PCH - Team Parent: What is it? Are you on it? And How to be a cheerleader - Blyth Lord (Newton, MA)

At the end of this presentation, participants should be able to:

• Define "Team Parent" and describe the concept of the "Good Parent" belief
• Identify the invisible burdens of caregiving 
• Recognize clinician behaviors that help or hinder parental agency

Delayed CME credit is available for up to 4 weeks following the live session
Please note: providers must be affiliated with Phoenix Children's (medical staff and referring) 
 

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About this presenter:

Blyth Taylor Lord, EdM
Founder & Executive Director | Courageous Parents Network

Blyth Lord is the founder and Executive Director of Courageous Parents Network, a US-based non-profit that orients, empowers and equips parents and others caring for children with serious medical conditions. Blyth's daughter, Cameron, died of Tay-Sachs disease in 2001. Prior to founding Courageous Parents Network, Blyth worked for over 20 years as a television producer, including at WGBH in Boston and ABC News in Washington and she produced the award-winning film, Cameron’s Arc, with the American Academy of Pediatrics to educate primary care pediatricians in working with families from the time of diagnosis through to the end-of-life.

Blyth is also a trustee of the Cameron and Hayden Lord Foundation which funds pediatric palliative care research and programming and medical research for treatments of lysosomal storage diseases. Blyth is the recipient of the 2025 Innovation Award from the Center to Advance Palliative Care, the 2021 Presidential Citation from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the 2022 TORCH award for patient advocacy from Sanofi. Blyth received her BA in History from Yale College, has a Masters in Education from Harvard and lives in Massachusetts. 

Accreditation Statement:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson and Phoenix Children's . The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

Relevant Financial Relationships Statement(s):

University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson Office of Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CME activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). The CME office reviewers have nothing to disclose. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.