Laser Lessons - Lesson

Understand how to support children for planned hospital admission or who are chronically ill, and the therapeutic role of play in hospitals

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.

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.

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