Understand how to support children for planned hospital admission or who are chronically ill, and the therapeutic role of play in hospitals
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- Laser Learning reading text ‘Planning for the child's hospital admission'
- 'Play in Hospital' from CPIS (the Children's Play Information Service).
- ‘Play information for parents and visitors’ webpage on the GOSH website
- 'Well-rounded approach can overcome barriers’ from the Early Years Educator website.
- 'Children with chronic health conditions’ from the MSD Manual
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson's presentation on 'Supporting the chronically ill child'
- This presentation is called ‘What is hospital play’ and is from the National Association of Health Play Specialists (NAHPS).
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Click on the icon to the left to watch this short video from Great Ormond Street Hospital (known as GOSH) about what to expect when a child goes to hospital. Find out if your local hospital provides similar information for parents and children.
- Click on the icon to the left and look at the GOSH's information about medical conditions
- Click on the icon to the left and look at GOSH's section for children.
- Contact your local hospital to ask if you can visit to find out more about the play and education facilities offered to young children while in hospital.
- Click to read ‘Understanding Meningitis: A guide for early years practitioners’ by The Meningitis Trust.
- This research article is titled ‘Including children with chronic health conditions in early childhood educations and care settings’ by Jackie Musgrave and Rachael Levy.
- Think And Challenge
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