Kathy Williams

• Provide developmentally appropriate preparation for children prior to medical procedures
• Promote positive coping during medical procedures
• Assess developmental understanding of illness/hospitalization of patients and their siblings in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Promote normalization of hospitalization for patients
• Provide emotional support and memory building to bereaved families
• Promote family centered care as part of the Health Care Team
• Supervised child life interns and practium students

• Provided preparation for children prior to medical procedures in the Emergency Department
• Promoted positive coping during medical procedures
• Provided developmentally appropriate stimulation and emotional support to hospitalized infants on the Pediatric Intensive Care Step Down Unit
• Promoted family centered care in Emergency Department as part of the Health Care Team
• Pain management committee team member
• Responded to inpatient child life needs after hours as needed

Fellowship focused on inpatient preschool age and surgical preparation:

• Inpatient preschool play group in playroom
• Provided preparation for surgery during pre- admission visit
• Preformed duties of child life fellow as outlined by department