Protecting the Emotional Development of the Ill Child : The Essence of the Child Life Profession

by Oremland, Evelyn K.

• ISBN13: 9781887841207
• ISBN10: 1887841202
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Intl Universities Pr Inc

Summary

This book is an enduring testimony to the courage and dedication of the professionals in Child Life who daily attempt to help children and their families under extraordinary circumstances. To this challenge these Child Life professionals bring their personality and the knowledge that they have worked hard to attain. The book is an attempt to present the essence of Child Life. -- From the Chapter "The Editor Responds"

Table of Contents

Preface: Perspectives from Interactions in Pediatric Care	ix
Evelyn K. Oremland
The Play Partnership: There Is More to Know	3	(14)
Evelyn K. Oremland
The Pediatric Playroom: A Multiple Play Partners Environment	17	(16)
Evelyn K. Oremland
PART ONE Child Life and Extended Complex Hospitalizations
Charlie: A 23-Month-Old Burned Child	33	(12)
Kelly Irene Nottingham
Joel: A 22-Month-Old Abused Child	45	(14)
Rebecca J. Rice
PART TWO Child Life and Child Death
Harry: A 10-Year-Old's Last Summer	59	(14)
Lauren Manheimer
Dana: A 7-Year-Old Girl with Leukemia	73	(12)
Jacqueline McCall
Brief Encounters	85	(10)
Janette Tacata
PART THREE Child Life and Adolescents
Child Life on an Adolescent Unit	95	(14)
Suzanne Berkes
Preadolescents in the Hospital	109	(4)
Jacqueline McCall
Angel: A Failed Case	113	(10)
Stephanie Ernst
PART FOUR Child Life in the Clinics
Child Life in the Outpatient Department	123	(12)
Janette Tacata
Becky Higby
Child Life in an Infusion Unit	135	(22)
Jo Lee
PART FIVE The School-Age Child
Summer and the School-Age Child in the Hospital	157	(16)
Lauren Manheimer
PART SIX The Nonhospital Setting
Child Life in a Nonhospital Setting: A Play Group for Substance Abusers and Their Drug-Exposed Infants and Toddlers	173	(20)
Lauren Manheimer
PART SEVEN A Developmental Model
A Developmental Model for Training Child Life Infant Specialists for Early Intervention Programs in Hospitals and Group Care Settings	193	(18)
Evelyn K. Oremland
Jane Bowyer
Joan C. Henry
Stephanie Ernst
Carol George
Beth Samels
Ann Copenhagen
The Editor Responds	211	(22)
Jerome D. Oremland
Evelyn Oremland's Contributions to the Child Life Profession	233	(8)
Kim Riemer
Postscript: Cost Effectiveness and Child Life	241	(4)
Kim Riemer
Glossary	245	(6)
Index	251