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Episode 77 | How Can Music Therapy Help my Child
July 20, 2021

Episode 77 | How Can Music Therapy Help my Child

Answering parent questions in a 12 minute talk. Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist talks with Christine Bomberger, Music Therapist at Cleveland Clinic Children's . We talk about: +Why music therapy should be a staple in e...

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How to Talk to Kids About Death: Child Life Expert Guidance
July 7, 2021

How to Talk to Kids About Death: Child Life Expert Guidance

Answering parent questions in a 12 minute talk. Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist talks with Lauren Holley, CCLS and Professor discusses the topic: How to Talk to Kids About Death. We talk about: +How to concretely expla...

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Episode 71 | How To Tell Your Kids That Mom Has Cancer
June 8, 2021

Episode 71 | How To Tell Your Kids That Mom Has Cancer

Answering Parent Questions: How Do I Tell My Kids that I Have Cancer? Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist gives you tips, language and things to consider when you're telling children about a cancer diagnosis in the family....

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Episode 68 | Child Life Specialists Talk About How They Support Transplant Families
May 11, 2021

Episode 68 | Child Life Specialists Talk About How They Support Trans…

"Being a child life specialist with this population is not just about supporting them through their hospital experience, its about preparing them for the rest of their life." Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist talks with ...

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Episode 66 | How to Support Siblings of Children with Medical or Special Needs
April 20, 2021

Episode 66 | How to Support Siblings of Children with Medical or Spec…

Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist is interviewed and asked about ways to support children of chronically ill or medically complex children. Questions that Katie discusses include: +How to have hard conversations with chi...

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Episode 61 | Lindsey's Story - A son with Infant Botulism
March 9, 2021

Episode 61 | Lindsey's Story - A son with Infant Botulism

Annie, Certified Child Life Specialist interviews Lindsey, mom to Memphis a son who suffered from Infant Botulism. Lindsey is an experienced mother of three when her son, Memphis, came into the world. She breastfed him like s...

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Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome (KTS): One Family's Rare Disease Journey
Feb. 23, 2021

Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome (KTS): One Family's Rare Disease Journey

Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist interviews Shay Shull from Mix & Match Mama. Shay is a cookbook author, lifestyle blogger, travel agency owner, wife and mama who loves making every day special for my family. Shay is mo...

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Episode 56 | Effie's Story - A son with a Rare Disease , CTNNB1
Jan. 26, 2021

Episode 56 | Effie's Story - A son with a Rare Disease , CTNNB1

Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist interviews Effie Parks, mom to Ford who was born with a rare disease called CTNNB1. Effie is the host of the Once Upon a Gene podcast and in this episode she shares about her journey int...

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Episode 55 | Dana's Story - Child Life Speialists in Schools - 12:14:20, 8.23 PM
Jan. 19, 2021

Episode 55 | Dana's Story - Child Life Speialists in Schools - 12:14:…

Katie Taylor, Certified Child Life Specialist interviews Dana Burnett, Certified Child Life Specialist for the Bougier City, Louisiana school district. Dana talks about her child life journey up until this point and how she h...

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Episode 54 | Danielle's Story - A daughter with Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis
Jan. 12, 2021

Episode 54 | Danielle's Story - A daughter with Eosinophilic Gastroen…

Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist talks to Danielle, mom to Della a daughter with Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis. You may know Danielle formally as Danni Starr, the media personality, but she is also momma of two girls, on...

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Episode 52 | Nichole's Story - A son fighting cancer with help from My Special Aflac Duck and Child Life
Dec. 8, 2020

Episode 52 | Nichole's Story - A son fighting cancer with help from M…

(This episode was developed in partnership with Aflac. I was compensated for this episode, but all opinions are entirely my own. #ad ) In this episode, Katie Taylor, Certified Child Life Specialist talks about the importance ...

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Episode 49 | Supporting families facing childhood medical experiences in the miltary
Nov. 3, 2020

Episode 49 | Supporting families facing childhood medical experiences…

Katie talks to two Certified Child Life Specialists and military spouses, Savannah Self and Lisa McWhorter about ways to support military families. From long waits in military hospitals to helping children navigate the deploy...

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Episode 45 | Amrita's Story - A son with GERD and feeding aversion
Sept. 22, 2020

Episode 45 | Amrita's Story - A son with GERD and feeding aversion

Spit up, and even reflux, can be a common problem for infants, but what happens when it's more than that? In this episode, Amrita shares with Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist, about what happens when a child's reflux be...

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Episode 41 | Dominique's Story - A daughter born three months premature
Aug. 4, 2020

Episode 41 | Dominique's Story - A daughter born three months prematu…

Katie talks to Dominique, mom to Mila, who shares her birth story and NICU experience. Born at just 1lb 11ounces at 26 weeks old, Mila has made tremendous progress thanks to proactive parents, therapies and her momma's un con...

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Episode 37 | Meg's Story - A daughter with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
April 13, 2020

Episode 37 | Meg's Story - A daughter with Idiopathic Thrombocytopeni…

Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist, talks with Meg Casano, mother to Ella who has Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) and also created the nonprofit Medi Teddy which is a stuffed animal cover for intravenous medicat...

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Child Life On Call
May 11, 2017

Child Life On Call

This is the first promotional episode for the Child Life On Call Podcast. If you would like to share your story, email us at childlifeoncall@gmail.com, visit our website at www.childlifepodcast.com, or find us on Instagram @c...

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