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The 2024 Mountain West Child Life Association Fall Conference
This year's theme is “Where Peaks Inspire Possibility”.
Join us to network with your peers and reflect on the past year. Come ready to engage and take away new insights to care for the patients and families from your practice.
Target Audience
The target audience for this activity is Child Life Specialists, Allied Health professionals, Social Workers and Spiritual Care Professionals.
Learning Objectives
- Define the unique needs of behavioral health patients and develop skills to support patients with mental health diagnoses.
- Identify key partners and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes through program development.
- Incorporate diversity, equity and inclusion into practice to elicit thorough assessments of patients and families.
- Increase awareness of factors related to burnout and engage in conversations and activities to enhance resilience.
Registration Fees:
Live Attendance - $150
Virtual Attendance - $100
Additional Information
| Friday, October 25, 2024 | |
|---|---|
| 9:15am | Keynote Address with Dr. Ron-Li Liaw |
| 10:45am | Break |
| 11:00am | Putting DHEI into Practice |
| 12:30pm | Lunch Break |
| 1:15pm | Breakout Session: Increasing Resilience through Creative Arts Therapy *Learners will have the option to attend a breakout session focused on either Art Therapy or Drama/Music Therapy |
| 2:15pm | Break |
| 2:30pm | Bridging the Communication Gap with Interpreters |
| 3:30pm | Hospital tour Followed by Happy Hour at The Hyatt Regency Aurora Hotel |
| Saturday, October 26, 2024 | |
|---|---|
| 8:30am | Panel Discussion: "What it takes to stay: Sustaining in Child Life Profession" |
| 9:30am | Break |
| 9:45am | We are all in the together: The Implementation of Multi-modal Bundles for Pain Management During Needle Related Procedures |
| 10:45am | Break |
| 11:00am | Finding Beauty in Bereavement: The Peaks and Valleys |
| 12:00pm | Lunch Break |
| 12:45pm | "Your Patient Did What? Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports in Child Life Practice |
| 1:45pm | Break |
| 2:00pm | "The Impact of Dental Desensitization Visits Facilitated by a Child Life Specialist on Pediatric Patients' Distress and Cooperation |
| 3:00pm | Break |
| 3:15pm | Panel Discussion: Youth Council on Mental Health |
| 4:15pm | Closing Remarks & Adjourn |
Travel
The conference will take place in the 2nd Floor Conference Center. Please park in the main patient/visitor parking lot and enter through the hospital's main entrance. then, proceed to the glass elevators and exit on the 2nd floor.
Hotel Information:
There are several hotels within waking distance of Children's Hospital Colorado. There is not a dedicated room block with discounted hotel rooms for this conference, however, each of the hotels below offer a discounted rate for Children's Hospital Colorado ranging from $130 - $175 per night.
Program Chairs:
- Carla Barrentine, MSW, CCLS, Director of Integrative and Creative Care at CHCO
- Megan Fisher, CCLS, Child Life Educator at CHCO
Planning Committee Members:
- Carla Barrentine, MSW, CCLS, Director of Integrative and Creative Care at CHCO
- Erika Croswhite, MS, CCLS, Child Life Manager at CHCO
- Megan Fisher, CCLS, Child Life Educator at CHCO
- Amanda Honeyman, MS, CCLS, Child Life Specialist at CHCO - North
- Destiny Jara, CCLS, Child Life Specialist at National Jewish Health
- Bree Justus, MA, CCLS, Child Life Supervisor at CHCO
- Mandy Scott, CCLS, Child Life Specialist at CHCO
- Markelle Springsteen, CCLS, Child Life Specialist at CHCO
General Attendance: A general certificate of attendance will be available for all attendees following successful completion of the course evaluation.
Child Life Professionals: The 2024 Mountain West Child Life Association Fall Conference is assigned 11 PDUs within the Assessment, Intervention and Professional Responsibility Domains for the full conference.
