Event

A Lifetime of Moments: Building Memories and Living your Child's Legacy Together

September 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET

Time together making memories as a family may feel especially precious when the child is living with a life-threatening medical condition. Making memories and sharing experiences that become part of the child’s legacy and the family’s treasure box can take many forms and can happen anytime: special occasions or a typical weekday.

There is meaning and legacy in experiences together; there is meaning and legacy in the concrete items that emerge from these experiences, such as photos, art, handprints, music.

Join researcher and Child-Life Specialist Dr. Jessika Boles and Soulumination’s McKenzie Johnson to learn about processes of making memories and building legacy that endure in your home and your heart. Participating in the discussion are parents Kaitin Kelly Benedict and Angie Sutphen.

This event will take place on Monday, September 22^nd at 8:00 pm ET (7:00 pm CT, 6:00 pm MT, 5:00 pm PT).

Accreditation

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.

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.

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(s) CEU for PT and OT.

View full CME information and disclosure summary at https://stanford.cloud-cme.com/CPNSept2025.

Our Panel

Jessika Boles, PhD, CCLS

Jessika is an Assistant Professor of Practice in Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and a Certified Child Life Specialist at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital Vanderbilt. Jessika leads the Children’s Healthcare, Illness, Legacy, and Loss (CHILL) Lab at Vanderbilt and is the Executive Director of the Child Life Academic Society. She has spent more than fifteen years supporting children with chronic and complex medical needs and their families in and outside of the hospital setting, and is passionate about helping families grow and cope together.

McKenzie Johnson, Executive Director

McKenzie comes from a professional fundraising and business management background. She has been a caretaker for her mother through cancer treatments, loves her nephews, and spends her free time climbing mountains.

Kaitin Kelly Benedict

Kaitin Kelly Benedict is a former professional dancer who now only does pliés in her basement. She believes strongly in the health benefits of movement and creativity and has taught wellness classes for artists in the community, public schools, and at the university level. After the traumatic birth of her second son in 2017, her days were spent running an ICU out of her home and running to medical appointments. Since his death, she has redirected her focus toward embarking on a master’s in social work at Boston University. She is also involved with the University of Minnesota Simulation Center’s pediatric end of life care skills workshops to help healthcare professionals improve conversations with families. Kaitin has always loved writing and particularly loves writing about her son Roman. Along with her recent CPN blog post, she is published in Months to Years literary journal.

Angie Sutphen

Angie Sutphen is a founding board member of Soulumination and long-time advocate for families impacted by serious illness. Her fierce love for her late daughter Charlotte guides her efforts to ease the path for others. A skilled event planner and community connector, Angie has raised funds and built awareness for Soulumination and organizations representing first responders; convened community blood drives; supported clinical research; and served as a family advisor at Seattle Children's. She finds joy and rejuvenation in good friends, delicious food and wine, the beach and her family, which includes her husband Paul, adult daughter Maddie, and her sassy dogs, Gary and Rosie.