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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The second half of my trip was spent providing care to children in a couple different shelters and a newly opened DRC, Disaster Recovery Center. This space is located in a huge movie sound stage/warehouse and serves as a one stop shop for people to meet with FEMA and other disaster assistance agencies to find
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Are you guys like babysitters? “Yes. That, and so much more, let me tell you more”…As child life specialists we are all too familiar with our ‘elevator speech,’ and are ready to try to summarize all that we do in approximately three sentences. This is nearly impossible and never enough for someone to understand the
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Brianna Pastewski has written about her first day for us all to share in her experience. This is by no means a requirement for CLSs who deploy! But we are so grateful that she is letting us all get a peak into this with her and grateful for the opportunity for the child life community
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