A medical diagnosis or hospital stay can be tough when you’re a child, and it can be hard on family members as well. Fortunately, many hospitals, especially children’s hospitals, have certified child ...

For children who are hospitalized, the experience can feel especially scary, filled with unknowns in an unfamiliar place. Thankfully, children’s hospitals have teams dedicated to making the experience ...

Child life specialists can make a big difference in healthcare for kids, including eliminating the need for some medicines to calm them before procedures. Intermountain Logan Regional Hospital this ...

The healthcare system can be difficult for anyone to navigate. It is especially challenging for kids. Child life specialists aim to make medicine easier to digest. Other WRAL Top Stories “We are ...

Certified child life specialists help children and families cope with the hospital experience through play therapy, art therapy, and explaining medical procedures. The program at Akron Children's ...

During Child Life Month in March, FOX 17 went into the waiting room to watch how a Child Life Specialist can help young patients feel more positive before heading into surgery GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – It can be scary to be in the hospital, especially when you’re a kid. But, there’s a group of dedicated people whose job is to help ease those fears. Tonight’s Pay It 4ward helps a ...

Hospitals can be overwhelming — for adults and for children. A child life specialist's job is to advocate for patients, families and children. Olivia Bourgeois was born in Cutoff and graduated with an ...

The Child Cancer Fund has committed $1 million to fund an oncology child life specialist position for 10 years at Nemours Children's Health. Child life specialists help pediatric cancer patients and ...

At just 3 1/2 years old, Hay’Lough Inge took all the nurses and physicians in the Emplify clinic room to the cleaners with her operation on Baby Alive on June 24. Hay’Lough calls the doctor on a radio ...