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Speakers:
Katie Grudzinski MS, CCLS
Supervisor of Child Life and Creative Arts Therapies; Advocate Children’s Hospital-Park Ridge

Kerstin Ford MS, CCLS
Emergency Department CCLS; Advocate Children's Hospital- Oak Lawn

Objectives:

  1. Identify key developmental milestones and understand how they influence a child’s response to hospitalization.​
  2. Apply child life-informed interventions such as:​
    1. Developmentally appropriate preparation​
    2. Procedure support techniques​
    3. Use of therapeutic and medical play​
    4. Promote normalization and coping​
  3. Incorporate adaptive care strategies to meet individual patient needs when child life services are unavailable.

 

 

Session date: 
09/10/2025 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm CDT
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