Disabling the Status Quo: Incorporating Disability Theory into Child Life Practice - 2024 Child Life Conference

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The purpose of this presentation is to educate attendees about disability theory and best practices for working with children with disabilities. This session will examine disability theory in depth and walk attendees through the application of disability theory to child life practice. This presentation will review relevant research that examines the impact of disability status on hospitalization and will present evidence-based best practices for working with this population.

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Emily Goldstein, CCLS, MS

Doctoral Student

University of Georgia

Emily Goldstein, MS, CCLS is a current PhD student at the University of Georgia in the department of Human Development and Family Sciences. Emily’s primary research interests are focused on child life research, disability studies, and the intersection of these two areas. Emily hopes to expand the scope of research methodology in child life by imploring new theories and measurements that can complement existing child life research. Emily has been a Certified Child Life Specialist since 2019. Emily received both her bachelor’s and her master’s degrees from the University of Alabama, where she worked closely with Dr. Sherwood Burns-Nader in her Child Life and Child Development lab.