Meeting Children and Families Needs Across the Healthcare Continuum

Child Life Tools

Child Life Tools includes the various intervention techniques implemented by Certified Child Life Specialists. Negative reactions to unknown environments or stressful situations may affect the development, health, and well-being of infants, children, youth, and families.

Join this Certified Child Life Specialist as she develops a strong passion to enhance growth and development through prevention, advocacy, and education.

Preparation

Preparation can make an unknown setting less intimidating for children. Children and families who are prepared and educated on new experiences are less likely to display negative reactions. Preparation can stimulate curiosity and promote normalization of the new environment

Preparation Tools

Play

Play is an essential part of learning. Play can allow your child to learn without even knowing it! As children play, they support the development of cognitive, emotional, and physical skills. These skills promote confidence, cooperation, sharing, and empathy! Childhood play becomes a skill for life.

Play Tools

Parents

In order to create a strong family unit, parents and caregivers must share their calm when children are overwhelmed with big emotions. A family presence can decrease your child’s anxiety and increase coping strategies within your family unit.

Parent Tools