Joanne Cacciatore, PhD, MSW, FT - Fellow in Thanatology, Arizona State University - CEO, MISS Foundation

Dr. Cacciatore is in demand as a public speaker and for various articles and television shows. If you would like to book her for an event, it’s best to plan at least nine-12 months in advance.

If you are a member of the media and would like to interview Dr. Cacciatore for a story, you may reach her at 602 543 6659 or 1.888.455.MISS.

Some recent presentations and topics include:

PRESENTATIONS

  • Cacciatore, J. (2008).  When a Child Dies: Helping Families Facing the Death of a Child.  UC Davis Workshop. Invited- grant from Children's Miracle Network.
  • Cacciatore, J. (2008).  Obstetrics Grand Rounds: Perinatal Death: Social, Emotional, and Historic Considerations. University of California at Davis. Invited.
  • Cacciatore, J. (2008). Pediatrics Grand Rounds: Helping Families When a Child is Dying. University of California at Davis. Invited.
  • Cacciatore, J. (2008). Effects of Support Group Participation on Mothers after the Death of a Baby. Paper at the International Conference of Social Stress Research, University of New Hampshire, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
  • Cacciatore, J. (2008). Helping Families Facing Loss. Phoenix Police Department, Homicide Unit.
  • Cacciatore, J. (2008). Trauma and Loss in Child Protective Services Involved Families. Presentation to family therapists, Tempe, Arizona.
  • Cacciatore, J. (2007). Hospital Social Work after Perinatal or Pediatric Death. Flagstaff Memorial Hospital. Flagstaff, Arizona.
  • Cacciatore, J. (2007). Grief and Attachment in the Lives of Foster Children. Sunshine Residential Homes. Phoenix, Arizona. Cacciatore, J. (2007). Neonatal Intensive Care Units: Psychosocial Care in the NICU. Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona.
  • Cacciatore, J. (2007). The Grieving Family: Empirical Evidence for Psychosocial Intervention. Prevent Child Abuse Arizona Conference.
  • Cacciatore, J. (2007). Stillbirth: The Symbiotic Nature of Love and Traumatic Grief. Los Angeles Children’s Hospital’s Third Annual Grief Symposium.
  • Cacciatore, J. (2007). Reproductive Losses in the Hospital Setting: Providing Non-Intrusive Care for Women. Sun Health Hospital, Women’s Center.
  • Cacciatore, J. (2007). Facilitator Training: Culturally Sensitive Bereavement Interventions. Phoenix, Arizona.
  • Froen, JF., Cacciatore, J., Radestad, I. (2006). Should stillbirth mothers see and hold their stillborn baby? Poster presentation at the 2006 National American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists meeting.
  • Cacciatore, J. (2006). Presentation. Remembering the Dead. When a Child Dies. MISS Foundation and Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Foundation Annual International Conference.
  • Cacciatore, J. (2006). Presentation. Transcending Loss by Using Kindness to Heal Grief. When a Child Dies. MISS Foundation and Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Foundation Annual International Conference.
  • Cacciatore, J. (2006). Presentation. When a Child Dies: Understanding and Facilitating Familial Mourning. Healthy Families Arizona Conference.
  • Cacciatore, J. (2006). Presentation. Stillbirth and Early Infant Death: Working Compassionately with Families. Phoenix Baptist Hospital.
  • Cacciatore, J. (2006). Trauma in Children and Adolescents. Free Arts Day at Sunshine Residential Homes.
  • Cacciatore, J. & Farone, D. (2006). Presentation. Social Change and the Language of Grief. When a Child Dies. MISS Foundation and Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Foundation Annual International Conference.
  • Cacciatore, J. (2006). Presentation. When a Baby Dies: The Symbiotic Nature of Love and Grief. Prevent Child Abuse Arizona State Conference.
  • Froen, F., Braaten, K., Cacciatore, J., Collins, J., Fretts, R. (2005). Paper presentation. Violent Fetal Movements in Antepartum Stillbirths by Acute Asphyxia. 31 Case Reports from MOMS Study.
  • Cacciatore, J. (January, 2005). When a Baby Dies. Arizona Department of Economic Security Annual State Conference.
  • Cacciatore, J. (March, 2005). Cultural Competency and Mourning. National Association of Death Education and Counseling Annual Conference.
  • Cacciatore, J. (May, 2005). The Microculture of the Grieving Family. Prevent Child Abuse Arizona State Conference.
  • Cacciatore, J. (May, 2005). Psychosocial Intervention: Post Traumatic Stress Responses in Women Experiencing Sudden Intrauterine Infant Death.. MISS Foundation International Conference.
  • DeFrain, J., Cacciatore, J., Jones, K. (2005). Paper presentation. When a Baby Dies: Ambiguity and Sudden Intrauterine Infant Death. University of Minnesota: Ambiguous Loss and Boundary Ambiguity Symposium.
  • Cacciatore, J. (August, 2005). Psychosocial Intervention in Perinatal Death. Arizona Perinatal Regional System Annual Meeting.
  • Cacciatore, J. (September, 2005). Transcultural Responses in Mourning. Grand Rounds, Orange County Children’s Hospital.
  • Cacciatore, J. (September 2005). The Effects of Perinatal Death on the Family System. University of Arizona Medical School.
  • Cacciatore, J. (September, 2005). Perinatal Death: Intervention, Etiology, and Pathology. Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Meeting.
  • Cacciatore, J. (October, 2005). The Effects of Support Group Participation on Women Experiencing Sudden Intrauterine Infant Death. Arizona Department of Health Services, Office of Women’s and Children’s Health, High Risk Perinatal Conference.
  • Cacciatore, J. (October, 2005). Facilitating Familial Mourning. Healthy Families Institute.
  • Cacciatore, J. (November, 2005). The Dying Child: Helping Families Facing a Fatal Diagnosis. Arizona Perinatal Trust.
  • Cacciatore, J. (2004). Presentation. The Power of Compassion: A Phenomenological Approach to Perinatal Death. 2004 National Perinatal Bereavement Conference.
  • Cacciatore, J. (2004). Presentation. Grieving Children. Tu Nidito Conference: Seasons of Grief in Tucson.

For more information, you may email info@missfoundation.org

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