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Sunday, May 25 Sunday, May 25, 2008 —continued 48. How to Make Siblings Feel Like a STAR! Level: All Levels Sandra Ring, MS, CCLS, National Outreach Director, SuperSibs!, Buffalo Grove, IL The SuperSibs! Sibling STAR Kit will empower pediatric professionals to administer comprehensive sibling support programs in their hospitals/organizations. This kit provides many flexible options that can be implemented, as appropriate, on a one-time or ongoing basis—for an individual child, a group of children, or within a family. 49. Do Hospitalized Children Really Want Their Art to be “Beautiful”?: How to Facilitate Creative Expression through Art Level: Entry Anne Claire Hickman, CCLS, CPST, Child Life Specialist, Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas, Austin, TX Ann Grassfield, MA, NCC, LPC, RPT, Child Life Assistant, Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas, Austin, TX Art is often used as an intervention when working with hospitalized children in both inpatient and outpatient settings. By utilizing appropriate and therapeutic responses as opposed to traditional responses of valuing or judging the art product, child life staff can add a more effective strategy in helping children express themselves. 50. “Cool! Sweet! Awesome!” Engaging Adolescents into the Child Life Groove Level: Intermediate Michele Tache, CCLS, Child Life Specialist, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON Manon Rollin, CCLS, Child Life Specialist, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON Lisa Dorcas, CCLS, Child Life Specialist, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON This session will demonstrate how adolescent participation in well-designed youth oriented child life activities not only captures their attention in a fun and engaging milieu, but also provides strong stimulation and support to their developmental needs. Let’s share together special expertise for the delivery of comprehensive services to adolescents. 51. All in the Family: The New Face of HIV Family-Centered Care Level: Entry Janine Zabriskie, MEd, Child Life Specialist, Columbus Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH Julie Snider, CCLS, Family & Volunteer Service Coordinator, Columbus Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH As treatments for HIV and AIDS evolve, family dynamics are shifting, and child life specialists must be able to respond to varied and highly individualized situations. Different case scenarios, as well as the medical and demographic uniqueness of today’s HIV-affected families, will be discussed and explored. 52. Tell Me Why? Medical Preparation through the Ages and Stages Level: Entry Deanna Warren, CCLS, Child Life Specialist, Children’s Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX Jill Bringhurst, MS, CCLS, Child Life Specialist, Children’s Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX Participants will focus on the power of medical preparation through a child development lens. They will learn to apply preparation skills in any healthcare setting through collaboration with the interdisciplinary team. Using a developmental framework, participants will be given innovative tools and techniques that promote optimal psychosocial outcomes. 53. Supporting Patients with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities Level: Intermediate Gail Klayman, MEd, Child Life Specialist III, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH Participants will learn about specific challenges of patients with autism and other developmental disabilities. Various strategies of visual supports and specialized materials will be presented. A sample inservice will be shared which suggests establishing a specialized multidisciplinary team and a specific plan of care for patients with special needs. 54. Mission POSSIBLE! Practicing Family-Centered Care in Challenging Situations Level: Entry Heather Denton, Child Life Specialist, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC Tracy Denhoed, CCLS, Child Life Specialist, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC Child life practice focuses on helping children, youth, and families cope with the stresses of illness and/or hospitalization. But, for many reasons, actively collaborating and delivering family-centered care can be challenging. This session will encourage participants to explore these various challenges and share their ideas on how to overcome them. 22 Child Life Council 26th Annual Conference on Professional Issues
Connection Commitment Collaboration 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Full-Day Clinical Supervision Intensive—Includes Lunch (6 PDHs) Professionals Only: $100 – Limited Space (20) Please note, Intensive will break from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. for Closing General Session. A Live Clinical Supervision Group for Child Life Professionals Level: Advanced Gloria Mattera, MEd, CCLS, Director, Department of Child Life & Development Services, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY Diane Rode, MPS, ATR, CCLS, Director, Child Life & Creative Arts Therapy Department, Kravis Children’s Hospital at Mount Sinai, New York, NY This unique, live-supervision opportunity will provide an indepth exploration of the importance and value of clinical supervision in child life practice. Participants will gain skills to begin developing their own supervision groups through the information and experience gathered from this course. Case material from participants will be used in the groups. 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Child Life Distinguished Service Award Presentation The Child Life Council Distinguished Service Award is presented to an individual in the field of child life who has significantly contributed to the development of the profession in a way that has long-lasting impact on the profession and/or the Child Life Council. The 2008 Distinguished Award will be presented at the Closing General Session on Sunday, May 25. This year’s recipient is LeeAnn Derbyshire Fenn, M. Sc., CCLS, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University. LeeAnn has been involved in child life for over 30 years. She has played a key role within Child Life Council and the Canadian Association of Child Life Leaders and has made significant contributions as a clinician, an educator, and a mentor to child life specialists and professionals around the world. A full feature article detailing LeeAnn’s inspiring career will appear in the Spring 2008 edition of the Bulletin. Closing General Session The Happiest Toddler—An Innovative Way to Reduce Struggles and Raise More Patient Toddlers Harvey Karp, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA Dr. Harvey Karp offers a highly novel approach to toddler communication, attuned to their unique behavioral, language and reasoning abilities. In this closing session, Dr. Karp will share his techniques which have helped both parents and professionals quickly bring about dramatidecreases in tantrums and increases in cooperative behavior. 2009 Call for Papers Child Life Council 27th Annual Conference on Professional Issues May 21-24, 2009 The Westin Boston Waterfront Boston, Massachusetts Abstract submissions for the CLC 2009 Conference will be accepted through the CLC Web site: www.childlife.org beginning June 1, through July 31, 2008. Sunday, May 25 San Diego, California • May 22 - 25, 2008 23
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