New #podcast episode! Have you ever heard of a child life specialist? It might look like child’s play, but child life specialists work with parents in hospitals and other settings to help children cope with the challenges of illness, hospitalization and disability. 🎧 Listen in the Podcasts section of the menu, or 📺 watch the conversation on YouTube. In this episode, Kathryn and Child Life On Call's Katie Taylor chat about: ❓How do child life specialists serve babies and children in the hospital or in a specialized doctor’s office? ❓How do you gain confidence and speak up in rounds and with the care team? ❓How can you integrate siblings into long hospitalizations? ❓What inspired you to start Child Life on Call and what are some of the features and how can it help NICU parents? ❓What’s your best advice to a parent who has a child that’s struggling with a procedure or pending surgery?

Posted by Leigh Ann at Hand to Hold at 2023-04-26 23:00:09 UTC