Tips from Child Life for using minimally threatening language
To communicate accurate, complete information that is developmentally appropriate
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Pet therapy
PAWH – Pets Assisting with Healing
Music Therapy
It’s no secret that music can be uplifting and relaxing in any situation. A growing amount of evidence suggests that the power of music can also have significant benefits to patients and their families in clinical settings.
Child life specialists
Child life professionals at Children’s Minnesota work closely with children to help understand their medical care and minimize stress through medical play, relaxation, mental imagery, and special events and activities. Child life professionals are trained in child development and are part of the multi-disciplinary care team. They partner with the whole family, including siblings, to foster a positive and supportive care experience.
Child life zone
Kids come first at The Child Life Zone. Located on our Children’s Minnesota St. Paul campus, The Zone is a unique space where patients and their families play, learn, laugh and relax. Built through support from Garth Brooks’ Teammates for Kids Foundation, this state-of-the-art environment provides children and teens a place to connect with others and explore healing therapies while doing what they love.
Faculty
Faculty in the child psychology internship program are:
The ‘funnest’ place in the hospital
Children's patient Grace Vokaty loves the Child Life Zone.
A peek inside a music therapist’s cart: What do you do with all that stuff?
Some people have a bag of tricks, but our music therapists are lucky to have a whole cart.
5 things you may not know about music therapy
In honor of Music Therapy Week, music therapist Erinn Frees gives us a look at her job at Children’s.
Five Question Friday: Meet Kirsten Granberg
In honor of Child Life Week, we want to introduce Kirsten, one of our child life specialists.