the largest membership organization of professional social workers with 150,000 members. It promotes, develops, and protects the practice of social work and social workers. NASW also seeks to enhance the well being of individuals, families, and communities through its advocacy.