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Editorial Team
Editor-in-Chief
Amy Colver, MSSA, MA, LISW
Editor
Katherine Easton, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C
AOSW Communications Director
Brittany Hahn, LCSW
Managing Editor
Patricia Sullivan
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2025 Themes
February: Workplace & Culture
May: Therapeutic Techniques
August: Palliative Care
November: Caregivers
AOSW March Webinar
Writing has the potential to serve as a beneficial and accessible therapeutic tool for the oncology population. AOSW’s March webinar, Healing Through Writing: The Therapeutic Benefits of Writing for Oncology Patients, will address the current literature on the psychosocial benefits of writing for cancer patients, identify areas for further research on the effectiveness of an expressive writing support group and workshop, provide a framework and identify steps to development and implement a writing support group and workshop in the clinical setting, and more. Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET.
Our presenters are Frances Ford, MSW, LCSW-R, OSW-C, Social Work Manager, New York Oncology Hematology, and Melanie Cavazos, MSSW, LCSW, OSW-C, Senior Social Work Counselor, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center West Houston. Learn more and register for this webinar on our website.
AOSW webinars are free to AOSW members, and up to 1.5 CE credits are available for $25. Non-members can attend this webinar for $54, and $25 for 1.5 CE credits.