Have you heard the news? I have taken another step towards providing child life services to the community through a child life practice! You can check out the official website for Thriving Play Child Life Services at http://www.thrivingplay.com. I will say that creating this website has been harder than I thought. It’s easy for me […]
I am very excited to announce the official start of my journey of working as a child life specialist in private practice. Which basically means that I’m moving from the visioning stage of plotting and planning to the actual doing stage of telling people and promoting my services. As most people experiencing a very different […]
Buddy the Elf is back for more adventures at the children’s hospital. He is not afraid to go where no elf has gone before, out to help the kids all over the state! I’m just curious where he got his pilot’s license…
I saw this the other day and it made me laugh out loud… because this is so close to my reality. So I’m just gonna leave it here… https://66.media.tumblr.com/5e0821ac12200a31a60e3ea109a02f50/tumblr_pqio5j9BQ11qejbiro1_1280.jpg
A few weeks ago I decided to challenge myself to a gratitude project. I have read a lot about taking time each day to write three grateful thoughts can help with positive coping and resilience to stress. I must admit that it’s hard for me to remember to journal each day, so I decided to […]
Sometimes therapeutic activities are big and complicated, but sometimes they can be quite simple. I wanted to share a very simple activity that we did as part of our Teddy Bear Clinic. I love giving kids the chance to let their imaginations run wild and simple prompts are a great way to do this. For […]
Hi everyone! Today I wanted to share with you a new medical art activity that can double as a coping tool! Have you ever since those I Spy cylinders that are full of little objects for you to find as you turn it? The ones you can buy at the store are cool of course, […]
Happy Child Life Month to all my fellow child life specialists! If you didn’t know, March is Child Life Month, and here in Texas, the governor has made March 2019 officially Child Life Month! Last year our hospital got us some very nice t-shirts with the following picture: Cute, right? If you’re interested in getting […]
Here’s a new cute picture for your Friday! I’ve seen kids do this, have you ever had your dog do this?
I wanted to share with you all a story recently published in the New York Times about how pain control is becoming more and more important in pediatric medicine. It wasn’t too long ago when holding children down and just “getting it done” was the common thought process for painful procedure. But more and more […]
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