Child Life Council Twentieth Annual Conference On Professional ...

16 PICC Placement Without Sedation: A Research
Based, Multidisciplinary Approach
(Intermediate)
Standard: 3, 6, 7, 8
Claire Kessler, MEd, CCLS, Child Life Specialist II,
and
Anne Trauten, BSEd, CCLS, Child Life Specialist I,
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
This presentation demonstrates that with appropriate
patient/family preparation and support during
placement, most PICCs (peripherally inserted central
catheters), can be placed with minimal discomfort in
infants, children, and adolescents without sedation.
The essential role of the child life specialist in this
multidisciplinary approach is emphasized.
17 Reaching Out - Child Life Community
Outreach (Intermediate)
Standard: 1, 3, 5
19 Meeting Family's Needs: A Comprehensive
Approach to Bone Marrow Transplants
(Intermediate)
Standard: 3, 4
Margaret Greene, BS, CCLS, Children's Hospital of
New York, New York, NY
Rechelle D. Bonaparte, BS, CCLS, Children's
Hospital of New York, Herbert Irving Child and
Adolescent Oncology Center, New York, NY
Child life specialists help families meet the challenge
of bone marrow transplant by assessing their needs
and creating a program that will help empower the
family to advocate for themselves. Creating a tour,
interviewing skills and psychosocial treatment plans
will be discussed.
12:15 – 1:45 pm Exhibits / Lunch Break
Hillary Gannon, BS, CCLS, Child Life Specialist,
Children's Hospital University Health System of
Eastern Carolina, Greenville, NC
This workshop presents a model outreach program
created and implemented by child life specialists to
improve pediatric care in other hospitals. This
outreach program educates and empowers staff to
deliver better pediatric care.
18 "Picture Perfect": Using Photography to
Enhance Self-Esteem with Burn Patients (Entry)
Standard: 3, 6
Kimberly Brouillette, BS, CCLS, Senior Child Life
Therapist, and
Gabrielle Gaudreau, BS, CTRS, Recreation
Therapist, Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston,
MA
Children who are hospitalized with burns or other
disfiguring injuries often present with a negative selfimage
and poor self-esteem. This workshop will
present and exciting and creative approach to
therapeutic programming. By introducing a
photography program, children are given an
alternative outlet for creativity and expression.
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