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A person with academic qualifications who is employed in a hospital to help children and their parents handle the stress of hospitalization.<\/p>\n

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A health care specialist who helps children and their families cope with illnesses and injuries. Disease or injury poses unique stresses for children, their siblings, and their parents. Child life specialists help reduce these stresses and promote healthy coping skills and development through interventions that include therapeutic play, support and counseling, and patient orientation and education.<\/p>\n

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A person with academic qualifications who is employed in a hospital to help children and their parents handle the stress of hospitalization. A health care specialist who helps children and their families cope with illnesses and injuries. Disease or injury poses unique stresses for children, their siblings, and their parents. 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