Celebrating Child Life Month!

Child Life Month is celebrated in March to recognize child life specialists and their important role in children’s lives. 

The Child Life Team at Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital helps make your family’s experience at the hospital a positive one. Child Life specialists are members of your child’s healthcare team. They work directly with you and your child to help you relieve tension, express concerns and fears, and feel more in control about your hospital experience.

Child Life Specialists…

• Explain a diagnosis or treatment in words your child or teen can understand.
• Create a coping plan your child can use during a medical test or procedure.
• Offer support during and after a medical test or procedure.
• Use play to help your child understand medical procedures and express feelings.
• Work with medical staff to assess your child’s unique needs.
• Give you information about child development and the effects of healthcare.
• Teach techniques to help your child cope and relax.
• Offer support to help families cope with death or loss.

Thank you to all our amazing Child Life Specialists at Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital!