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Children and families today face a variety of stressful and potentially traumatic events in the world around them. Sometimes these experiences can overwhelm a child's natural ability to cope. Health care experiences are no exception. Children and their families need support and guidance from professionals that understand their unique needs and perspectives. Child life specialists are experts in child development who are trained to help children and their families cope with stressful and potentially traumatic events. Children's Hospital of the Greenville Hospital System child life specialists help reduce the stress and anxiety that many children experience in hospitals and health care settings. Children's Hospital is one of only two hospitals in the Upstate the have certified child life specialists as part of your child's health care team. Learn more:
To contact the Child Life Program at Children's Hospital, call 864-455-7846 or email childlifeprogram@ghs.org.
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