Course Objectives

By completing this online continuing education program,

  • The participant will be able to define resilience.

  • The participant will be able to identify what impacts responses to stress and trauma that can help lead children to the expression of resilience.

  • The participant will be able to recognize various ways children express stress and understand the overt and covert behaviors related to resilience.

  • The participant will be able to utilize Brain-Based strategies and traditional child life interventions to provide supportive interactions with children in both acute and chronic care environments.

Course Curriculum

Presenters

Child Life Specialist

Whitney Dubuisson, CCLS

Wonders & Worries-Houston

Child Life Specialist

Danielle Coleman, MS,CCLS

Wonders & Worries, Houston