Chapter 1

Question 0

What is CCLS?

Answer 0

certified child life specialist

Question 1

What practitioners might you find under the umbrella?

Answer 1

CCLS, CLS, CLA, Music therapist, education coordinator

Question 2

What is CLS?

Answer 2

Child life specialist

Question 3

What is CLA?

Answer 3

Child life assistant

Question 4

What is an education coordinator?

Answer 4

Someone who works with schools to help the child keep up with school

Question 5

What are the child life program goals?

Answer 5

• Help cope with stress and anxiety of the health experience

- promote normal growth and development of children in the health care setting

Question 6

How do Child Life Specialist help kids cope with hospitalization?

Answer 6

• provides materials and opportunities for play
• prepares child for healthcare experience
• Advocates for child through out health care experience
• creates and maintains and environment conductive to promoting normalization.

Question 7

What is the heart and soul of the Child Life Program?

Answer 7

Play

Question 8

Why is play the heart and soul of the child life program?

Answer 8

• fosters sense of trust
• builds rapport
• uncover misconceptions

Question 9

How are we going to create an inclusive and welcoming environment?

Answer 9

• toys
• colors
• posters
• chairs by the bed
• different textiles
• 5 senses

Question 10

What are four indicators that a child is coping effectually?

Answer 10

• playing freely
• expressing their feeling
• feeling secure in their relationship with their families and hospital staff
• are reasonably knowledgeable about their condition and upcoming procedures.

Question 11

What disciplines will a CLS come in contact with?

Answer 11

• Speech therapist
• OT
• PT
• Nurse
• Doctor
• Chaplin
• case manager
• social worker
• dietitian
• Palliative care

Question 12

Tell me ways you can use an “All About Me” poster for a child who has a ruptured appendix and will be in the hospital for two weeks.

Answer 12

• comfort
• Make it about them
• changes in personally or behavior
• Motivations
• Misconceptions

Question 13

Using the “All About Me” poster for a non-responsive child in the PICU?

Answer 13

• Preserving child for parents
• “personalizing” child
• reminding staff to incorporate likes and dislikes
• Have stuff in the room about them fired he they wake up

Question 14

September is ______________ awareness month.

Answer 14

Childhood cancer

Question 15

What should you do now that you know it’s childhood cancer awareness month?

Answer 15

• Aware
• Take action
• Advocate

Question 16

Why is play so important?

Answer 16

• Majority of time awake spent playing
• Learn though play
• socialize
• Testing their growing bodies
• Cope with unfamiliar
• Express emotions

Question 17

How does CCLS impact normal growth and development?

Answer 17

• Recognized constrains and hospital environment and adapts activities
  - Bed rest
  - Traction
  - IV
• provides opportunities for interaction with other children
• Collaboration with other disciplines

Question 18

Who is the mother of Child Life?

Answer 18

Emma Plank

Question 19

Who is the governing body of child life?

Answer 19

The Child Life Council

Question 20

What color is the ribbon for childhood awareness month?

Answer 20

Purple or gold