Family Services plays a critical role on your child’s health care team. Specially trained pediatric professsionals and volunteers help hospitalized children and their families, including talking to children about treatment. Teams help families discover:
Ask for a social worker when your family…
- Feels stressed, threatened or overwhelmed
- Has concerns about treatment decisions
- Wants emotional support
- Needs food, clothes or other help
Ask for a chaplain when you as a parent…
- Want someone to talk to, such as a priest, pastor or rabbi
- Want a prayer, blessing, Bible or Sabbath candles
- Wonder “Why is this happening to us?”
- Wants help with homework or intellectual stimulation
- Has school-related issue
Ask for a Child Life specialist or creative arts therapist when…
- Your child is scared, sad or lonely
- You want to help your child or your child’s siblings understand what is happening
Ask for a ParentWISE volunteer when you as a parent…
- Want to talk to a parent volunteer whose child has experienced illness and hospitalization