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While searching around Georgetown University Hospital’s Child Life resources page, I found this awesome list of books that may be helpful to children dealing with hospitalization. Check it out!
Helpful Books about Hospitalization
A book is a great way to start explaining different things your child may see in a hospital. These are some recommendations.
- A Hospital Story: An Open Family Book for Parents and Children Together By Sara Bonnett Stein (Walker and Co., 1983)
- A Visit to the Sesame Street Hospital By Deborah Hautzig (Random House, 1985)
- At the Hospital By Amy Moses (Child’s World, 1997)
- Barney and Baby Bop Go to the Doctor By Margie Larsen, Dennis Full (Scholastic)
- Coping with a Hospital Stay By Sharon Carter and Judy Monnig (Rosen Publishing Group, 1987)
- Curious George Goes to the Hospital By Anne Civardi (EDC Publishing, 1994)
- Going to the Hospital By Fred Rogers (GP/Putnam’s Sons, 1988)
- Let’s Talk About Going to the Hospital By Marianne Johnson (Powerkids Press, 1998)
- The Hospital Scares Me By Paula Hogan and Kirk Hogan (Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, 1990)
- This is a Hospital, Not a Zoo By R. Karim (Truesdell Services, 1998)
- When Molly was in the Hospital: A Book for Brothers and Sisters of Hospitalized Children By Debbie Duncan (Rayve Productions, 1994)
- Why am I going to the Hospital By Claire Ciliotta and Carole Livingston (Lyle Stuart Inc., 1981)
Source: http://www.georgetownuniversityhospital.org/body.cfm?id=557023
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Do you think it's better to get your masters in child life and then try to get in the field or do you think a bachelors is really enough?
That is something that is completely up to you! Personally, I think the more you know the better & I someday hope to get my Masters in Child Life.
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It’s a rainy afternoon here in Miami today, perfect for cuddling up with a good book!
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Mary Poppins, the famous nanny form the children’s story, was onto something when she sang, “a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.” Mary knew that we feel better about something unpleasant when we pair it with something we like.Healing images for children, Nancy Klein, M.A.
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“Crocs Kneeler. Great for long procedures and we have to be on our knees!” Oh yes! I definitely agree! One of these would be great
Source: http://www.oprah.com/index.html
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Hi! I am going to be a sophomore in college this coming fall and I have recently become interested in the child life profession. My current college doesn't have a major in child life or child studies. Do you think it's too late to transfer to a college that does offer a major more closely related to a child life profession?
Hello! Well, you technically don’t need a major in child life/child studies to become a CCLS. The only thing that is required is that you take a course taught by a child life specialist and many universities offer it online (I took mine online!). Also, you will need to have 10 courses relating to children in some way - the following link will have more information. Hope this helps! Best of luck to you :-)
http://www.childlife.org/Certification/Getting%20Certified/EligibilityRequirements.cfm
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Printable surgery role play cards
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I love this creative cartoon explaining what happens when you get a cut.
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Where were you able to take your online child life class taught by a child life specialist? Were you enrolled at that school? I'm having trouble finding a class online taught by a child life specialist.
I was able to take the online child life class taught by a child life specialist, at The University of New Hampshire. I was not enrolled at that school and because I live in Florida, I had to pay out of state tuition which wasn’t too fun. However, the professor I had, Trish Cox, was amazing! I learned a great deal from that class.
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For every headband purchased, one is given to a girl with cancer and $1 is donated to the St. Baldrick’s foundation to fund life-saving childhood cancer research. Use promocode “hopediane” for a discount at checkout.
