2009 Conference Program - Child Life Council

Saturday, May 23, 2009 (continued)
Saturday, May 23
11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Staffed Poster Presentations
Rapid Process Improvement: Change is Good...
You Go First!
Carrie McCabe, CCLS, Child Life Specialist II, Lucile
Packard Children’s Hospital, Palo Alto, CA
Kit Leong, RHIT, CPHQ, Quality Manager, Lucile
Packard Children’s Hospital, Palo Alto, CA
From the perspectives of a child life specialist and a
quality manager, participants will learn practical
ways to effect change within their organization by
using child life expertise as an integral part of a
multidisciplinary team in a Rapid Process
Improvement (RPI) project.
Supporting Families with Spatial Frame Devices
Stacey Chambers, CCLS, Child Life Specialist, Monroe
Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN
This poster shares the unique ways in which the child
life specialist and the multidisciplinary team provide
psychosocial support for patients requiring an
orthopedic spatial frame device. Services are provided
for patients and families during clinic visits,
hospital admissions, and school re-entry in order to
promote optimum coping.
Using the Scientific Method to Examine Why
We Do the Things We Do: The Case of Coming
and Going
Joan Turner, PhD, CCLS, Assistant Professor, Mount Saint
Vincent University, Halifax, NS
The purpose of this poster is to illustrate the process
of examining a component of child life practice using
the scientific method. A review of theory and
research findings will be presented that directly speak
to the practice of “coming and going” as a means for
facilitating the development of rapport.
Meet the Parents: Implementing a Parent/
Caregiver Support Group
Lizann McLaughlin, CCLS, Child Life Specialist, Inova
Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, VA
Cynthia Clarke, CCLS, CEIM, Child Life Specialist, Inova
Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, VA
Cami Frickman, CCLS, Child Life Specialist, Inova Fairfax
Hospital for Children, Falls Church, VA
A parent/caregiver support group can broaden and
enhance a child life program’s quality of care.
Important considerations include logistical planning,
garnering staff support, and implementing creative
and therapeutic activities so that a group provides the
best opportunity for parent/caregiver support,
expression, and empowerment.
Helping Tweens and Their Parents Through
Their First VCUG
Marci Lewis, MPH, CCLS, Child Life Specialist,
Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical
Center, Valhalla, NY
The purpose of this poster session is to share
information on how child life, pediatric urology and
pediatric radiology departments collaborated to meet
the needs of tweens undergoing a VCUG and their
parents.
Who’s on Your Team? What’s Your Model?:
Collaboration in the Emergency Department
Christine Shadd, CCLS, Child Life Specialist, The Hospital
for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
Sandy Bever, Child Life Specialist, The Hospital for Sick
Children, Toronto, ON
Melissa Bates, Child Life Specialist, The Hospital for Sick
Children, Toronto, ON
Participants will gain valuable tools to create an
outstanding interdisciplinary model of child life,
volunteers and nursing in the emergency department.
The history and development of child life and
volunteer programs will be examined along with the
creation of our collaborative approach. The uniqueness
of our Shared Governance Model will be
explored.
On the Road to Recovery: Steering You and Your
Team Away from Compassion Fatigue
Catherine Leung, CCLS, Child Life Specialist, Children’s
Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre Pediatric Day
Surgery, London, ON
Nancy Morphet, CCLS, Child Life Specialist, Children’s
Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON
Whether working within hospital or alternative
settings, as a new graduate or seasoned CLS, compassion
fatigue is an occupational hazard. This presentation
will examine the stages of compassion fatigue
and burnout, and identify the professional “roadblocks”
and “detours” inherent in each of these stages
pertaining to the child life profession.
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