Hope and Cope: Family Support Team

Art Therapists:

• Provide the child with a way to be creative and help deal with stress, fear, anxiety/depression
• Help increase self confidence
• Help improve social, learning and physical skills

Occupational Therapist:

• Helps children relearn and develop daily skills and activities

Chaplain:

• Builds relationships with patients and their caregivers
• Helps them identify and use meaningful spiritual resources

Patient Representative:

• Assists the family with questions and concerns during their visits

Child Life Specialists:

• Help the child understand his/her diagnosis, treatment, and side effects
• Prepare the child for medical procedures
• Help promote coping through play and self-expression activities

Pediatric Psychologist:

• Helps family/patient cope with the diagnosis and treatment
• Helps with fear, depression, anxiety, compliance and pain

Coordinator, Communications and Marketing:

• Coordinates community groups for various outreach and advocacy projects
• Assists patient families interested in finding ways to help by acting as a liaison to Children’s Hospital Foundation

Physical Therapist:

• Helps patient regain and develop strength, balance, coordination, and mobility

Expressive Specialists:

• Supports the needs of the mind, body and spirit through: drawing, painting and crafting, creative
• writing, dance, yoga, acting and drumming

School Liaison:

• Serves as a link between the medical team, family, and school
• Helps families advocate for their child’s unique learning needs

Hospital Teacher:

• Provides daily group school or bedside instruction
• Contacts the school for assignments during hospitalizations, and returns completed work

Social Workers:

• Partner with patient/families to provide resources and support

Interpreter:

• Assists with communication
• Interprets information between English speaking staff and non-English speaking families