The Child Life program is designed to help children understand and cope with what they experience in the hospital.
Child Life specialists strive to promote optimal development of children, adolescents, and families. Child Life provides opportunities for gaining a sense of mastery, play, learning, self-expression, family involvement, and peer interaction. Play is used as a primary tool because of its crucial importance to children as a means of coping with stress. Child Life services encourage children to express themselves freely in an open, non-judgmental atmosphere.
The Child Life department’s services include surgery coverage, pre-admission consultations, pre-op party tours, visits to hospitalized children on the pediatrics floor, community outreach, bereavement resources, staff resources, and referral/consult.
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For questions about Child Life, contact Rana Post.
