Trauma: Beyond the Basics - (2024)
Includes a Live Web Event on 11/15/2024 at 1:00 PM (EST)
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Child life specialists often provide support to children who display post-traumatic stress symptoms during hospital visits due to the high prevalence of childhood traumatic stress. To identify and support these symptoms properly, the child life specialists will facilitate education related to recognizing varied traumatic stress responses and providing prompt and appropriate interventions in child life practice.
Suggested Domain: Professional Responsibility, Assessment, Intervention
1.5 PDU
Learning Objective(s):
- Participants will be able to identify how their own life experiences have an impact on the psychosocial care they provide within the hospital setting.
- Participants will be able to acknowledge how trauma can impact the patient and family’s coping and recognize developmentally appropriate trauma responses.
- Participants will be able to appropriately adapt interventions to meet the emotional safety needs of patients and families by proactively addressing trauma responses.
- Participants will be able to demonstrate problem-solving skills and flexibility when supporting patients whose trauma responses do not fall within the typical and/or expected trauma responses.
- Participants will be able to confidently operate within the child life scope of practice when working with trauma patients and families and reliably recognize when to refer or collaborate with other supporting disciplines.
Please note: All webinar contents and its certificate will expire on 11/15/2027 regardless of when it is purchased, accessed, or completed. At that point, contents will no longer be available in any form, including as an archive or as a PDU certificate. It is the responsibility of the learner to complete the contents and download and save the certificate for their records prior to 11/15/2027.
Cortnee Miller, MS, CCLS
Senior Certified Child Life Specialist
Children's Hospital Colorado
Cortnee Miller, MS, CCLS is Certified Child life Specialist currently working at Children’s Hospital Colorado on the inpatient rehab, ortho, and trauma unit. She has been certified for 8 years and is also a medical dog handler. In her specific role, Cortnee has supported a numerous amount of gunshot wound patients and their families ranging throughout all ages, each presenting with different child life needs. Cortnee began her work with this population 3 years ago when she encountered her first gunshot wound patient. Since her first experience, the number of gunshot wound patients continues to increase, almost on a weekly basis. Cortnee humbly admits the child life work with this population is evolving, as the pediatric firearm crisis continues in the US. Cortnee is committed to implementing changes and continuing the conversation around trauma support, discharge planning, and the unique psychosocial needs of patients affected by gun violence.
Abbey Schaefer, MS, CTRS, CCLS
Child Life Specialist
Children's Hospital Colorado
Abbey Schaefer, MS, CCLS, CTRS is a certified child life specialist currently working on the inpatient surgical and trauma unit at Children's Hospital Colorado. She has been in the field for 3 years and is dually certified in both Therapeutic Recreation and Child Life. In her role, Abbey utilizes in-depth assessments to create trauma-informed care plans that allow patients and families to find a sense of safety following a traumatic event. Abbey is also passionate about health equity and inclusivity in the child life field and strives to incorporate this into her work with trauma patients and their families.
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