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  • Thursday, May 22, 2025
  • 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM Pacific
    Registration Desk Open
  • 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM Pacific
    "From Head to Tail" - Exploring All Things Facility Dog from Starting a Program through Retirement Planning and Beyond
  • 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM Pacific
    A True Magic Wand: Unique Methods of Play in Child Life
  • 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM Pacific
    Navigating Difficult Conversations: Child Life Specialists as Facilitators
  • 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM Pacific
    Change Leadership: Bringing Child Life into adult healthcare from ideas to action
  • 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM Pacific
    If the Shoe Was on the Other Foot: Increasing Equitable Care Utilizing a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Mindset
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Pacific
    Coffee Break for Intensives
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Pacific
    Box Lunch for Full Day Intensives
  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Pacific
    A Day in the Life of a Child Life Specialist in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Pacific
    Finding Your Voice: Strategies for Effective Communication and Advocacy in Child Life Practice
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Pacific
    Beverage Break for Intensives
  • Friday, May 23, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM Pacific
    Registration Desk Open
  • 7:15 AM – 7:45 AM Pacific
    Sponsorship Session - Thought Leader
  • 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM Pacific
    Opening Session and Keynote
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM Pacific
    Energize & Engage Break in the Exhibit Hall
  • 11:15 AM – 12:45 PM Pacific
    A Prescription for Play: A child life specialist’s role in implementing play-based therapeutic group programming for behavioral health patients
  • 11:15 AM – 12:45 PM Pacific
    Family Centered Care: Supporting Children Impacted by a Parent’s Cancer Diagnosis
  • 11:15 AM – 12:45 PM Pacific
    Intentional Innovation: A Regional Internship Match Pilot Program
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Pacific
    Along Came Polly: Introducing Animal Assisted Therapy to a Children's Hospital
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Pacific
    Night Life: Child Life Programming During Overnight Hours
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Pacific
    Sharing the Emotional Space: Collaboration between Child Life Specialists and Psychology to Support the Evolving Needs of Long-Term Patients
  • 12:30 PM – 2:45 PM Pacific
    Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
  • 12:59 PM – 2:15 PM Pacific
    Live Poster Presentation Sessions
  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Pacific
    A Case for Child Life Specialists in Adult Community Hospices
  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Pacific
    Code Lavender: A Bereavement Support Program to Mitigate Compassion Fatigue Among Clinical Staff
  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Pacific
    Implementing play-based preparation to support children towards managing their Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan without a general anesthetic.
  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Pacific
    Increased Utilization of Treatment Rooms within an Inpatient Pediatric Hospital by Implementing an Educational Session for Bedside Staff
  • 1:15 PM – 4:30 PM Pacific
    Tour of City of Hope's Child Life Program
  • 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM Pacific
    Impact of Virtual Reality Simulation to Prepare Children Undergoing Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM Pacific
    Panic Attacks Inside Out! Make Room for New Emotions
  • 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM Pacific
    Pilot Testing Surgery Prep: A Virtual Reality Perioperative Walkthrough for Pediatric Patients
  • 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM Pacific
    Refuge and Resilience: Interventions for Trauma-Affected Asylum-seeking Patients
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM Pacific
    Child Life in Adult Oncology: An innovative clinical, research, and quality collaboration
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM Pacific
    Child Life Support for Children in State Custody
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM Pacific
    Enhancing Appointment Preparedness: The Role of Pre-Visit Phone Assessments & Tours
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM Pacific
    It's All a Puzzle: Creating an Interdisciplinary Team for Success
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM Pacific
    Stop, Drop, and Run! Empowering Children and Families During a Pediatric Trauma Call
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM Pacific
    Supporting Siblings Through a Chronic Illness, End-of-Life and Beyond
  • 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM Pacific
    Afternoon Break
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Pacific
    Knowing Too Much: The Impact of Vicarious Trauma on Parenthood for Child Life Professionals
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Pacific
    Mental Health Matters: Establishing Child Life Services in Behavioral Health
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Pacific
    Navigating Difficult Conversations On and Off the Interdisciplinary Team: How to Improve Communication with Your Colleagues
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Pacific
    Pathways to Paw Prints: Qualitative Research Study Exploring the Barriers and Benefits that Impact the Implementation of Facility Dog Programs
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Pacific
    Putting the family back in “family-centered care”: An inclusive child life approach to collaborative end-of-life support
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Pacific
    We "Lobe" Infants: Neuroprotective Care in Preterm Infants in the NICU
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM Pacific
    Bites & Bubble Reception in the Exhibit Hall
  • Saturday, May 24, 2025
  • 6:30 AM – 7:00 AM Pacific
    Coffee Break
  • 6:30 AM – 4:30 PM Pacific
    Registration Desk Open
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Pacific
    AO: Plank Talks Sponsored
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Pacific
    (ALTERNATE) Resilience over Balance: Professional Sustainability for the Modern Child Life Specialist
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Pacific
    Child Life Private Practice: Perspectives from an Early Practice To A Seasoned Practitioner.
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Pacific
    I Can See Clearly Now: Inclusive practices, adaptations and resource enhancements for patients, staff, and interns with Visual Impairments.
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Pacific
    It’s the Journey: A Road Trip through the Leadership Experience
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Pacific
    Strategies for Effective Feedback and Assessment with Child Life Interns
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Pacific
    What about us? Bridging the gap between culture and play - a cultural competency journey from Aotearoa, NZ to Sāmoa.
  • 9:15 AM – 11:30 AM Pacific
    Tour of UCLA Mattel Childrens Hospital Play Zone
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Pacific
    Energize & Engage Break in the Exhibit Hall
  • 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM Pacific
    AI in Child Life: Leveraging AI for Enhanced Care and Support
  • 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM Pacific
    Navigating Loss Together: Facilitating Grief Support Groups within School Communities
  • 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM Pacific
    Child life and the Most Vulnerable Tiny Humans: Exploring program development and implementation of support for fetal care families
  • 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM Pacific
    Doing Tough Things the Right Way: Adapting Child Life Principles to Support Behavioural Patients
  • 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM Pacific
    Implementing a Trauma Informed Care Program to Reduce Pediatric Needle Pain and Anxiety: Strategies for Hospital-Wide Adoption and Staff Education
  • 10:45 AM – 12:45 PM Pacific
    Joy for the Work of Caregiving: Innovative Coping Techniques for Healthcare Teams
  • 11:45 AM – 2:00 PM Pacific
    Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
  • 12:29 PM – 1:45 PM Pacific
    Live Poster Presentation Sessions
  • 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Pacific
    20 years of play memoirs from the archives of a National Children's Hospital
  • 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Pacific
    Medical Education Information Retention at a Summer Camp for Youth with Sickle Cell Disease: A Program Evaluation
  • 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Pacific
    Nurse Experiences Caring for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Intensive Care Unit and Implications for Child Life Specialists
  • 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Pacific
    Reality Check - Using Virtual Reality Social Support for Adolescents Living with Serious Illness
  • 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM Pacific
    Child Life Interventions: Caring For the Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Population in the Outpatient Setting
  • 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM Pacific
    Speaking The(ir) Language: Assessing the Psychosocial Needs of Teens Through Grief and Loss
  • 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM Pacific
    Trauma-Informed Care in Child Life Practice
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Pacific
    “My Nurses Would Never Do That”: Shifting ICU Culture With a Focus on Family-Centered Care
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Pacific
    Celebrate Good Times, Come On! Enriching the Hospital Experience Through Special Event Programming
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Pacific
    Driving Early Child Development Home Through Everyday Healthcare Moments
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Pacific
    Honoring the Professional and Personal Impact: An Overview of Interdisciplinary Bereavement Focus Groups
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Pacific
    Research Rapid Review
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Pacific
    Stronger Together!: How Child Life and School Teams Come Together to Educate and Ease Anxieties in Pediatric Oncology Patients
  • 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM Pacific
    Afternoon Break
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Pacific
    A Multidisciplinary Approach to Neurodevelopmental Care through Music and Movement
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Pacific
    Building Stronger Foundations: How and Why to Implement an Institution-Based Mentorship Program
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Pacific
    Grief In the Shadows: Supporting Children and Families experiencing Disenfranchised Grief and Ambiguous Loss
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Pacific
    Internship Excellence for All Clinical Programs: Steps and Strategies
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Pacific
    Intervention Extravaganza! Family Burn Camp and Beyond
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Pacific
    Normalizing the Pivot: Supporting One Another on the Child Life Journey
  • Sunday, May 25, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 7:30 AM Pacific
    Coffee and Light Refreshments
  • 7:00 AM – 11:30 AM Pacific
    Registration Desk Open
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Pacific
    Association Update/The Business of Child Life
  • 8:45 AM – 10:15 AM Pacific
    “It helped me forget I was here”: Using virtual reality as a child life tool in pediatric hospitalization.
  • 8:45 AM – 10:15 AM Pacific
    Changing Unit Culture: Enhancing Child Life Impact
  • 8:45 AM – 10:15 AM Pacific
    In Our Sensory Friendly Era: Implementing Sensory Safety in Outpatient Settings
  • 8:45 AM – 10:15 AM Pacific
    Innovation and Impact: A Creative Approach to Child Life Internships
  • 8:45 AM – 10:15 AM Pacific
    Making Practicum a Reality Through a True Partnership Between the Academic and Clinical Settings
  • 8:45 AM – 10:15 AM Pacific
    Promoting DEI Dialogue through Interdisciplinary Health Equity Journal Clubs
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Pacific
    Child Life Beyond the Hospital: Introducing Child Life Services to Unaccompanied Migrant Children at Emergency Intake Sites
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Pacific
    Collaborative Care: Enhancing Pediatric Experiences through Adaptive Sensory Environments
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Pacific
    Consistency is Key: Standardizing the Implementation of Comfort Measures in Ambulatory Spaces
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Pacific
    Enhancements using technology to improve the student and clinical rotation supervisors’ experience
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Pacific
    Know your worth! How to lean into quality improvement to define the financial value and elevate child life services
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Pacific
    More than Molds: The utilization of facility dogs in legacy building and bereavement interventions