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SEACLP Program Session Information
Opening Keynote Speaker
Navigating the Emotional World of Children
David Thomas, L.M.S.W.
Family Counseling at Daystar Counseling
David is the Director of Family Counseling at Daystar Counseling
(daystarcounseling.com) in Nashville, TN, the co-author of eight books,
including the best-selling Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys (Tyndale
House Publishers). He is a frequent guest on national television and podcasts,
including their own soon-to-be released podcast called Raising Boys and Girls,
and has been featured in publications like USA Today, and speaks across the
country. He recently completed Are My Kids on Track? The 12 Emotional, Social
& Spiritual Milestones Your Child Needs to Reach.
He and his wife, Connie, have a daughter, twin sons and a feisty yellow lab
named Owen. You can follow him on social media at raisingboysandgirls and
find the latest parenting resources at www.raisingboysandgirls.com.
SEACLP Program Session Information
Professional Development Sessions
Session 1 Supporting Babies by Supporting the Caregiver: Applying Principles of
Infant Mental Health to Child Life Practice
Katy Hoskins, CCLS Mary Parman, MS, CCLS
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Summary
Through literature review, clinical experiences, and analysis of
evidence-based practices, this presentation will explore the principles of
infant mental health, implications for child life practice, and relevant
interventions to promote developmentally appropriate care within the
medical setting for infants, toddlers, and their families.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Identify basic principles of infant mental health and apply it to child life practice.
2. Identify interventions that support the relationship between infant/toddler and
caregiver and implement these in to clinical practice
3. Articulate the impact of the stress of having an infant or toddler with a serious ill-
ness and guide parents in identifying and utilizing effective coping strategies.
Domain
Intervention
Lenth of Presentation
1 hour
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Professional Development Sessions
Session 1 The Need for Adolescent Sexual Health Conversations in Child Life
Practice
Lauren McCann, LMSW, CCLS
Methodist Le Bonheur Community Outreach,
Memphis, TN
Summary
Although sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy face
today’s teens at alarming rates, many child life specialists do not incorporate
sexual health conversations into their practice. This presentation will explore
specialist concerns, limitations, and hesitations and will include guidance on
overcoming these barriers to benefit both patients and families.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the presentation, participants will have:
1. An understanding of the sexual health concerns facing adolescents
2. A summary of the Association of Child Life Professionals Scope of Practice as well as the
American Academy of Pediatrics stance on
adolescent sexual
3. The ability to consider and reflect upon their own biases in regard to adolescent sexual
health conversations and how that affects their personal child life
4. An increased determination to explore how adolescent sexual health conversations are
happening within the multi-disciplinary team in order to assure developmentally
appropriate topics are being acknowledged.
Domain
Professional Responsibility
Lenth of Presentation
1 hour
1.
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Professional Development Sessions
Session 1 “Take it, Run with it, Make it Your Own,”: Understanding Conceptions of
Legacy in Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers
Jenna Dunbar, M.Ed(c) Maile Jones, M.Ed.(c)
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Summary
This presentation describes the findings of a qualitative study that
examined the ways in which legacy was understood and experienced by patients
and caregivers within an inpatient pediatric setting. These findings have
implications not only for child life theory and practice but also for
research methodologies in pediatric healthcare.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this presentation, participants will:
1. Explore current and seminal research on legacy concepts and interventions in
healthcare settings.
2. Examine the ways in which caregivers of hospitalized children understand and
describe the concept of legacy.
3. Consider hospitalized patients’ understandings of legacy.
4. Compare the perceptions of parents and caregivers to identify opportunities for
enhanced legacy practices in hospital settings.
Domain
Assessment
Lenth of Presentation
1 hour
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Professional Development Sessions
Session 2 Too Sick to Play? Insight into Unique and Creative Play Interventions
for Children Facing Critical Illnesses
Allie Leidy, MA, CCLS
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Summary
This presentation will empower participants to identify and implement play
interventions supporting the unique and complex population of children unable to
engage in play in the hospital setting. Through intervention
examples, participants will gain insight and skills to provide play
interventions in participants’ own practice.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Participants will learn and apply research surrounding the importance of play to
children of all ability levels in the hospital setting
2. Participants will be able to identify and implement ways to provide play
interventions to children unable to physically play in hospital settings
3. Participants will be able to identify and implements ways to provide
therapeutic play interventions to empower siblings and caregivers
Domain
Intervention
Lenth of Presentation
1 hour
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Professional Development Sessions
Session 2 Creating a Blueprint for an Autism Friendly Pediatric Emergency Room
Beth Alex, CCLS Kelsey Bryant, CCLS
The Children’s Hospital at Tristar Centennial, The Children’s Hospital at Tristar Centennial,
Nashville, TN Nashville, TN
Summary
This presentation will introduce one hospital’s approach to creating autism friendly
practices in a pediatric emergency setting. Content will include an overview of the
program’s staff education modules, ED triage process, and a hands-on segment with
specific communication and sensory tools. Attendees will also be invited to
participate in an open discussion about what processes their facilities have
considered or already implemented.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this presentation, participants will:
1. Understand how to create a culture that welcomes patients with autism and their
families
2. Design communication boards and social stories personalized to your facility
3. Take away concrete tips for rolling out a multidisciplinary initiative
within a pediatric hospital
Domain
Assessment & Intervention
Lenth of Presentation
1 hour
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Professional Development Sessions
Session 2 There’s No Place Like Home: Community-Based Palliative Care and
Hospice Program
Stephanie Lindblom, CCLS Cheryl Fergerson, LMSW, DSW(c)
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Summary
Presentation will highlight one community-based program that provides
compassionate care to patients and families on palliative care or hospice services.
Attendees will learn from the insights gained by a community-based child life spe-
cialist and a medical social worker and will examine the differences between hospital
and community-based practices.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this presentation, participants will:
1. Understand both the structure and goals of an innovative
community-based palliative care and hospice program.
2. Gain an appreciation for child life and medical social work
community-based practice.
3. Explore the opportunities and obstacles faced in a
community-based clinical practice and make application for safety and
professional boundaries in field work.
Domain
Professional Responsibility
Lenth of Presentation
1 hour
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Professional Development Sessions
Forge Your Own Path: An Interdisciplinary Partnership Creating the
Session 3 Adapted Care Clinical Pathway to Impact Patient- and Family-Centered
Care for Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Deborah Palley, CCLS
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children,
Wilmington, DE
Summary
Attendees will review one interdisciplinary team’s continuous improvement project
which resulted in standard clinical work with the goal of ushering a patient with
Autism Spectrum Disorder through their medical experience with increased ease.
Methodology for creating clinical culture change that impacts patient- and
family-centered care will be shared with attendees.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Recognize the impact of interdisciplinary engagement in continuous improvement
on patient and family-centered care
2. Identify the steps of the Adapted Care Clinical Pathway
3. Learn how the implementation of a standardized clinical pathway reduced
Aggressive Child Emergency (ACE) Responses
4. Analyze the successes and challenges of completing a continuous improvement
project and implementing a new pathway in a clinical area
Domain
Professional Responsibility
Lenth of Presentation
1 hour
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Professional Development Sessions
Session 3 Clinical Techniques in Guided Imagery: Enhancing Your Practice to
Improve Patient Outcomes
Dana Kim, MA, MT-BC, NICU MT-
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Summary
The purpose of this presentation is to help participants deepen their knowledge of
guided imagery evidence-based practices, and gain confidence implementing these
techniques in a variety of clinical scenarios. Participants will have opportunities to
practice new skills in a supportive environment while receiving direct feedback to
improve their clinical practice.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Understand the various approaches to guided imagery and the corresponding re-
search supporting the use of this clinical intervention with children in the hospital
2. Learn and apply specific guided imagery clinical techniques related to assessment,
vocal tone, therapeutic language, and utilizing music
3. Identify specific areas for growth and develop a strategic plan for enhancing these
skills
4. Gain insight about the benefits of practicing guided imagery as a self-care prac-
tice to combat work-related stress and compassion fatigue (Beck, Hanson, & Gold,
2015).
Domain
Intervention
Lenth of Presentation
1 hour
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Professional Development Sessions
Session 3 Offering Healing When There Is No Cure: The Development of a
Hospital-Wide Bereavement Program
Anne (Annie) Camille Duplechain, M.Ed.(c)
Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, TN
Summary
This presentation will describe a quality improvement project aimed at developing a
hospital-wide bereavement program. The presentation will synthesize best practices
from bereavement literature and the psychosocial impact of these interventions on
families. The presentation would be meaningful to institutions who would like to
develop or strengthen similar programs as strategies will be shared.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Articulate the psychosocial benefits associated with bereavement interventions and their
impact on bereaved parents and siblings.
2. Identify components of quality bereavement programs and the breadth of services
commonly offered in a program.
3. Gain insight into the development of a hospital-wide bereavement program; these
insights can inform the establishment of a bereavement program or can be used to
strengthen an existing program.
Domain
Professional Responsibility,
Lenth of Presentation
1 hourSEACLP Program Session Information
Professional Development Sessions
Session 4 The Importance of Procedural Support to Aid in Pain Management in
Infants
Caitlin Reid Vazquez, MS, CCLS, CIMI
St. Louis Children’s Hospital,
St. Louis, MO
Summary
This presentation will increase child life professionals’ knowledge of
nonpharmacological pain management interventions for infants. The presentation
will cover the indicators of pain and the long-term impact of pain in this population.
Effective nonpharmacological interventions, applicable in a variety of settings,
will be introduced.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Verbalize the importance of pain management in infants, for infants and child life
professionals
2. Recognize at least two behavioral indicators of infant pain
3. Have a foundational knowledge of how to implement at least two nonpharmacological
pain management interventions with infants
Domain
Intervention
Lenth of Presentation
1 hourSEACLP Program Session Information
Professional Development Sessions
Session 4 “Don’t Put Your Phone Down!” Child Life Practice and the Online Worlds
of Hospitalized Teens
Sarah Daniels, MS, CCLS Samantha Toohey, CCLS
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Summary
Adolescent development is facilitated through social interaction, which
increasingly occurs online. This presentation describes adolescent social media use
and discusses implications on development and coping. Through review of their
qualitative research project analyzing adolescent perspectives of social
media use, strategies for child life assessment and interventions are provided.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the landscape of adolescent social media use and its
implications for coping with illness
2. Interpret findings of a retrospective qualitative analysis regarding
adolescent perspectives of social media use
3. Consider use of social media for child life assessments and interventions
with hospitalized adolescents
Domain
Assessment & Intervention
Lenth of Presentation
1 hourSEACLP Program Session Information
Professional Development Sessions
Session 4 Self-Care: Not All Salt Baths and Ice Cream
Kelsey Lownds, MM, MT-BC, NICU-MT
Music Speaks
Nashville, TN
Summary
True self-care is not all about salt baths and ice cream, it is making the choice to build
a life you don’t regularly escape from. During this interactive presentation, attendees
will take a self-care assessment and begin developing an individualized self-care plan
all while increasing understanding of true self-care.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Identify the six domains of self-care, common career-mindsets that impact self-care, and
apply current research supporting the need for a better understanding of self-care
2. Practice and experience one mindfulness technique as well as receive resources on other
mindfulness exercises
3. Complete a self-care assessment and begin a non-self-care list that focuses on each of
the six self-care domains to better understand how to develop an individualized self-care
program.
4. Share personal self-care practices
5. Identify areas to improve their self-care and leave with resource packet to further
promote their self-care development
Domain
Professional Responsibility
Lenth of Presentation
1 hourSEACLP Program Session Information
Poster Sessions
A Compassionate Presence: Caring for the Spiritual and Religious
Needs of Patients and Families
Anne (Annie) Camille Duplechain, M.Ed.(c)
Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, TN
Summary
Patients and families often report that their spiritual/religious needs go unmet in the
hospital setting. To address this need, this poster presentation will provide clinicians
with knowledge of spiritual care interventions that can be integrated into their own
clinical scope of practice.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Distinguish between spiritual and religious beliefs
2. Compare and contrast prominent faith development and psychosocial theories
3. Gain insight into how hospitalization and illness impact a patient and family’s spiritual/
religious beliefs
4. Learn strategies to integrate spiritual/religious care interventions into their clinical role
as a member of the healthcare team
Domain
Professional Responsibility, Assessment & Intervention
Lenth of Presentation
10 minutesSEACLP Program Session Information
Poster Sessions
We’ve Got the Beat: Legacy Building Straight from the Heart
Taryn Leigh Johnson, CCLS, CTRS Jessie Elizabeth Gordon, MEd, CCLS, CIMI
Norton Children’s Hospital St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Louisville, KY
Summary
This poster will provide an overview of the use, benefits, and process of heartbeat
recording as a legacy building intervention. Presenters will introduce the concept of
heartbeat recording and common populations in which the intervention is utilized
and provide participants with beginner level knowledge to complete
heartbeat recordings.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Identify three patient populations or patient specific situations to engage in heart-
beat recording as a legacy building intervention
2. Gain a working knowledge of recording a patient’s heartbeat from start to finish
3. Recognize and name three benefits of legacy building interventions
Domain
Intervention
Lenth of Presentation
10 minutesSEACLP Program Session Information
Poster Sessions
Providing Psychosocial Care for Children in Medical Camp Settings
Mary Ann Gill, M.Ed.(c)
Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, TN
Summary
Attendees will learn about the goals, theoretical framework, and psychosocial
outcomes of medical camp programs for children with serious illnesses. This poster
presentation of the role of child life specialists in this unique setting will highlight the
connection between camp programs and goals of clinical child life practice.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Understand the goals and theoretical framework behind medical camp programs
and be able to articulate how these programs can address the psychosocial risks
facing children with serious illnesses.
2. Identify the potential benefits to campers with serious illnesses based on available
research.
3. Draw connections between child life practice in the hospital setting with child life
practice and psychosocial care in the non-traditional, medical camp setting.
Domain
Intervention
Lenth of Presentation
10 minutesSEACLP Program Session Information
Poster Sessions
Therapeutic Utilization of Toys in the Hospital Environment
Emily Bozzer, CCLS
Batson Children’s Hospital
Madeline Wilson, CCLS Children’s of Mississippi Tiffany Key, CCLS
Batson Children’s Hospital, Children’s of Mississippi, Jackson, MS Batson Children’s Hospital, Children’s of Mississippi,
Jackson, MS Jackson, MS
Summary
A resource, “Therapeutic Utilization of Toys in the Hospital Environment,” was
developed in response to a hospital need for explaining how child life specialists use
toys as therapeutic tools to reach goals. The information shared in this poster can be
used to advocate for departmental needs and serve as an educational tool for child life
students and new professionals to think creatively when developing intervention and
coping plans for pediatric patients.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Define different types of psychosocial interventions and play
2. List a variety of toys that can be used to assist in meeting medical and psychoso-
cial goals
3. Provide a resource to advocate for necessary materials to be used with therapeutic
purposes
Domain
Intervention
Lenth of Presentation
10 minutesSEACLP Program Session Information
Poster Sessions
My Sibling Lives at the Hospital: How to Communicate Effectively with
Siblings of Babies in the NICU
Kayla Wynona White, MA, CCLS
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
Memphis, TN
Summary
This poster will showcase a PowerPoint presentation that was developed as a resource
for NICU staff to use in support of effective communication with older siblings of
hospitalized infants when child life does not have a full-time presence. Research,
developmental theory, additional resources, and feedback from staff will be shared.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Provide rationale for why other staff members should explain NICU terms to sib-
lings in a developmentally appropriate manner
2. Adapt this information for other units (for example, explaining the CVICU to sib-
lings of patients)
3. Effectively communicate why it is important for older siblings to be involved while
their younger sibling is a patient of the NICU
Domain
Intervention
Lenth of Presentation
10 minutesSEACLP Program Session Information
Closing Keynote Speaker
The Power of Transformation
Jenny Slayon R.N., MSN
Vice President, Quality, Safety & Risk Prevention
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Slayton joined Children’s Hospital in 1999 as a staff nurse in the Emergency
Department and served as a charge nurse as well. In 2005, she joined the
Performance Management and Improvement team as a quality consultant
for Patient Safety. A short time later she was tapped to lead the Performance
Measurement and Improvement Department as administrative director,
where her main focus continued to involve directing the quality and safety
programs in collaboration with senior leadership to ensure initiatives were
aligned with organizational goals while assisting in the development of
strategic quality and safety objectives.
On the national level, Slayton serves as a representative for Children’s
Hospital on improvement opportunities of a collaborative nature with
other children’s hospitals. Slayton holds a Master of Science in Nursing
degree from Vanderbilt and a bachelor’s degree from
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