• provide opportunities for play and leisure, supporting continued development and wellbeing within hospital and other healthcare environments
• familiarise children and their families with the hospital environment through play experiences or structured orientation programs
• reduce anxiety around procedures and hospital admissions, through facilitating medical play and teaching children new coping strategies
• support children and their families during medical procedures, using techniques such as diversion and guided relaxation
• facilitate training and support to other healthcare professionals around child development, and best practice in supporting children’s wellbeing while in healthcare
• attend relevant professional development training to maintain currency of practice.
Association of Child Life Therapists Australia.
degree in Education
