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Child Life
At Children's Medical CenterSpecialists
Explaining procedures
Children want to know where a heart comes from for a heart transplant and how their sibling "caught" cancer and if it's contagious. Child life specialists explain procedures in terms patients and their siblings understand. Specialists engage children in medical play, showing them how to give a teddy bear an injection or listen to its heart with a play stethoscope.
Activities
Child life specialists work with patients to help them adapt to their surroundings. They can be found playing with children in the playrooms or helping create an artistic masterpiece with glitter and glue. Older patients enjoy a game of pool or a lesson on the computer.