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Child Life Specialists help to make the hospital experience less stressful on children and their families

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    I love the field of Child Life and enjoy having this blog to network, learn, and share information with other people who are already in the field, or interested in pursuing a career in it. I post anything and everything from internships, to tips for parents, and Child Life in the news. I graduated from the University of Utah last year with my BS in Human Development and Family Studies with a Child Life Emphasis. I am currently planning on applying for the Child Life Internship at Primary Children's Medical Center in the fall. For readers who are new to the field, Child Life Specialists help to make the hospital experience a less scary one for children and the entire family. They aim to do this by providing step by step procedural preparations including informing the child (in an age appropriate detail) about what they will hear, smell, touch, taste, and see during a test or surgery. Child Life Specialists also provide developmentally appropriate play, distraction during tests, emotional support to the patient as well as the entire family, sibling education and support, and bereavement support if necessary. If you have any questions, comments, or information you would like to see here, I would love to hear from you! Feel free to contact me at sweetblueair[at]gmail.com

Archive for February 20th, 2009

Feb 20 2009

New look!

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So, I tend to get tired of layouts very easily and quickly. I’ve been trying to teach myself stuff on photoshop and have been playing around with a bunch of different banners lately. I have to say I kind of like how things are looking here now, so I might keep it for awhile. I like the bike, the wing, the balloon and the puzzle pieces. I think the blue is calming. I updated the About This Blog page and also added an Internship page where I will be categorizing all the internships by state. Having an internship database has always been what I eventually wanted to do with this blog, there are just so many and only one of me! I’m working on it though, slowly but surely. Child Life is SUCH a competitive field and I feel like sometimes that gets the best of me (and everyone else) so I’m glad to help out others in their journey.

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