One member from Child Life Disaster Relief (CLDR) is on her way to North Carolina with our partner Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) for a CDS team deployment in response to Hurricane Dorian. While there, Susan ‘Boon’ Murray will be working alongside her CDS teammates with the children in evacuation centers. This storm has already produced […]
Do you currently work in Child Life? If so, tell us about your current position. If not, tell us about your Child Life history. I am a Certified Child Life Specialist and have established a one-person program at both Medical City Plano and Medical City Frisco. Medical City Plano is a level 1 trauma facility,
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Hurricane season is here, and as Child Life Disaster Relief, we often write about how to prepare, stay safe, and work with children after a hurricane. However, we would like to also highlight the perspective of a CCLS within the hospital. Leslie Dempsey, CCLS, shares her personal encounter of when Hurricane Irma hit Florida in
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ATTENTION CHILD LIFE SPECIALISTS: Have you ever wondered how you can deploy and work with the children that have been affected by the mass shootings, hurricanes, or wild fires? Well here is your opportunity to become involved! Our partner, Children’s Disaster Services (CDS), is offering a training on Friday, October 11th and Saturday, October 12th
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From BOON Murray, CCLS Last year, a Children’s Disaster Services team made history facilitating a play center in a cattle barn. While you can never anticipate what your play space might be, CDS volunteers dive right in to setting up with imagination and creativity. I deployed with a team of three other local volunteers on
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In light of the recent and unfortunate shootings in the last month, we wanted to share with you a helpful and insightful resource that may assist you when talking to inquiring children about these recent events: “How to Talk to Children of About These Shootings: an age by age guide” by TODAY.com.
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Two members of Child Life Disaster Relief will be deploying today with our partner, Children’s Disaster Services (CDS), for a CDS Critical Response assignment to Gilroy, California. While there, Kristen Cady and Cindy Shapiro will be working together with their CDS teammates in a Family Assistance Center to provide support to the children affected by
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Do you currently work in Child Life? If so, tell us about your current position. If not, tell us about your Child Life history. I became a Child Life Specialist in 2005 respecting the Association of Child Life Professional’s preference that instructors of child life coursework be certified. I had written a faculty development grant
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Our partner, Children’s Disaster Services (CDS), is working on deploying a team in the next 48 hours to Louisiana in response to Hurricane Barry making landfall. CDS is looking for certified volunteers who can commit to a full 14-day deployment. If you are able to deploy for that length of time, please contact Lisa Crouch
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Disasters, whether natural or man-made, can be completely devastating for the people affected and surrounding community, as well as for the first responders and volunteers supporting those groups. Homes may have been destroyed, belongings and cherished items may be gone forever, loved ones may have died, and people may have been injured. Simply enduring the
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