Overview of Children’s Healthcare
• Micro-influencers
• Macro influences
Antecedents of Child Life
• History of the field
Child Life Competencies: be familiar with them and have them available for mid-term
Role of the Child Life Specialist
• Intervention goals
Child Life Interventions
• Thompson
• Play
• Preparation
• Family Support
• American Academy of Pediatrics Position Statement
Growth and Development (Infants – Adolescents)
• Principles
• Patterns
• Physical development
• Cognitive development
• Psychosocial development
• Piaget
• Freud
• Erikson
Emotional Reactions to Hospitalization
• Separation and attachment
• Robertson & Bowlby stages
• Behavioral responses