{"id":12007,"date":"2020-03-10T18:00:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T22:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/weeklyrounds\/?p=12007"},"modified":"2020-03-10T18:00:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T22:00:33","slug":"march-is-child-life-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/weeklyrounds\/2020\/03\/march-is-child-life-month\/","title":{"rendered":"March Is Child Life Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is a Certified Child Life Specialist?<\/strong><br \/>\nCertified child life specialists are educated and clinically trained in the developmental impact of illness and injury. Infants, children, and youth confront a wide variety of stressful and potentially traumatic events that can impact their ability to cope. These experiences related to health care can lead to feelings of fear, confusion, loss of control, and isolation.<\/p>\n<p>Certified child life specialists help infants, children, youth, and families cope with the stress and uncertainty of acute and chronic illness, injury, trauma, disability, loss, and bereavement. They provide evidence-based, developmentally and psychologically appropriate interventions including therapeutic play, preparation for procedures, procedural support, and education to reduce fear, anxiety, and pain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you become a certified child life specialist? <\/strong><br \/>\nEligibility requirements for the certification exam include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.childlife.org\/certification\/students\/requirements-after-2019\">Minimum of a bachelor\u2019s degree<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.childlife.org\/certification\/students\/requirements-after-2019\">Specific course work<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.childlife.org\/certification\/students\/requirements-after-2019\">Clinical experience<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Child life services at Cooper:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Child Life Program at Cooper is multifaceted and meets a variety of needs throughout the hospital.\u00a0Our <strong>child life specialists<\/strong> provide services for children and families in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Inpatient Pediatrics<\/em> \u2013 providing support for needle pokes, preparation for surgery, and coping skills for patients with lengthy or repeat hospitalizations.<\/li>\n<li><em>PICU<\/em> \u2013 providing family support for critically ill and injured children.<\/li>\n<li><em>Peds Emergency and Trauma<\/em> \u2013 providing emotional support for stitches, fractures, imaging, and hospital admissions.<\/li>\n<li><em>Radiology<\/em> \u2013 providing preparation and support for outpatient imaging studies.<\/li>\n<li><em>NICU<\/em> \u2013 providing developmentally appropriate stimulation.<\/li>\n<li><em>Adult Critical Care<\/em> \u2013 providing bereavement support and resources for children of critically ill or injured adults.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our <strong>child activities assistants<\/strong> make sure pediatric patients have a chance to feel like kids by normalizing the environment with toys, games, movies, arts and crafts, electronics, visits to the playroom or teen lounge, and more!<\/p>\n<p>Our <strong>creative arts therapists<\/strong> have degrees in art therapy or music therapy and provide services for inpatients who need additional support for coping with anxiety, pain, trauma, and other emotionally complex issues.\u00a0Art and music often help children to express themselves in a way they cannot yet describe using their own words or vocabulary.<\/p>\n<p>(Excerpts taken from the Association of Child Life Professionals website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.childlife.org\/\">www.childlife.org<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a Certified Child Life Specialist? 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