Clinical Supervision Panel Discussion

This workshop provides an exploration of the importance and value of clinical supervision in child life practice. Participants will gain skills to begin developing their own supervision groups through the information and experience gathered from this session.

Participants will:

*Gain knowledge about the practice of group and individual supervision and its value to the child life profession.

*Learn the tools needed to initiate or further develop a clinical supervision program in their department.

*Understand the dynamic interaction of facilitator and supervisee through observation and participation in a live individual clinical supervision session.

DOMAIN: Professional Responsibility; 1.5 PDUs

Gloria Mattera

Diane Rode MPS, ATR-BC, LCAT, CCLS

Diane Rode is the director of the child life department at the Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital in New York City. A Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, Ms. Rode has nearly 34 years of experience in the design and development of creative arts modalities and interventions in a children’s hospital, and she consults nationally and internationally with an expertise in clinical supervision, reflective practice, and creative arts and media interventions for children and families in healthcare.

Hilary Woodward, MS, CCLS

Director of Patient and Family Programs

Children's Hospital at Montefiore

A Certified Child Life Specialist since 2011, Hilary Woodward joined the Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) as Director of Patient and Family Programs in May 2025. Before that, she was a child life specialist in the Pediatric Emergency Department at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital at Columbia University Irving Medical Center for more than 13 years. In her clinical role, Hilary served as a child life internship coordinator and rotation supervisor.

Hilary is the founder and director of the child life program at BASE Camp, a simulation-based training program in pediatric emergency medicine for physicians, nurses, and child life specialists. In 2021 and 2023, she was elected to consecutive terms on the executive board of INSPIRE (International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research, and Education), making her the first psychosocial professional to serve on the INSPIRE board.

Hilary’s professional interests include simulation, interprofessional education and collaboration, and pediatric pain management. She is the author of a textbook chapter, co-author of multiple peer-reviewed publications, and has given over 40 regional, national, and international presentations.