A new daycare and early-learning center open in Dubuque is a convenient childcare option, parents working downtown say.

During that time, she’s made a new best friend, Carli Fischer. Fischer is a child life specialist at JHACH. She is there to lift Maya’s spirits and help her understand why she is in the ...

Certified child life specialists help children and families cope with the hospital experience through play therapy, art therapy, and explaining medical procedures. The program at Akron Children's ...

For decades, one of the friendliest faces youngsters saw was Jacque Sauls. Sauls has retired as a child life specialist and director of Rainbow Services, which hosts two summer camps for children ...

Child life specialists can make a big difference in healthcare for kids, including eliminating the need for some medicines to calm them before procedures. Intermountain Logan Regional Hospital ...

I urge Essentia Health to prioritize investing in child life specialists, especially in our rural communities where access to specialized pediatric care is often limited. In a Feb. 4 News Tribune ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — March is Child Life Month, a time to honor the work of child life specialists who support young patients at hospitals like Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital. At Helen DeVos ...

FARGO — March is Child Life Month, which recognizes child life specialists who help young patients cope with hospital stays through activities and emotional support. At Sanford Medical Center ...

Albany Medical Center’s Mary Beth Nichols was chosen as the Children’s Miracle Network’s Child Life Specialist of the Year. Nichols works as a child life specialist at the Melodies Center ...

There are supposed to be six of them, child protection specialists who work with parents and children to assure well-being for children who are at risk of or have been subjected to maltreatment.