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I finally got an e-mail back from glenda
You know how in hospitals (mostly in the childrens wings) they have those people that go around and talk to the kids who are coming out of comas or pre/post-op? what would that be considered as far as major wise? Like, what classes would i have to take. presently I am a child care/child development major. I talked to Tammy monday and I was told to talk to you about it and then go back to her. Please e-mail me back asap. thank you.
Sincerly,
Shauna Bailey
Shauna,
Tammy and Electra told me to watch for your email. We talked together that many different job titles may work with the population to which you refer. I have a hunch that you may be interested in a profession called child life specialist. Do a google search for it. Primarily they are employed by children's specialty hospitals, and they do have a professional association/society to which they belong. I believe that one of the first college programs dedicated to this field was offered at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. I have, for years, admired the child life specialist at Shore Memorial Hospital in Somers Point. It is rare that a small community hospital employed that profession, and Maria Spears is terrific. She once gave me a packet of info about the profession. I will check one of my files at home and if I find it, I'll share with you in the near future. Ironically, I learned today that Tammy DeFranco in our ACCC Advisement Office is friends with Maria. I do believe that if you called SHore Memorial, 653-3500, and asked the operator to connect you with the voice mail for the Child Life Specialist, you could ask her for a face-to-face interview or a telephone appointment (a specific time to interview about her job, about her training, about her recommendations for your pursuit of the career): she is likely to assist you ( perhaps not immediately but in due time). You may also consider becoming a volunteer at the hospital, requesting assignments where you could assist in the pediatric unit, assist the Child Life Specialist, or assist in the physical medicine or cardio rehab department where you'd see therapists function (for PT, OT, speech, etc.).
When you visit CHOP again, and you observe various employees/professionals working with patients pre- and post-op, or on a head trauma injury unit, by all means inquire about all of their many job titles. Some may have started on their career path as a nursing assistant, a PT aid or OT aid or rehab aid, as a medical assistant or a patient care technician (aka patient care associate or attendant) - basically a semi-skilled entry level job with on-the-job training or a trained via a short course through the non-credit continuing ed dept. of the community college or at a vo-tech or private technical school. Look at www.atlantic.edu and read about the courses offered through the Health Professions Institute of our continuing ed dept. http://www.atlantic.edu/conted/html/health_professions.html.
If you like Child Life, keep in mind that other related careers may also be of interest. Particularly consider OT = Occupational Therapy. One of their skills is "play therapy". They may work with all ages, with a chance to specialize with children. Check out www.aota.org, the web site for the American OT Assoc. You can enter that career with an AAS degree as a COTA (Certified OT Assistant) - but ACCC does not offer that program. You can expand to complete the BS to be the Occupational Therapist, and can continue to the Master's degree (available at Stockton). Of course nursing offers the opportunity to specialize in pediatrics, in pre-op and post-surgery, in therapeutic settings, with head-trauma etc. Also look at PT.
Although I work very limited hours at ACCC, I'll share what I can with Tammy, and with you on email (even if few and far between). I also offer a workshop, Health Career Planning Session, on 11/18, 6-7:30 in the faculty dining room on the main campus. You're welcome to stop by.
I hope this helps.
Sincerely, Glenda
I finally got an e-mail back from glenda
You know how in hospitals (mostly in the childrens wings) they have those people that go around and talk to the kids who are coming out of comas or pre/post-op? what would that be considered as far as major wise? Like, what classes would i have to take. presently I am a child care/child development major. I talked to Tammy monday and I was told to talk to you about it and then go back to her. Please e-mail me back asap. thank you.
Sincerly,
Shauna Bailey
Shauna,
Tammy and Electra told me to watch for your email. We talked together that many different job titles may work with the population to which you refer. I have a hunch that you may be interested in a profession called child life specialist. Do a google search for it. Primarily they are employed by children's specialty hospitals, and they do have a professional association/society to which they belong. I believe that one of the first college programs dedicated to this field was offered at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. I have, for years, admired the child life specialist at Shore Memorial Hospital in Somers Point. It is rare that a small community hospital employed that profession, and Maria Spears is terrific. She once gave me a packet of info about the profession. I will check one of my files at home and if I find it, I'll share with you in the near future. Ironically, I learned today that Tammy DeFranco in our ACCC Advisement Office is friends with Maria. I do believe that if you called SHore Memorial, 653-3500, and asked the operator to connect you with the voice mail for the Child Life Specialist, you could ask her for a face-to-face interview or a telephone appointment (a specific time to interview about her job, about her training, about her recommendations for your pursuit of the career): she is likely to assist you ( perhaps not immediately but in due time). You may also consider becoming a volunteer at the hospital, requesting assignments where you could assist in the pediatric unit, assist the Child Life Specialist, or assist in the physical medicine or cardio rehab department where you'd see therapists function (for PT, OT, speech, etc.).
When you visit CHOP again, and you observe various employees/professionals working with patients pre- and post-op, or on a head trauma injury unit, by all means inquire about all of their many job titles. Some may have started on their career path as a nursing assistant, a PT aid or OT aid or rehab aid, as a medical assistant or a patient care technician (aka patient care associate or attendant) - basically a semi-skilled entry level job with on-the-job training or a trained via a short course through the non-credit continuing ed dept. of the community college or at a vo-tech or private technical school. Look at www.atlantic.edu and read about the courses offered through the Health Professions Institute of our continuing ed dept. http://www.atlantic.edu/conted/html/health_professions.html.
If you like Child Life, keep in mind that other related careers may also be of interest. Particularly consider OT = Occupational Therapy. One of their skills is "play therapy". They may work with all ages, with a chance to specialize with children. Check out www.aota.org, the web site for the American OT Assoc. You can enter that career with an AAS degree as a COTA (Certified OT Assistant) - but ACCC does not offer that program. You can expand to complete the BS to be the Occupational Therapist, and can continue to the Master's degree (available at Stockton). Of course nursing offers the opportunity to specialize in pediatrics, in pre-op and post-surgery, in therapeutic settings, with head-trauma etc. Also look at PT.
Although I work very limited hours at ACCC, I'll share what I can with Tammy, and with you on email (even if few and far between). I also offer a workshop, Health Career Planning Session, on 11/18, 6-7:30 in the faculty dining room on the main campus. You're welcome to stop by.
I hope this helps.
Sincerely, Glenda