Figure 11. Child Life promotes effective coping through play, preparation, education, positive-touch and self-expression activities, based on natural child development.
Child Life181 helps children and their families cope with challenging healthcare issues, hospitalization and therapeutic interventions. This child plays doctor and nurse, wearing gloves and stethoscopes to examine Puppet Kevin who had one eye removed for retinoblastoma. They also learn how to put in his artificial eye, to better understand their own artificial eye. Play (medical play and just general play) promotes a sense of control for children within their medical experience.