<strong>Let</strong> <strong>Your</strong> <strong>Star</strong> <strong>Shine</strong> <strong>Bright</strong>... DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS!Professional Development Workshop LevelsChoose from a specially-built curriculum that offers even more to enhanceyour career and personal goals. Design a curriculum that best suits YOUbased on your level of experience by choosing sessions from three levels:Entry, Intermediate or Advanced.Presentation LevelsDesignated by the speaker(s) based on their own assessment of the content,presentation levels provide participants with guidelines for choosing whichsessions to attend. Though all sessions are open to any registrant — regardlessof experience level — attendees with less experience or knowledge of specifictopics are encouraged to participate in the Entry or Intermediate levelsessions. Please remember that these designations are relative to your experience.If you have extensive experience in a certain content area“Intermediate” and “Advanced” presentations may not feel that way to you.This is not the fault of the speaker.Entry Level – Presentations classified as Entry level are designed for childlife specialists with less than three years of clinical practice or minimalknowledge of a particular topic. Entry-level presentations include broadbackground information and basic theory, skills and interventions.Intermediate Level – Presentations classified as Intermediate level aredesigned for child life specialists with more than three years of clinicalpractice. Presenters of Intermediate-level sessions will assume that participantshave experience in a variety of therapeutic situations and wish toexpand their knowledge base.Advanced Level – Presentations classified as Advanced level are designedfor child life specialists with extensive clinical and/or administrativeknowledge, skills and experience. Presenters of Advanced-level sessions willassume that participants have considerable knowledge of the topic, andwill require minimal introduction.Standards of Clinical PracticeAbstracts are reviewed in accordance with the <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> <strong>Council</strong>’s Standards ofClinical Practice. Presentations are categorized by the standard reflected in thecontent. Please refer to the Official Documents of the <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> <strong>Council</strong>(2002 Edition) for complete descriptions and interpretations of these standards.Standard 1:Plan for <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> ServicesStandard 2:<strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> AdministrationStandard 3:<strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> ServicesStandard 4:Education of <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> StudentsStandard 5:StaffingStandard 6:Professional Preparation and DevelopmentStandard 7:Collaborative Approach to CareStandard 8:DocumentationStandard 9:Funding and FacilitiesStandard 10:ResearchLEVEL12 CHILD LIFE COUNCIL
<strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> <strong>Council</strong> 24th Annual Conference on Professional IssuesENTRY INTERMEDIATE ADVANCEDFRIDAY, MAY 261:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. 1 Healing the Hurting <strong>Child</strong>: The Necessary Dimensions of 4 Behavioral Approaches to Comfort and Pain: 2 The Legacy of Leadership:<strong>Child</strong>-Centered Play Therapy Influencing an Infant’s Future Evidence Based PracticesStandard: 3 Standard: 3, 7 and <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong>Standard: 2, 3, 4, 63 Development and Assessment 5 Taking Emergency Care to the Next LevelStandard: 3 Standard: 3, 6, 76 Patient- and Family-Centered Care:Does <strong>Your</strong> Practice Measure Up?Standard: 1 through 104:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. 7 W.A.R.M. Place Activities in a <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> Setting 10 Piloting in Turbulence: Developing a ComputerStandard: 3Program That Includes <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> Goals and ObjectivesStandard: 1, 3, 79 Knock, Knock <strong>Let</strong> Us In: Asserting the <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> Role 8 Tell Me About It - A Comparison of Stress andin the Trauma RoomCoping for <strong>Child</strong>ren with Cancer in the UK and USStandard: 1, 3, 7 Standard: 1011 Music as Therapeutic Entertainment with <strong>Child</strong>ren 12 Professional Issues in <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong>and Families in Healthcare Settings Standard: 6Standard: 3, 713 The Beginner’s Guide: Planning and Implementing 14 Sweet Dreams: Incorporating <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> Into aEvents for Special PopulationsPediatric Sedation TeamStandard: 3, 7, 9 Standard: 3, 7SATURDAY, MAY 279:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. 15 The Drama of Trauma!Standard: 1, 3, 6,716 There Are No Rules! 8 Simple Tools for 17 Travelers on the Pediatric Oncology Journey:Working with Total Care PatientsPsychosocial Impact on the FamilyStandard: 3, 7 Standard: 1, 3, 722 It’s Picture Time, Say Cheese! 18 The Practicalities of a PracticumStandard: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 Standard: 419 Building Resiliency through Art TherapyStandard: 3, 720 “What is <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> Doing in a Place Like This?”Adapting <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> Programs to Special NeedsPopulation in a Skilled Nursing Facility”Standard: 321 Cultural Considerations in End-of-<strong>Life</strong> CareStandard: 3, 71:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. 23 Disaster Management: Collaboration of Efforts 25 The <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> Specialist’s Guide- A Panel Discussion on <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> Response to the Scrapbooking GalaxyStandard: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 Standard: 3, 624 “How Will I Use This in the Real World?” Understanding 29 From “Doing for” to “Being with”…Creating aand Applying Research in Daily PracticeHealing Space in the Context of PlayStandard: 6, 10 Standard: 326 Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury: The Coping Journey 30 Blending a Clinical Support Group ModelStandard: 1, 6, 7with Therapeutic Art WorkshopsStandard: 727 PDA, VSD, TOF…<strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> Services for Patients with 31 No Doubt, You Can Teach About the BodyCongenital Heart Disease.From the Inside Out!Standard: 1,3,7 Standard: 1, 3, 6, 728 Help Wanted: I Cannot Swallow Pills! Apply ImmediatelyStandard: 3,73:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 32 <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> Research at the Bedside, the Playroom, 34 When Choice Becomes Controland Beyond: Getting <strong>Star</strong>ted. Standard: 3Standard: 1033 Dare-2-Prepare 36 You Must Write That Up!Standard: 3,7 Standard: 6, 1035 What’s So Therapeutic About Going to Camp? 37 In Search of Professional Recognition:Standard: 3, 7Developing a Professional PortfolioStandard: 6, 838 Talk the Talk: Providing Outstanding InservicesStandard: 639 Disaster Management: Collaboration of Efforts -Clinical Case DiscussionsStandard: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7SUNDAY, MAY 288:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. 40 Diversity and the Muscle of Teamwork 41 <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong> and the Arts in Healthcare:Standard: 7Leading the WayStandard: 3, 7, 1042 Are You Comfortable with Implementing 43 Camp Good Grief: Transforming Tragedy into HopePositions for Comfort? Standard: 3,6,7,9,10Standard: 3, 6, 744 Seven Strategies of a Super Volunteer Supervisor 45 Pirates, Palm Trees and Play: Maximizing a <strong>Child</strong>’sStandard: 3, 7Healing Play ExperienceStandard: 347 Bubbles Do More Than Pop! Finding Creative Ways 46 What Do You Want to Be When You Grow-Up?to Use Distraction ToolsPromoting Professional Fulfillment & RetentionStandard: 3in the Field of <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Life</strong>Standard: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6DALLAS, TEXAS ★ MAY 26–28, 2006 13