by Christina LoFranco | Mar 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
Thanks to Santa Cruz Waves Magazine and author Christina LoFranco for their gracious permission to republish this moving post! ## As the sun set on Aug. 8, 2013, 16-year-old Dante Calcagno was nearly ready to wrap up his day of mountain biking through the Santa Cruz...
by Sheri Brisson | Mar 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
You may remember from earlier blogs that my passion for working with kids in hospitals began as a playroom candy striper. But what I didn’t share is that my supervisor was one of the people who has been responsible for shaping the child life profession itself—Colette...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Mar 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
There are two sides to every child: physical and emotional. Child Life Specialists make sure that gains in the physical side for a child facing health challenges and hospitalization do not have to come at the expense of the emotional side. It is their job to stand...
by Joanna Jaeger | Mar 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
I have an adult son with special needs and it’s sometimes a struggle to organize our complicated lives and communicate needs and concerns to the many people involved in my son’s care. That’s when I use lists — best-of lists, top 10 lists, checklists...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Mar 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last week we wrote about how to make a safe space for your child’s emotions, leaving it up to your child whether to use this space. This week, we respect the fact that in addition to helping your child express raw emotions it can be our job as parents and...
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