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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I just read a wonderful blog post over on Case For Smiles’ blog “Coping Space” titled How To Support Your Relationship When Your Child Is Ill. It was a well written and concise discussion about ways caregivers can help support their significant other during the illness of their child. I agree that often we spend […]
I wanted to share with you an article I wrote for the Society for Pediatric Sedation. It focuses on how the medical team should be conscious about the choices they provide kids in the healthcare environment.
Happy November everyone! In most of the U.S. the temperatures are going down, including here in Texas. I’m trying really hard not to turn the heater on in my apartment just yet, but I will probably cave soon! Don’t get me wrong, I love Autumn, it’s just not the same here compared to where I […]
Today is one of the craziest days of the year for a Children’s Hospital. Halloween, a day where everyone has the chance to be something else and also get sweets. At my hospital many people dressed up and the unit I worked on did a theme, which was Pixar. I had lots of fun getting […]
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