Revised edition of The handbook of child life, ©2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The story of child life / Susan Pond Wojtasik and Claire M. White -- Theoretical foundations of child life practice / Joan C. Turner -- Research in child life / Richard H. Thompson, Katherine L. Bennett, and Charles W. Snow -- Therapeutic relationships in child life / Kathleen McCue -- Communication and child life / Dene G. Klinzing and Dennis R. Klinzing -- Patient- and family-centered care and the implications for child life practice / Janet Nelms Cross, Priti P. Desai, Sheila Palm, Jacqueline L. Bell, Beverley H. Johnson, and Sharon M. McLeod -- Assessment and documentation in child life / Ellen Hollon, Eileen Clark, Chantal LeBlanc, and Linda Skinner -- Paradigms of play / Peggy O. Jessee and Laura Gaynard -- Psychological preparation and coping / Joy Goldberger, Richard H. Thompson, and Anne Luebering Mohl -- Program administration and leadership / Janet Nelms Cross, Toni F. Millar, and Jerriann Myers Wilson -- One-person child life programs / Teresa A.P. Schoell -- Child life interventions in critical care and at the end of life / Lois J. Pearson -- Working with grieving children and families / Chris Brown -- Chronic illness and rehabilitation / Melissa Hicks and Kathryn Davitt -- The emergency department and ambulatory care / Vickie L. Squires and Kim Eury Allen -- Child life and education issues : the child with a chronic illness or special healthcare needs / Patricia L. Weiner, Maggie Hoffman, and Cynthia Scherr Rosen -- Child life in the community and in other non-traditional roles / Melissa Hicks and Kathleen McCue -- Child life : a global perspective / Priti P. Desai, Toni Crowell-Petrungaro, Melodee Moltman, and LeeAnn Derbyshire Fenn.

Child life is a profession that draws on the insights of history, sociology, anthropology and psychology to serve children and families in many critical stress points in their lives, but especially when they are ill, injured or disabled and encounter the hosts of caregivers and institutions that collaborate to make them well. Children and their families can become overwhelmed by the task of understanding and navigating the healthcare environment and continue to face challenges through their daily encounters. It is the job of child life professionals to provide care and guidance in these negotiations to serve as culture brokers, interpreters of the healthcare apparatus to family and child and the child to medical professionals. Despite the best efforts to provide quality, sensitive psychosocial care to children and their families, they remain vulnerable to lingering aftereffects. The goal of this revised edition is to help prepare child life specialists to deliver the highest level of care to children and families in the context of these changing realities. Each chapter has been substantially revised and two new chapters have been added. This book will be a valuable resource for not only child life specialists but also nurses, occupational and recreational therapists, social workers and other hospital personnel.

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