Connection Commitment Collaboration - Child Life Council
Connection Commitment Collaboration - Child Life Council
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<strong>Connection</strong><br />
<strong>Commitment</strong><br />
<strong>Collaboration</strong><br />
be placed on scoliosis, anterior and posterior spinal<br />
fusions, spinal curvatures and a halo traction program.<br />
Preparation, therapeutic play, and family support will be<br />
discussed in detail.<br />
presentation will offer CLS practical information and<br />
creative ideas on creating that effective team—within<br />
both an interprofessional context, and within their<br />
own child life departments.<br />
16. Next Steps in Family-Centered Care:<br />
Implications for <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> Leadership<br />
Level: Advanced<br />
Joanna Kaufman, RN, MS, Resource/Information<br />
Specialist, Institute for Family-Centered Care, Bethesda, MD<br />
Patient and family-centered care has become a widely<br />
touted concept in health care practice. This presentation<br />
shall define the shifting paradigm towards patientand<br />
family-centered care, describe its influence on all<br />
levels of the service delivery system, and discuss new<br />
opportunities that patient-and family-centered care<br />
offers to child life professionals.<br />
17. There Is No “I” In TEAM<br />
Level: Intermediate<br />
Diane Hart, MA, CCLS, Site Supervisor, British<br />
Columbia <strong>Child</strong>ren’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC<br />
Although child life specialists are accustomed to<br />
working in a team environment, many may not have<br />
thought critically about creating effective teams. This<br />
Schedule of Events<br />
Saturday, May 24, 2008<br />
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.<br />
Committee Meetings with Breakfast<br />
For Current Committee Members<br />
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.<br />
Exhibit Hall and Bookstore Open<br />
with Beverages<br />
9:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.<br />
Professional Development<br />
Workshops<br />
(1.5 PDHs)<br />
19. Breaking New Ground: Establishing <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong><br />
in the Community Hospital Setting<br />
Level: Entry<br />
Christine Rupp, MS, CCLS, <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> Specialist,<br />
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Dover, NH<br />
Colleen Ramsey, CTRS, <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> Specialist,<br />
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Dover, NH<br />
18. Entiendo, Capisco, Je Comprends, I Understand:<br />
Providing Culturally Competent <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> Care<br />
Level: All Levels<br />
Priti Desai, MSc., MPH, CCLS, Teaching Instructor/<br />
CDFR, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC<br />
Through use of self-reflective exercises participants will<br />
explore their own heritage and how it influences their<br />
worldview and interactions with children and families<br />
from diverse cultures. The cultural proficiency model<br />
improves self-awareness and encourages participants to<br />
confront prejudices. Attendees will obtain information<br />
about other cultures and discover practical skills to<br />
improve culturally competent care.<br />
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.<br />
Reception in Exhibit Hall<br />
Come and join your fellow child life colleagues for food<br />
and fun! Take a stroll through the Exhibit Hall, enjoy tasty<br />
treats, renew old acquaintances and make new ones!<br />
This session will explore the inception of child life in<br />
one community hospital, from program proposal to<br />
our current scope of services.<br />
20. Supportive Healing & Play in a Natural Setting<br />
Level: Entry<br />
Katie Vogel, Project Director, Healing and Hope Through<br />
Science, Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Durham, NC<br />
Caroline Sweezy, MS, CCLS, <strong>Child</strong> & Adolescent <strong>Life</strong><br />
Specialist, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC<br />
Susan Trout, CCLS, P-LCSW, Clinical Social Worker,<br />
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC<br />
<strong>Child</strong>ren and families facing life-threatening illness<br />
benefit from opportunities for socialization and play.<br />
To address these needs, an interdisciplinary team<br />
developed a nature-based activity program for patients<br />
and siblings while meeting parental needs through a<br />
support group.<br />
21. Strategies For Preparation, Procedural Support<br />
& Trauma Debriefing With The Young <strong>Child</strong><br />
in the Emergency Room<br />
Level: Intermediate<br />
Saturday, May 24<br />
San Diego, California • May 22 - 25, 2008 15