Professional Development

Certification

  • National Bereavement Facilitator II (2000)
  • Certified Child Life Specialist through the Association of Child Life Professionals (originally the Child Life Council) (09/1996)

Seminars and Conferences

  • Panel member at the 2021 LLU Homecoming, School of Behavioral Health (03/2021)
  • Child Life Council Annual Conference-  Boston, MA (05/2009)
  • Child Life Academic Summit-Wheelock Collge, Boston, MA (05/2009)
  • California Association of Child Life Professionals- UCSF Children''s Hosital, San Francisco (11/2008)
  • Child Life Council Annual Conference- San Diego, CA Attended, volunteered and provided an exhibit booth for Loma Linda University. (05/2008)
  • Living with Grief: Children and Adolescents LLUCH (04/2008)

Special Projects

  • A member of the Association of Child Life Professionals Awards Committee Evaluate, score and present the yearly awards and scholarshps: * Distinguished Service Awards * Mary Barkey Clinical Excellence Award *ACLP International Conference Award *Diversity Scholarships *Student and Professional Awards (01/2020 - Present)
  • Pediatric Brain and Spine Tumor Support Group Collaborated with LLUCH, Dr. Tanya Minasian, Pediatric Neurosurgeon to facilitate a monthly support group for children and their families. (10/2019 - Present)
  • The Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (ZUCH)    Implemented a training and educational child life program within the nursing program at ZUCH. Coordinated and facilitated five student international trips to China and provided lectures on family centered care, Grief and Loss, Child Life Therapeutic Play. Provided Teddy Bear Clinics with patients and their families in hospitals in the providence of Zhejiang and Quzhou. (2014 - 2018)
  • Item writer for the Child Life Council:  To write items/questions suitable for the Child Life Professional Certification Examination.  (06/2009 - 06/2012)
  • Member of the Education and Training Committee for the  Assocation of Child Life Professionals, formerly known as the Child Life Council. To promote quality and consistency of academic and clinical preparation programs. This is accomplished by providing linkages between academic and clinical programs and CLC. Reviewing and update best practices for child life training experiences.     (06/2009 - 06/2012)