Gratitude from Webmaster

As many of you know I donate a lot of time and fundraising effort for my charity that is dear to my heart The MISS Foundation, For those of you not familiar it is the organization that now gives us Random Acts of Kindness and is for Parents who have lost a child..Of which I am


Received a call today from Founder and CEO  Dr. Joanne Cacciatore     PhD, LMSW, FT, Arizona State University                                                                              

She asked if I would sit on Parents Panel at this years World Conference being held here in Arizona 10/4 - 10/6/2012 ,  and sharing my Daughter Dawns story , As you all know I am a mentor also and speak to many families here in the Valley that have also lived this tragedy  Click here for my profile ..Michael Sansone   

 I am truly honored .....And thank them so much for the opportunity to help make a difference, This is the 3 rd function this year I have been asked to tell My Story.(Dawn's Story)  Dawn Sansone 1978-2001

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Heroic Empathy: Acts of Kindness & Love in the Face of Suffering

Peter Breggin, MD
Psychiatrist, Author of Medication Madness and Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal

From Grief to Growth: Loss and the Quest for Meaning

Robert Neimeyer, PhD University of Memphis

Pathologizing Grief: Why It's Wrong--and Harmful-- to Treat Bereavement as an Illness

Robert Whitaker, Author, Anatomy of an Epidemic & Mad in America Pulitzer Prize winning journalist

A Parent's TEARS:
Economic, Familial, and Pharmacologic Outcomes from the Traumatic Experiences and Resiliency Study

Joanne Cacciatore, PhD, LMSW, FT, Arizona State University

Melanie Fox, PhD, Austin College

Dr. Larry Bergstrom, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale

http://missfoundation.org/conference/