Comfort, education and play!

That’s what child life specialists provide to relieve the stress that children and families feel when they enter the hospital.

“Child Life has a unique role and goal within the health care team,” said Ashley Pagenkopf, MS, CCLS, a child life specialist in the emergency department at Cook Children’s. “Our job is to bridge a gap between very scary health care experiences and children. We want kids to walk away very proud of themselves even after a hard day. They can sit still. They can take deep breaths. They can do the hard one more time, one more day.”

Read how child life specialists work alongside doctors and nurses to provide emotional safety and family-centered care at Cook Children’s: https://fal.cn/3vKGB