The safe pathway is a process to decrease re-traumatization, increase coping, enhance cooperation, and decrease stress and anxiety of trauma patients. Through this, a patient specific plan is developed to reduce opportunities for continued trauma and better equip staff on way to assess for ongoing triggers in the hospital setting.

Child Life Specialists in a Cardiac ICU provide support to patients and families undergoing heart transplant evaluation. These Child Life Specialists collaborate with the medical team to fill gaps within the evaluation process and provide in-depth preparation with the provision of a 1A inpatient guide-book, "Journey to Transplant."

The focus is integrating emotional safety into organizations' culture of safety. Two hospitals' approaches will be explored on capturing and assessing emotional harm data. Data shared demonstrates how inclusion of emotional safety in event reporting and performance improvement has enabled interdisciplinary teams to recognize and work to prevent emotional harm.

Attendees will learn strategies for collaborating with medical staff to improve pain and comfort measures. Presenters will share how they identified needs, engaged stakeholders, implemented policies, and evaluated outcomes. Key data, findings, and lessons learned will be discussed to support sustained improvements in pain management and patient comfort initiatives.

Explore how immersive Virtual Reality tools can be integrated effectively into a CCLS toolkit to reduce pain, anxiety and distress. This session offers clinical insights, technology selection rationale, practical implementation strategies, and child- and family-centered outcomes from frontline practice.

Child life specialists in Fetal Health Center (FHC) provide patient and family support from prenatal diagnosis throughout their Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) hospitalization. They provide sibling support, connection to resources, and facility dog interventions. They support mothers through transition from patient to caregiver, promoting resilience, normalization, and emotional safety.

This presentation examines how healthcare ethical principles apply to the creation of end-of-life keepsakes as tangible reflections of a child's legacy. It will address common ethical dilemmas related to timing, language, equity, individualization, and program sustainability.