While play may be a child's favorite language, words still matter during the hard moments. Books can be an essential tool in helping with everything from learning how to name + handle different emotions to providing a template for difficult conversations, diagnosis education, and trauma informed care on topics like death, dying, and grief.

Join Episode 5 guests, Laura Camerona, CCLS and Jessica Correnti, MS, CCLS, Certified Child Life Specialists and Authors, as we dive into the importance of bibliotherapy and looking for the CCLS credential after an author’s name as well.

Host: Annie J, MS, CCLS, CAHP

Guests: Laura Camerona, CCLS + Jessica Correnti, MS, CCLS

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Editing: SH Creative

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Child development + stress/trauma/harm to that development doesn’t just exist during a hospital admission or a clinic visit.

The good news? The solution to supporting children and families outside the four walls of a hospital is already here. The real question is are we ready to listen and uplift the Certified Child Life Specialists doing it?!

Join guests Katie Taylor, CCLS and Shani Thornton, MS, CCLS as we discuss the not so hidden epidemic of preventing stress/trauma/harm to development out in the community setting, and why having access to a Certified Child Life Specialist matters even more when it's in your own home.

Host: Annie J, MS, CCLS, CAHP

Guests: Katie Taylor, CCLS + Shani Thornton, MS, CCLS

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Editing: SH Creative

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What does it look like when hospitals don't value your child's psychological and emotional safety? A 2023 salary survey suggests it might mean nearly 60% of the Certified Child Life Specialists who do this vital, necessary work become "likely" or "extremely likely" forced out due to an inability to afford basic living expenses.

Kirsten Black, MS, CCLS, Registered HPS (and architect of that salary survey) joins the pod this week to discuss the true cost when Certified Child Life Specialists can't earn a living wage.

Host: Annie J, MS, CCLS, CAHP

Guest: Kirsten Black, MS, CCLS, Registered HPS

Editing: SH Creative

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