儿童生活计划
Child life specialists (CLS) are members of the multidisciplinary team who help patients and families cope with their medical experience. Utilizing the variety of techniques found below, child life specialists help to meet children’s social, 情感, and developmental needs while in the hospital.
Developmentally-Appropriate Preparation
Using language and tools that encourage a child’s understanding, child life specialists help children understand what they will be experiencing in the hospital.
程序上的支持
在测试中, 程序, 或者医疗护理, child life specialists provide support to help a child through their experience by encouraging coping strategies and helping to minimize stress or trauma.
玩
玩 is an essential part of a child’s life. 在医院里, we provide opportunities for play to create a more normal environment, 鼓励健康发展, and allow a safe space for a child to work through their emotions.
诊断教育
With resources and language appropriate for a child’s development, child life specialists can teach children about their new diagnosis and the care or 程序 that may accompany it.
兄弟姐妹和家庭支持
A child’s hospitalization affects the whole family. Child life specialists support caregivers and siblings through their coping process. 另外, child life specialists can provide education to siblings about what their brother or sister may be experiencing.
悲伤和丧亲支持
Child life specialists are specifically trained in supporting siblings and family during end of life. Developmentally appropriate resources and remembrance items can also be provided.
病人治疗
艺术治疗, the therapeutic use of art making, provides a bridge for children in a healthcare setting. This bridge may allow them to express their thoughts and feelings, and with the help of the art therapist, to process what they may find difficult to share in words. The hospital setting can be both a frightening and overwhelming place for children. Their choices and control over their medical situation can be limited or non-existent. The art therapy session provides hospitalized children with the opportunity to control both the process and product during session, improving their ability to cope with hospitalization.
The 游戏与科技 Specialist provides appropriate gaming and technology experiences at the bedside based on assessment in collaboration with the Child Life team. They will keep informed and up-to-date on the latest technology that could be utilized for stress and pain management, 替代的焦点, 社会化, and education with relation to patient care. 另外, the 游戏与科技 Specialist will maintain the physical and digital upkeep of all gaming and technology assets in the 儿童生活计划. Future plans include the utilization of Virtual Reality, 3 d打印技术, and hosting special gaming related events.
音乐疗法是临床的, evidence-based use of music interventions to achieve individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship. Music therapists assess patients’ needs, develop treatment plans using music, and provide music interventions according to the treatment plan. In a hospital, music therapy can help to:
- 减少痛苦和焦虑，
- promote positive changes in mood,
- provide avenues for self-expression,
- encourage positive coping strategies,
- support rehabilitative goals, and
- assist patients and families in coping with all aspects of illness and hospitalization.
Music therapists are nationally board certified and have completed an approved music therapy degree program. The music therapist works closely with child life specialists, 医生, 护士, and other members of the healthcare team in treatment planning and evaluation.
Learn more about music therapy at the American 音乐疗法 Association (AMTA).