Growing through Reciprocal Relationships: How Peer-to- Peer Mentorship Promotes Professional Development and Resilience in the Child Life Profession

Alex Seabrook is Senior Child Life Specialist at Children's Health in Dallas, TX. She has been a child life specialist since 2016 and currently serves the neuro-oncology population. Prior to her role in oncology, Alex held positions in trauma and radiology. She is also a facility dog handler for the hospital’s Paws for Hope animal assisted therapy program. Alex serves on committees such as the student programming committee and Adolescents and Young Adults in Oncology and recently graduated from the Children's Health Emerging Leaders Acceleration Program. Alex is a formal mentor to several novice and experienced child life specialists and has supervised many child life students.

Caroline Thompson is a Certified Child Life Specialist at Children's Health in Dallas, TX. She earned her B.S. in Child Development from Texas Christian University and her M.S. in Child Life from the University of Georgia. She completed her internship at Children's Health and has been a child life specialist for three and a half years. She worked in inpatient cardiology for two years prior to transitioning to her current role in inpatient oncology. She participates in multiple committees within the child life department at Children's and is a student supervisor. Caroline grew in her passion for peer-to-peer mentorship due to her positive experience being a mentee to co-presenter Alex Seabrook.