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Holbrook, Ny, Us

New Hyde Park, New York

Certified Child Life Specialist and Technology & Gaming Specialist in the Child Life and Creative Arts Therapies Department, specializing in therapeutic gaming, STEAM skills development, and adaptive technologies to enhance patient care.Conduct bedside sessions with patients, providing therapeutic gaming interventions that support emotional resilience, distraction, and skill development.Organize and lead hospital-wide and unit-based gaming events, as well as CCTV programs, to foster socialization and peer interaction among patients, reducing isolation and promoting a sense of community.Analyze emerging technologies to explore innovative ways to integrate them into patient care, ensuring cutting-edge solutions are accessible to improve patient outcomes.Educate staff on the integration and safe usage of technology for therapeutic and recreational interventions. Collaborate with the Engineering and Information Technology departments to implement hospital-wide tech initiatives and gaming strategies.Manage the prioritization and distribution of technological resources across the department, ensuring optimal support for staff and patient units.Develop media content and technological tools to increase the department's effectiveness in delivering compassionate, high-quality care.

Manhasset, New York

- Develops plan-of-care based on assessment of child's development, temperament, coping style, medical plan and available social support.- Orients hospital staff to the psychosocial needs of children and their families.- Provides psychosocial care for the children by creating varied activities that match the patient's condition and need.- Uses therapeutic play in facilitating child's mastery and coping with the health-care experience and as a diagnostic and treatment tool.- Interprets the child's perception of his/her diagnosis and treatment as revealed through play and other means of communication.- Uses knowledge of patient/family coping styles, learning styles and needs based on developmental level, emotional state, cultural and religious practices, physical and cognitive limitations, and language barriers.- Offers programs to allow the children to play, learn and interact with others in an emotionally and physically safe environment.- Organizes and provides design input for activity areas to provide comfort and security.- Refers appropriate patients to hospital school.- Provides and facilitates activities for the children that promote self-healing, self-expression, understanding and mastery.- Allows patient/family to make decisions to maximize feelings of control.- Provides emotional support and stress reduction techniques.- Assess children's response to illness, hospitalization and/or treatment.- Assist family members with their adaptation to the child's illness by offering support and counsel.- Refers appropriate patients for adjunct services (i.e., parenting programs, support groups, counseling).- Records patient care information in the medical record and/or the daily census sheets, and shares information with the care giving team.

Bohemia, New York

Middle School Youth Group Leader- Working with middle school aged kids (11-14)- Establishing a fun/safe environment to socialize- Providing guidance for difficult situations- Delivering presentations discussing life milestones and important messages- Leading small group discussions to facilitate understanding and provoke deep insights

Queens College

SIBS Club - A program designed to utilize sibling interactions among typically developing children and their Autism Spectrum Disorder counterparts to enhance learning/socialization.Recreation Supervisor- Observing group dynamics- Providing guidance for proper instruction- Noting instructor performance- Analyzing child/sibling progression- Assisting with problematic child behavior- Collaborating with leaders, supervisors, and directors to maximize learning efficiency- Conduct meetings with Recreation Leaders to discuss performance and innovations- Writing a general guide for Recreation LeadersRecreation Leader- Leading group games/activities- Instructing students to properly engage kids- Creating skill specific games- Modifying games for appropriate skill levels- Selecting teams/dyads to engage socialization- Distributing awards based on child performance

West Islip, New York

- Working with patients in a pediatric hospital setting (newborns-20's) - Collaborating with certified child life specialists in: Pediatric Unit, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Outpatient Surgery/Sedation, Radiology, and Emergency Room- Assessing patient coping styles, temperaments, and social support dynamics to customize care- Teaching developmentally appropriate coping techniques to empower patients- Providing distraction and emotional support to simplify medical procedures- Educating patients/caregivers about hospital tools, processes, procedures, and expectations- Assembling patient groups and activities that utilize medical play to promote self-expression- Writing diagnosis guides that discuss diseases and methods to assist patients- Giving presentations on notable experiences to discuss proper techniques and adjustments- Recording a daily journal to reinforce learned experiences

- Conducting community outreach to assist Hurricane Sandy victims- Directing affected families towards appropriate available resources- Organizing community events to boost morale and neighborhood unity- Managing and facilitating support groups - (Specialized in child support groups)- Creating a resource guide book for guidance after natural disasters

Bohemia, New York

Supervisor- Oversee swimming instructors- Designed scoring rubric to analyze performance- Recorded instructor strengths/weakness- Conducted meetings to discuss performance- Training new instructorsInstructor- Work with children of all ages (2 months-adult)- Teaching survival swimming skills- Refining formal swim stroke techniques- Specialized focus in special needs instructionLifeguard- Ensuring safety of all swimmers- Trained and prepared for emergency situations- Pool maintenance- First Aid and CPR Certified