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 />
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.<br />
Full-Day Clinical Supervision<br />
Intensive—Includes Lunch<br />
(6 PDHs)<br />
Professionals Only: $100 – Limited Space (20)<br />
Please note, Intensive will break from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.<br />
for Closing General Session.<br />
A Live Clinical Supervision Group<br />
for <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> Professionals<br />
Level: Advanced<br />
Gloria Mattera, MEd, CCLS, Director, Department of<br />
<strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> & Development Services, Bellevue Hospital Center, New<br />
York, NY<br />
Diane Rode, MPS, ATR, CCLS, Director, <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> & Creative<br />
Arts Therapy Department, Kravis <strong>Child</strong>ren’s Hospital at Mount<br />
Sinai, New York, NY<br />
This unique, live-supervision opportunity will provide an indepth<br />
exploration of the importance and value of clinical<br />
supervision in child life practice. Participants will gain skills to<br />
begin developing their own supervision groups through the<br />
information and experience gathered from this course. Case<br />
material from participants will be used in the groups.<br />
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.<br />
<strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> Distinguished Service Award<br />
Presentation<br />
The <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> <strong>Council</strong> Distinguished Service Award is presented<br />
to an individual in the field of child life who has significantly<br />
contributed to the development of the profession in a<br />
way that has long-lasting impact on the profession and/or the<br />
<strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> <strong>Council</strong>. The 2008 Distinguished Award will be<br />
presented at the Closing General Session on Sunday, May 25.<br />
This year’s recipient is LeeAnn Derbyshire Fenn, M. Sc., CCLS,<br />
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics,<br />
McMaster University. LeeAnn has been involved in child life for<br />
over 30 years. She has played a key role within <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong><br />
<strong>Council</strong> and the Canadian Association of <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> Leaders<br />
and has made significant contributions as a clinician, an<br />
educator, and a mentor to child life specialists and professionals<br />
around the world.<br />
A full feature article detailing LeeAnn’s inspiring career will<br />
appear in the Spring 2008 edition of the Bulletin.<br />
Closing General Session<br />
The Happiest Toddler—An Innovative Way to Reduce Struggles<br />
and Raise More Patient Toddlers<br />
Harvey Karp, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UCLA, Los<br />
Angeles, CA<br />
Dr. Harvey Karp offers a highly novel approach to toddler<br />
communication, attuned to their unique behavioral, language<br />
and reasoning abilities. In this closing session,<br />
Dr. Karp will share his techniques which have helped both<br />
parents and professionals quickly bring about dramatidecreases<br />
in tantrums and increases in cooperative behavior.<br />
2009 Call for Papers<br />
<strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
27th Annual<br />
Conference on<br />
Professional Issues<br />
May 21-24, 2009<br />
The Westin Boston Waterfront<br />
Boston, Massachusetts<br />
Abstract submissions for the CLC<br />
2009 Conference will be accepted<br />
through the CLC Web site:<br />
www.childlife.org beginning<br />
June 1, through July 31, 2008.<br />
Sunday, May 25<br />
San Diego, California • May 22 - 25, 2008 23