Holding the Line: Setting Boundaries for Yourself and Others This Holiday Season

Thursday, November 12, 2026, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, A Live Webinar

The holiday season can bring a particular kind of pressure for families caring for a child with medical complexity or navigating life after loss — from well-meaning relatives who don't understand care routines to social obligations that feel impossible to meet. This session brings together a panel of parents, some currently caregiving and some bereaved, to talk honestly about what it looks like to protect your time, energy, and peace during this time of year. Panelists will share how they've learned to say no, to ask for the support they actually need, and to hold firm boundaries with extended family, friends, and even well-intentioned strangers. The conversation will also explore the added layer bereaved parents carry — navigating traditions, invitations, and other people's expectations of grief — while still honoring their own family's story. Join Courageous Parents Network for a candid, supportive discussion offering practical language and permission to protect what matters most this season.

Registration for all practitioners - free

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AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), ACPE Contact Hours (1.00 hours), ANCC Contact Hours (1.00 hours), APA Continuing Education credits (1.00 hours), ASWB Continuing Education (ACE) credits (1.00 hours), CDR Continuing Professional Education Units (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hours), Occupational Therapy Contact Hours (1.00 hours), Physical Therapy Contact Hours (1.00 hours)

1. Explain how holiday-season stressors uniquely affect families of children with medical complexity and bereaved families, including the added burden of unsolicited advice, rigid social expectations, and unmet caregiving needs from extended family and community members.
2. Develop a brief set of talking points that clinical teams can use to proactively open conversations with families about holiday-season concerns.
3. Demonstrate at least two communication strategies, drawn from parent panelists' lived experience, for helping families set boundaries around clinical appointments, care routines, or family visits during the holiday season.

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 
 
Credit Designation 
American Medical Association (AMA) 
Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Accreditation Council of Pharmacy Education (ACPE) 
Stanford Medicine designates this knowledge-based activity for a maximum of 1.00 hours. Credit will be provided to NABP CPE Monitor within 60 days after the activity completion. UAN: JA0000751-0000-26-022-L99-P

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 
Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1.00 ANCC contact hours.  

ASWB Approved Continuing Education Credit (ACE) – Social Work Credit 
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Stanford Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this activity receive 1.00 general continuing education credits. 

American Psychological Association (APA) 
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. 

Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)
Completion of this RD/DTR profession-specific or IPCE activity awards CPEUs (One IPCE credit = One CPEU).
If the activity is dietetics-related but not targeted to RDs or DTRs, CPEUs may be claimed which are commensurate with participation in contact hours (One 60 minute hour = 1CPEU)
RD’s and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner’s discretion.

Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy
Stanford Health Care Department of Rehabilitation is an approved provider for physical therapy and occupational therapy for courses that meet the requirements set forth by the respective California Boards. This course is approved for 1.00 hour CEU for PT and OT.

Cancellation Policy
Stanford University School of Medicine reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary.

Accessibility Statement
 Stanford University School of Medicine is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require visual, auditory, cognitive, or mobility accommodations, please contact the CME office.

Cultural and Linguistic Competency
The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area for the purpose of complying with California Assembly Bill 1195. Moreover, the Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws.  You are encouraged to visit the Multicultural Health Portal: https://laneguides.stanford.edu/multicultural-health

For activity related questions, please contact
     Name: Alison Me
     Email: [email protected]

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The content of this activity is not related to products or the business lines of an ACCME-defined ineligible company. Hence, there are no relevant financial relationships with an ACCME-defined ineligible company for anyone who was in control of the content of this activity.