Kayley Teich
120 hours practicum
Rotations:
General Pediatrics and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Inpatient and Outpatient Hematology/Oncology
Description:
During this practicum experience in a 26-bed inpatient children's unit, I observed psychosocial, bereavement and procedural support. As a practicum student I provided developmentally appropriate activities in playroom and at bedside. My responsibilities included completing weekly journals and readings, and attending weekly in-service meetings with supervisors.
Final Project
For my final project, I created a brochure explaining child life to new medical students. This brochure was utilized at multiple child life presentations for new medical students.
Click on the image to see the full brochure!
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Department: Oncology and Hematology
150 hours
Final Project
During my practicum at the University of Maryland Medical Center, I was able to learn through observation and assignments, about development, play, preparation, advocating, family-centered care and bereavement.
This is one of a few activities I created for the playroom.
For my final project I was assigned with creating something that could be used in the future by the Child Life Department. I chose to create an interactive Jenga game! I created different themes and questions that I put on the blocks. The themes were separated and packed with a card that named the theme and showed a list of questions on the Jenga blocks. Blocks were covered in Modge Podge for easy cleaning. Below are the different themes and questions. Feel free to click on the images to see the questions and theme description!
 Child Life Jenga |  Family JengaGrounded in family resiliency theory, these Jenga game questions were created with the intent of encouraging family cohesion, communication and bonding. |  Get To Know YouThese questions were created for getting to know a new kiddo, or even for patients to play together, if appropriate. |
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 Family BereavementThese questions were created to generate discussion about a patient who is terminally ill. It is meant for parents or siblings and can help identify any misconceptions or fears and generate ideas for bereavement activities and coping. |  Silly JengaThese are fun and silly questions that can be used for normalizing, distraction or just for fun! |