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19th Annual Midwest Child Life
Conference
Like branches of a tree …
Child Life grows while our roots
remain the same.
Hosted by: Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin’s Child
Life and Expressive Therapies Program
Nov. 8th – 9th, 2014
Purpose
The 19th Annual Midwest Child Life Conference seeks to provide registrants with an
opportunity to increase knowledge and promote growth within the professions of Child
Life and Expressive Therapies.
Intended audience
Child life specialists
Child life assistants
Child life students
Expressive therapies professionals
Expressive therapies students
Agenda
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Conference will be held Saturday, Nov. 8 , 8-4pm and Sunday, Nov. 9 , 81:15pm. A detailed agenda is included in this brochure.
Schedule at a Glance
Saturday November 8th
8:00am-9:15am
Registration and light breakfast
8:30am-9:15am
Tour of Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
9:30am-10:00am Welcome and Opening Remarks
10:00am-11:00am Keynote: Surfing the Waves: Being Attuned to Our Patients and Our
Own Needs
11:15am-12:15pm Professional Development Session 1
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3.
Child Life Well Lived: The Happiness Project
A Multi-Sensory Experience: The Snoezelen® Room
Bereavement Photography: A Picture is Worth the Story of a Whole Life
12:15pm-1:30pm Lunch
Registration
The cost of the conference is $100 and includes conference materials, light
breakfast, snacks and a lunch. Breakfast is included both days. Online registration
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is available at www.chw.org/CLConf. Registration deadline is Friday Oct. 3 .
Getting here
Children’s Corporate Center, 999 N. 92nd Street, Wauwatosa WI 53226
Roads near the hospital campus and the hotel are under construction. For
construction updates visit mrmccampus.org/zoo-interchange. Allow extra travel
time.
Parking is available in the parking structure attached to Children’s Corporate
Center. Enter the parking structure from Connell Avenue. After you park, follow
the signs that will direct you to the conference registration.
1:45pm-4:00pm
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The discounted room rate is $99 per night for single or double. Increased
occupancy is available for additional costs. To receive the discount, make your
reservation before Oct. 10, 2014.
Mingle in Milwaukee
There is plenty to do near the conference. Check out the list online!
Contact us
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For questions about the 19 Annual Midwest Child Life Conference,
email childlife@chw.org.
BEING PLAYFUL: Reimagine Yourself, Cultivate Vitality, and Co-Create Your PLAY
Manifesto
Proactive versus Reactive Child Life Interventions
6:30pm
Social Opportunities
Mo’s Irish Pub
Dave and Buster’s
Sunday November 9th
8:00am-8:30am
Breakfast
8:30am-9:30am
Opening Speaker: That’s Snot Funny: Humor in Healthcare
9:45am-10:45am Professional Development Session 2
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Hotel accommodations
Crowne Plaza Milwaukee West, 10499 Innovation Drive, Wauwatosa, WI 53226
(414) 475-9500 • crowneplazamilwaukee.com
Professional Development Intensives (Part 1 and 2 with break at
presenters’ discretion)
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6.
Learning Evidence-Based Practice and Quality Improvement: Following a Team
of Child Life Specialists in Their Journey to Create a More Comfortable Injection
Experience
Speaking Up, Speaking Out: Child Life’s Role in Supporting Abused and
Neglected Children
Social Story Procedure Preparation for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(ASD) and Other Developmental Disabilities (DDs)
11:00am-12:00pm Professional Development Session 3
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Child Life Expertise within Disaster Response
“Who Lives in a Pineapple Under the Sea…” The Impact of Media Use on
Development
Face the Facts: Turning Staff Perceptions into Positive Outcomes
12:00pm-12:15pm Break / Snack
12:15pm-1:15pm Closing Speaker: Lessons Learned from Quality of Life Research in
Pediatric Heart Disease
Saturday November 8th, 2014
8:00am – 9:15am
Registration and Light Breakfast
8:30am – 9:15am
Tour of the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
9:30am – 10:00am
Welcome / Opening Remark
- Eileen Clark
A magical world of lights, textures, sounds and aromas to stimulate, clam,
relax or energize. The aim, to give a sense of empowerment. Enable patients
to forget their diagnosis and explore their surroundings in a relaxing setting.
Learn how to provide a safe, therapeutic environment that promotes recovery
and wellness.
Domain: 3 Intervention
Task: 6
3.
Bereavement Photography: A Picture is Worth the Story of a Whole Life
10:00am – 11:00am (1 PDH)
David Watson, AAS, BS
Photographer, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Pat Rogers, BA
Photographer, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Surfing the Waves: Being Attuned to Our Patients and Our Own Needs
William T. Mulcahy MS, LPC, NCC
Psychotherapist and Level II EMDR Practioner
Supervisor Cooperative Family and Parent Center at Family Service of
Waukesha, Wisconsin
“Surfing the waves” with children and families requires that a Child Life
Specialist be well-equipped to work with patients with diverse needs and
unique family dynamics. One vital tool is the ability to get and stay attuned to
our patients while not losing sight of our own needs. This presentation will
stress the role of attunement, highlight important research in this area and
emphasize taking care of ourselves.
Domain: 1 Professional Responsibility
Task: 2
Bereavement photography is an effective tool in aiding grieving families of
pediatric patients. High quality, impactful images can be obtained through the
use of different cameras and devices. We can share ideas for good photo
composition as well as vignettes of our patient experience.
Domain: 3 Intervention
Task: 1
12:15pm – 1:30pm
Lunch / Vendors
1:45pm – 4:00pm
Professional Development Intensives (2 PDH)
11:15am – 12:15pm Professional Development Session 1 (1 PDH)
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1.
Child Life Well Lived: The Happiness Project
Emily Mozena, MA, CCLS, CTRS
Lecturer, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Bri Swope, MA, CCLS, CTRS
Lecturer, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Susan ‘Boon’ Murray, ED.D., CCLS, CTRS
Professor/Internship Coordinator, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, La Crosse,
WI
Nicole Austin, BS, CCLS, CTRS
Certified Child Life Specialist, St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital/Marshfield Clinics,
Marshfield, WI
Working in the Child Life field can be stressful, potentially leading to
compassion fatigue or burnout. Developing persona coping strategies to be an
effective caregiver and this interactive look at a ‘Happiness Project for Child
Life Specialists’ will enhance personal self-care by ‘finding your happy”.
Domain: 1 Professional Responsibility
Task: 5
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“If you are not play-nourished, your core will not be light!” – Stuart Brown,
MD. Ponder, self-assess, and affirm playfulness through multimedia
experiences. Learn from pediatric patients, families, Mister Rogers, positive
psychologists and play scientist how to declare your playful self today, and
once and for all, as a ‘Play Manifesto’.
Domain: 3 Intervention
Task: 6
A Multi-Sensory Experience: The Snoezelen® Room
Heidi Giese, BS, CCLS, CTRS, CIMI
Child Life Services Manager, St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital/Marshfield Clinics,
Marshfield, WI
Heather Berndt, BS, CCLS
Inpatient Child Life Specialist, St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital/Marshfield Clinics,
Marshfield, WI
BEING PLAYFUL: Reimagine Yourself, Cultivate Vitality, and Co-Create Your
PLAY Manifesto
B.
Proactive versus Reactive Child Life Interventions
Mary Faith Roell, MS, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center,
Cincinnati, OH
Emily Jones, M.Ed, MS, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center,
Cincinnati, OH
Annette Bonjour, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center,
Cincinnati, OH
Melissa Liddle, CCLS, CTRS
Certified Child Life Specialist, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center,
Cincinnati, OH
9:45am – 10:45am
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Follow a team of Child Life Specialists, who used evidence-based practice (EBP)
and quality improvement (QI), to change the way injections were given at a
hospital. Learn the steps of EBP and QI and why it is important for Child Life
Specialists to incorporate these concepts into day-to-day practice.
Domain: 1 Professional Responsibility
Task: 3
6:30pm Social Opportunities
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Breakfast
8:30am – 9:30am
Opening Speaker (1 PDH)
That’s Snot Funny: Humor in Healthcare
Jim Greear, MDiv
Chaplain, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Humor in healthcare is nothing to joke about- in fact, it’s vital to remaining
vital in our professions. Learn what humor is and is not; explore the
therapeutic benefits of humor in healthcare; and endorse the use of humor to
help you and your colleagues maintain a healing environment within the
healthcare setting. (Rubber chickens, whoopee cushions and fake cans of
“Peanuts” with surprise springy things popping out when you open it, not
included.)
Domain: 3 Intervention
Task: 5
Speaking Up, Speaking Out: Child Life’s Role in Supporting Abused and
Neglected Children
Hayley Patoka, BS, CCLS, CTRS
Certified Child Life Specialist, St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital/Marshfield Clinics,
Marshfield, WI
Nicole Austin, BS, CCLS, CTRS
Certified Child Life Specialist, St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital/Marshfield Clinics,
Marshfield, WI
Supporting abused and neglected children can be emotionally and mentally
draining for all involved. This presentation will discuss the frequency and types
of abuse and neglect along with Child Life’s role and support services, in both
the outpatient and Emergency Department settings. It will offer insight in how
to better support this vulnerable population.
Domain: 3 Intervention
Task: 5
Sunday November 9th, 2014
8:00am – 8:30am
Learning Evidence-Based Practice and Quality Improvement: Following a Team
of Child Life Specialists in Their Journey to Create a More Comfortable
Injection Experience
Annette Bonjour, BS CCLS
Certified Child Specialist, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center,
Cincinnati, OH
Melissa Liddle, CCLS, CTRS
Certified Child Life Specialist, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center,
Cincinnati, OH
Common Child Life practice has previously been driven by reacting to
immediate patient care needs or prioritizing care based upon a patient’s age,
length of stay or patient care area. It is difficult to imagine changing the way
we practice, by instead focusing on the bigger picture; stepping back and
evaluating which patients need the most support, even before they arrive.
Domain: 1 Professional Responsibility
Task: 2
Join us at either of the following locations for an opportunity to meet other
conference attendees in a fun social atmosphere.
Mo's Irish Pub: Your traditional pub housing two full sized bars, delicious
food options including great live local music. Come dance the night away!
Dave and Buster's: Enjoy a delicious meal or dive right into the games for a
night of laughter and excitement. The perfect location to bring out the 'kid'
in you!
Professional Development Session 2 (1 PDH)
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Social Story Procedure Preparation for Children with Autism Spectrum
Disorder (ASD) and Other Developmental Disabilities (DDs)
Norah Johnson PhD, RN, CPNP-PC
Assistant Professor, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
Developmental disabilities (DD) affect 1 in 6 children and autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) accounts for 1 in 88 children with DD. Individuals with ASD and
other DDs often have trouble with socialization, communication along with
health disorders that require more care than children without DDs. Social
Stories can be an adequate way to help with procedural preparation for these
individuals. Learn how to write a social story and how to use the “I can learn”
app as a method of delivering social stories to improve procedural support
skills.
Domain: 3 Intervention
Task: 3
11:00am – 12:00pm Professional Development Session 3 (1 PDH)
7.
Child Life Expertise within Disaster Response
Katie Nees, CCLS MSHS
Certified Child Life Specialist, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center,
Cincinnati, OH
The effect of increasing disasters on the child victims is immeasurable. This
presentation will detail one child life specialist’s experience with disaster relief
and how play-based professional Child Life skills were used with children
during the aftermath of the 2013 Oklahoma tornadoes. Projected future needs
within this field will also be discussed.
Domain: 3 Intervention
Task: 1
8.
“Who Lives in a Pineapple Under the Sea…” The Impact of Media Use on
Development
Megan Massey, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Can Elmo, Dora, Nemo, and SpongeBob, be more than a distraction? Research
indicates that media exposure for children under the age of two may have a
negative impact on numerous facets of development. This presentation will
focus on the Child Life Specialists’ role implementing changes in practice
throughout the health system.
Domain: 3 Intervention
Task: 1
9.
Face the Facts: Turning Staff Perceptions into Positive Outcomes
Elizabeth Ayoub, BA, CCLS, CPST
Certified Child Life Specialist, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI
Amy Davis, BAA, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI
Assessing interdisciplinary staff’s perception with the use of surveys can
increase awareness of strengths and opportunities for growth while measuring
the impact of Child Life practice. This presentation will cover ideas for how to
use survey feedback to create positive outcomes for your future scope of
service.
Domain: 1 Professional Responsibility
Task: 2
12:00pm-12:15pm
Snack Break
12:15pm – 1:15pm
Closing Speaker (1PDH)
Lessons Learned from Quality of Life Research in Pediatric Heart Disease
Kathleen Mussatto, PhD, RN Nurse Scientist
Nurse Scientist, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Children with chronic health conditions are at risk for long-term psychosocial
problems. Quality of life is one of the most important outcomes of any
pediatric chronic illness. This talk will highlight some of the lessons learned
from quality of life research in pediatric heart disease and the challenges
ahead.
Domain: 2 Assessment
Task: 1