2009 Conference Program - Child Life Council

Saturday, May 23
Saturday, May 23, 2009 (continued)
21. Sleep Studies: A to ZZZ’s
Kandra Dorsey, CCLS, Child Life Specialist, Children’s Mercy
Hospital, Overland Park, KS
Peter Moyer, CCLS, Child Life Specialist I, Children’s Mercy
Hospital, Overland Park, KS
What are common pediatric sleep disorders? How do
physicians diagnose these disorders? What is involved in
a sleep study? How can we as child life professionals
help children and families cope with these traumatizing
studies? These questions and more will be answered in
Sleep Studies: A to ZZZ’s.
22. Transplant: Not Just Another Surgery
Melanie Sweat, CCLS, Child Life Specialist, Children’s Medical
Center Dallas, Dallas, TX
This session will explore the various roles of the child
life specialist on a solid organ transplant team including
the pre-transplant evaluation, developmental assessment,
and long-term support provided during the patient’s
adjustment to a new chronic illness.
23. Listen Carefully: What Patients with Developmental
Disabilities and Their Families Can Teach Us
Stefi Rubin, Licensed Psychologist and Family Therapist, MA,
Associate Professor Child & Family Studies, Wheelock College,
Boston, MA
Evelyn Hausslein, MMHS, Project Manager, Support Brokers/
ARC of MA, Waltham, MA
Using parent-authored memoirs and other media, the
issues faced by youth and young adults with developmental
disabilities as they transition to the adult systems
of healthcare and social services will be highlighted.
Discussion includes potential conflict between the
philosophies of family-centered care and selfdetermination.
24. Acknowledging Adult Context: Understanding Parents
of Ill & Hospitalized Children Via a Life-Course
Perspective
Jennifer Chabot, PhD, CCLS, Associate Professor, Ohio
University, Athens, OH
Stephanie A. Rogerwick, MS, CCLS-IV, Supervisor/Child Life
Specialist, Student Program Coordinator, Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
This workshop will look at key psychosocial issues and
themes reported by parents in early, mid- and later
adulthood who are facing the long term hospitalization
of their children. We will share qualitative research data
from parents trying to balance their lives while navigating
their children’s healthcare experiences. A staff
in-service training model pertaining to adult life stages
will also be shared.
3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Professional Development Workshops (1.5 PDHs)
25. Journaling Techniques to Help Children and Families
Coping with Medical Events: ‘Find the Friend at the
End of Your Pen’ – Part 2
Susan “Boon” Murray, CCLS, Ed.D, CTRS, Professor,
University of Wisconsin La Crosse, La Crosse, WI
This workshop will be a continuation of Professional
Development Workshop #17. Only those who have
registered for Workshop #17 are permitted to register
for this session.
26. Professional Involvement: Connections That Keep Us
Learning and Growing
Sharon McLeod, CCLS, CTRS, Senior Clinical Director,
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Center Division of Child Life,
Cincinnati, OH
Erin Munn, CCLS, Child Life Training Coordinator, Johns
Hopkins Children’s Center, Baltimore, MD
Getting involved professionally beyond your daily
clinical responsibilities — whether locally, nationally or
internationally — provides opportunities to learn new
skills, develop leadership abilities and contribute to the
growth of the profession. Participants will learn about
benefits of professional involvement, strategies for
networking and create a professional involvement goal
and action plan.
27. Adapting Preparation & Support For Patients With
Developmental Disabilities
Heather Denton, Child Life Specialist, British Columbia
Children’s Hospital Child Life, Vancouver, BC
Amanda Lascelle, MS, CCLS, Child Life Specialist, British
Columbia Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Children and youth with developmental disabilities
process information differently, and therefore, may
require an adapted approach to preparation and support.
This session will help the child life specialist explore
assessment techniques and interventions that support the
unique needs of children and youth with developmental
disabilities while working collaboratively with families.
28. Expanding the Horizon: Integrating Alternative
Therapies into a Child Life Program
Genevieve Lowry, M.Ed., CCLS, Reiki Master, Child Life
Specialist, Private Practice, River Edge, NJ
Elizabeth Olsen, MS, CCLS, CEIM, Reiki Practitioner Level II,
NICU Child Life Specialist, Children’s Hospital of New York,
New York, NY
Integrating alternative therapies into programming can
be as challenging as it is rewarding. This presentation
will highlight healing arts modalities; Reiki, guided
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