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  • 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