Building Bridges
Child Life of Greater NY, Inc.
21st Anniversary
Professional Development Conference
Monday, November 3, 2014
New York Academy of Medicine
1216 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10029
This conference, planned and facilitated by Child Life of
Greater NY, Inc. (CLGNY) will provide registrants with
opportunities to network while gaining continued
education in Child Life, creative modalities and the
psychosocial care of children and their families.
8:00-9:00
Registration, Breakfast and Exhibitors
9:00-10:15
Welcome Remarks and Keynote Address
The Value of Narrative Medicine and Narrative Advocacy
Maggie Hoffman
Marsha Hurst, PhD
This presentation will explore Narrative Medicine and its
value in a health care professional’s work. What can we learn
from other’s stories? Narrative Medicine will be explored by
watching, reading, and listening to narratives by or about
children with serious and/or chronic illnesses. Additionally,
the concept of Narrative Advocacy and how a Child Life
Specialist can use narrative to promote change in system will
be discussed. What are the various forums in which narrative
could be used to change policy or practice? While focusing
particularly on the hospital environment, the important current
issue of whether and how the Child Life professional can be
relevant, supportive, and helpful as care increasingly moves
outside the hospital walls, will also be addressed.
Poster Sessions
Please note: Posters will be available for viewing throughout
the conference on the 2nd floor.
For Directions to New York Academy of Medicine visit:
www.nyam.org/about-us/directions.html
Building a live peer learning program via Skype:
Combining the best of case studies and journal club
Toshiko Nonaka, MS, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist II
Kravis Children's Hospital at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
This peer learning program using Skype provides child life
specialists in small programs the opportunity to connect and
learn from one another by using case studies and journal club
methods.
Child Life at High Speed: Reducing Pediatric Distress on
Transport
John Sladewski, BS, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist
Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood
Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
Emergency Care & Staff Development
Workshops
Concurrent Workshops 10:30-11:30 (1 PDH)
A
Like, Tweet, Pin- Connecting Your Program
Through Social Media
Shani Thornton, MS, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist
Bank Street College of Education, New York, NY
ENTRY
Learn about the benefits of connecting your program to a
social media site. Bring awareness to the child life field, share
program ideas and benefit from funding and donation.
B
Legacy Building: Creating Memories in Pediatric
Palliative Care
Tricia Hiller MS, CCLS
Child Life & Creative Arts Therapy Director
Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital @ Westchester
Medical Center, Valhalla, NY
Lauren Nittoli MS, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist
Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital @ Westchester
Medical Center, Valhalla, NY
Jeannie Sweeney MA, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist
Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital @ Westchester
Medical Center, Valhalla, NY
Gabrielle Bellettieri MA, ATR-LCAT
Licensed Art Therapist
Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital @ Westchester
Medical Center, Valhalla, NY
Laurie Park LCAT, MT-BC
Licensed Music Therapist
Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital @ Westchester
Medical Center, Valhalla, NY
INTERMEDIATE
This workshop will focus on the use of various therapeutic
interventions offered to patients to create pieces of work that
leave behind their legacy and often provide the family with
much needed comfort after the child dies.
C
Diabetes and Child Life - Venturing into New
Territory
Jaclyn Gee, MS, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
Presbyterian, New York, NY
INTERMEDIATE
This workshop outlines the incorporation of a new child life
position into an established outpatient diabetes clinic’s
multidisciplinary team and highlights the professional and
personal challenges and rewards experienced.
Lunch and Exhibitors 11:30-12:15
12:30-1:30 Self-Care Workshops (1 PDH)
D
Mindfulness Meditation: A Tool for Self-Care
Archimedes Bibiano
Mindfulness Meditation & Adaptive Yoga Instructor
Kravis Children's Hospital at Mount Sinai,
New York, NY
Healthcare professionals often experience burnout,
manifested as emotional exhaustion,
de-personalization, and diminished feelings of
accomplishment. This workshop applies mindfulness
meditation as a tool for decreasing burnout. Participants
will learn its history within the mind-body medicine paradigm,
and how to promote self-regulation and stress reduction
through meditation.
E
Yoga and Essential Oils to Elicit the Relaxation
Response
Doris Eugenio
Yoga Instructor/Integrative Therapist
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY
Engage the parasympathetic nervous system to reduce stress
through gentle movement coordinated with breath, essential
oils and guided body/breath/surroundings awareness.
F
Narrative Medicine
Maggie Hoffman
Executive Director, Project DOCC
Delivery of Chronic Care
This workshop will be an opportunity for attendees to expand
upon their knowledge of narrative medicine learned from the
keynote address. Create your own story by exploring your
personal reflections.
1:45-2:45 Concurrent Workshops (1 PDH)
G
Supporting Children of Adult Palliative Care Inpatients
During End-of-Life
Sarah Yazdian, MA, CCLS, LCAT, ATR-BC
Certified Child Life Specialist
Licensed Creative Arts Therapist
Kravis Children's Hospital at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Diane Weg Farquhar, LCSW, ACSW
Palliative Care Social Worker
Mount Sinai Medical Center- Herztberg Palliative Care
Institute, New York, NY
ENTRY
Supporting Children of Adult Palliative Care Inpatients During
“End-of-Life” will present and explore ways that psychosocial
teams can collaborate to enhance emotional support for
children who are facing the loss of a loved one within the
hospital environment.
H
Global Child Life: The True Story of Growing
Sustainable Child Life Programs in a Low Income
Country
Morgan Livingstone MA, CCLS, CIMI
Certified Child Life Specialist
Private Practice & Daisy Fund (A Kenyan NGO)
Toronto, Ontario
ADVANCED
Learn from the experiences of a Non-Governmental
Organization (NGO) implementing sustainable child life
supports, strategies and programs within an existing health
care system in a low-income country. This informative session
shares real life examples and stories of the first 7 years of
hard work involved in successfully introducing the concept and
practice of child life in East Africa.
I
Beyond The In-Service: An Innovative Education
Program to Create Cohesive Interdisciplinary
Relationships
Susan Franks, MS,CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist
The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY
Gaby Marden, MS, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist
The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY
ALL LEVELS
We will outline an innovative education program developed
to create mutual respect of the respective roles of the
interdisciplinary team. We will focus primarily on work with the
anesthesia department.
3:00-4:00 Concurrent Workshops (1 PDH)
J
A Season of Service: Building, Leading, and
Supporting a Team of Summer Volunteers
Cheryl Strauss, BA, CCLS
Senior Child Life Specialist; Zone Clinical Coordinator
Kravis Children's Hospital at Mount Sinai,
New York, NY
Lori Lerma, MS, CCLS
Senior Child Life Specialist; Producer KIDZONE TV
Kravis Children's Hospital at Mount Sinai,
New York, NY
INTERMEDIATE
Learn to implement a comprehensive summer volunteer
program for individuals 18 and older. Presenters will describe
the logistics of a well constructed model, highlighting
expressive workshops and other supportive techniques.
K
Playful Collaboration: Music Therapy and Child Life
Jessica Biondi, MS, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist
Golisano Children’s Hospital, University of Rochester
Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Johanna Jennings, BS, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist
Golisano Children’s Hospital, University of Rochester
Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Rosemary Obi, MS, LCAT, MT-BC
Licensed Music Therapist
Golisano Children's Hospital, University of Rochester
Medical Center, Rochester, NY
ALL LEVELS
Identified is the collaborative process between music therapy
and child life that is implemented to reach optimum outcomes
of normalization, coping, developmental milestones, discharge
criteria, procedural support, and bereavement support.
L
Helping Children Navigate a Child Abuse Evaluation
Victoria Isaacson, MA, CCLS, NCC
Certified Child Life Specialist
Child Sexual Abuse Clinic, Yale-New Haven Children’s
Hospital, New Haven, CT
Paula Schaeffer, MA
Administrative Coordinator and Research Associate
Child Abuse Programs, Yale School of Medicine,
New Haven, CT
INTERMEDIATE
Learn how a child sexual abuse clinic has enlisted the services
of a child life specialist to help children cope with the
investigative procedures following an allegation of child abuse.
4:00-4:30 Evaluations and Certificates
REGISTRATION
Registration Ends October 17, 2014
No Onsite Registration
Available again this year!
Registration is now available online at www.clgny.com!
Payment may be made through PayPal for an additional $2 service fee.
Registration payment confirmation made through PayPal,
session selections given on day of conference.
Registration may still be mailed - complete form and return with check payable to
Child Life of Greater New York Inc.
Mail to:
Rechelle Porter
Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York Presbyterian
3959 Broadway 5 Tower
New York, NY 10032
Fees
❑ Child Life Council member:
❑ Non-Child Life Council member:
$140 Postmarked after 9/26/14 $170
❑ Students and Interns:*
$90
Postmarked after 9/26/14 $120
$170 Postmarked after 9/26/14 $200
❑ Volunteer: Limited Availability
$90
Postmarked after 9/26/14 $120
Email Rechelle Porter at
reb9005@nyp.org for details
*One required: copy of valid school ID, and letter from Registrar or internship supervisor documenting full-time status.
Session Choices:
10:30 - 11:30
12:30 - 1:30
1:45 - 2:45
3:00 - 4:00
Sessions A, B, or C (1 hr. sessions)
Sessions D, E, or F (1 hr. sessions)
Sessions G, H, or I (1 hr. sessions)
Sessions J, K, or L (1 hr. sessions)
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Registrant’s E-mail
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Card Holder’s E-mail
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