Child life specialist

P.4 08.02.12 Life After HS Child Life Specialist A Child Life Specialist matches my personality because I like working with little kids and I like working with problems that others have I have always been the one that all my friends can come to because I like being a problem solver. This job you have to be able to manage emotional stress in working with children who have life threatening diseases. Since this profession

Child life specialists play an increasingly important role in health care by helping children and families cope and adjust to the challenges of hospital visits. Although a child life specialist’s contribution to the health care experience of children and families can vary, their primary goal is to support the emotional needs of children with the aim of helping them understand the hospital environment. Secondly, child life specialists can help to provide positive play therapy experiences for children

The author wrote this journal article to express what a Child Life Specialist is and how they can make the hospital experience less scary for the children. Hospitals are scary for a child because of the noises, machines, and will feel pain that they would not be feeling at home. I am thankful for authors like this one who will write about my future career because most people have never heard of it before. The way that Child Life Specialists can make the hospital environment friendlier is by letting

my work at Tufts Floating Hospital. One quality that has always held importance in my everyday life is efficiency. I am a person who likes to stay busy and finish chores and activities in a timely manner. Although in most jobs efficacy is a quality that is desired, I can see how efficiency may not always work in Child Life Services. When speaking to parents, family, and children a Child Life Specialist or intern should take their time. By going slowly, this can create more comfort for the children

Introduction Trauma has caused hospitalized pediatric patients to become uneasy and anxious with no additional support. Thus, Child Life Services (CLS) is being proposed to Highland Hospital, as it does not currently offer any therapeutic consultations to pediatric patients and families to help ease traumatic feelings. CLS essentially provide a variety of different therapeutic programs to distract hospitalized children from pain, stress and being traumatized after medical procedures. Problem Statement

employing music to medical procedures will grow. Pain management is a part of Child Life Specialists' work. Although, the primary goal of Child Life Specialists is to reduce the impact of stress or anxiety, they also play an important role in the preparation for painful medical procedures. Likewise, music lessens the pain and anxiety that hospitalization may cause children. Through the use of music, the Child Life Specialist can create a positive experience in the healthcare environment, which will

attributes vital to the performance of a Child Life Specialist include the following: the ability to communicate well, to work well with others, and to provide patients and their families with support in times of stress. Communication is a crucial skill for every Child Life Specialist to possess as a professional. Each day the Child Life Specialist must communicate with not only the parents, but also the child and his or her siblings. However, the specialist cannot converse with children in the same

I want to become a Child Life specialist in the future. Child life specialists are trained professionals with knowledge in helping children and their families overcome some of life’s challenging and stressful events. Child life specialist have knowledge in child development and family systems, child life specialists promote effective coping through play, preparation, education, and self-expression activities(Child Life Council). They provide emotional and psychosocial support for children and families

held very close to my heart. My family always explained education to me as something vital to a successful life and as something you couldn’t simply just do the bare minimum to get by. They always encouraged my learning and presented it in a fun, enjoyable way. To say the least, I took this lesson my family instilled in me very seriously. Because of this, I have spent the majority of my life doing the most I can and giving my best, hardest effort to become more knowledgeable about anything and everything

this angelic person whom I have since learned was a Child Life Specialist. I decided right then I wanted to be just like her. Service is important to me because it is a way I can “pay forward” all the help and compassion I have received. I was born with Bladder Exstrophy. It is a rare birth defect in which the bladder and associated structures are malformed. I have endured fourteen surgeries to make my life as “normal” as possible. As a young child, I determined to not let this condition define me