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08/01/2022

Oooh! I could see myself using these with kids.

Award winning toy by Image and toy found online 💜

27/10/2021

Easy spook-tacular stress squishes 👻🎃

All you need is:
Balloons (I used 12 inch ⚪️ and 9 inch 🟠)
Flour
Funnel (I used old breast pump flanges 😆)
Spoon + bowl
Permanent black marker

I went with delightful + frightful faces, but feel free to add more emotions on yours. I made these for a Halloween toss game, but kids can help draw faces too! Will share the final construction of the ghost toss game soon!

30/08/2021

Here is my latest distraction/education bag haul from the dollar spot 🙌🏼 Many of these items are also great for families to create a ON THE GO for long doctor waits, unexpected trips to urgent care or Emergency Department or just for road trips! It’s a emergency kid for PLAY! While I love giving kids any opportunity for control, as a parent I also like putting together these kids without my own kids knowledge so that it’s novel and the distraction potential is off the charts when it comes time to really needing it. But you can certainly also have your child pick items they want in their distraction/coping kit for scheduled waits/procedures. I just like the pleasant surprise for those unpleasant unexpected surprise waits and medical experiences, too ☺️

14/08/2021

Please get vaccinated to keep our community safe + thriving 💜🧸🩹🍑🍌

14/08/2021

Please get vaccinated today! Here are two free events happening today in Savannah if you haven’t gotten yours yet.

❤️ - you’re already vaccinated
👍🏼 - you’re going today!

Public health leaders in Coastal Georgia are hosting two unique vaccination events on Saturday in Savannah, according to a news release. The events will offer walk-up vaccinations that are free and do not require appointments, insurance or identification. The first event will be held from 9 a. m. to...

17/06/2021

Don’t hesitate reaching out for private child life support with helping prepare your child for any upcoming vaccination. 💜🧸

Children as young as 2 join COVID vaccine trial at MUSC Children’s Health, an “incredibly important study that’s going to help eradicate the pandemic.”

04/06/2021

https://www.ktbs.com/community/ktbs-3-st-jude-dream-home/three-things-for-parents-and-clinicians-to-know-about-adolescents-and-young-adults-with-cancer/article_d9ceb05a-c44a-11eb-a5d7-2f85a81b52c4.html

A cancer diagnosis for an adolescent or young adult (AYA) can complicate an already challenging time in life. Youth in their teens and 20s have unique stressors that require different

29/05/2021

We love incorporating medical items into play to desensitize them when seeing medical items in their medical cares, while also providing a sense of control and mastery over their personal medical experiences.

And a cart "Macy's Day Parade" down the halls before Thanksgiving?! What a fun idea to bring entertainment, distraction and joy to children at a time when playrooms are closed due to the pandemic.
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Play is more than having fun. It can be good medicine, Williams and other Children's of Mississippi experts say.

26/05/2021

This book is just as good as it is for kids (8-12 years older) as it is for any adult that picks it up to teach or give a refresher course on anxiety management strategies.

Source credit: Featured in an episode of Life Kit: Parenting podcast.

The book provides basic, common scenarios that elicit anxiety and offer worksheets and exercises how to work through it. I really enjoyed how they included the science behind fear and anxiety and how it actually is good. It empowers us to get through life’s tough stuff and immediate dangers to our safety!

The acronyms and jargon is heavy, but it didn’t particularly bother me. The exercises and recaps at the end of the chapter help review information given. I would agree with the authors that it certainly doesn’t replace therapy or that it would speak to an older child or teen facing a serious illness, coming out, violence, assault or deportation, like one reviewer noted (Barnes and Noble).

All in all, I think it offers a lot of great exercises and science behind our brain (and heart) around the topic of anxiety and could be helpful to older kids and adults (teens might find the language or case studies “cheesy” at times).

11/05/2021

🗣 looking for 1-2 child life volunteers for the 2021 fall semester! 🧸

- main tasks will center around marketing & informative communication directed to families with a child life focus ( VIRTUAL )

- great opportunity to help in planning & facilitation of Teddy Bear Checkup Clinics in the community setting ( in-person in )

Swipe & visit www.doseofplay.com/volunteeer for more information & to apply!

23/04/2021

I've been following this caring Mama on Instagram for a couple of years now. I love her mission of supporting and empowering caregivers with information on what to do when your child has a fever, head injury, is choking and more. Check out her video in the link below, as well as other free and paid resources on her Instagram and website. I will post links in the comments below.

Choking is the fourth leading cause of accidental death in young children. Shannon Tripp has made it her mission to educate parents and change that statistic.