Photo: (lf-rt) Emily Vanswearingen, Haley Luedeke, Lindsay Woods and Catherine Leopard
A child life specialist is a health-care worker who helps kids and their families feel more comfortable during hospital stays, sickness, and medical treatments. They support children’s emotions, social skills, and overall development while helping families understand and manage medical experiences.
March is Child Life Month, a time to recognize and appreciate the important work of child life specialists and spread awareness about what they do.
At Cincinnati Children’s, we’ve planned several activities to celebrate and show appreciation for our child life specialists. Some of these activities include:
In our Radiology department, we are incredibly grateful for our child life specialists. We want to recognize Erin Inman, Catherine Leopard, Haley Luedeke, Emily Vanswearingen, and Lindsay Woods for their dedication and hard work in supporting children and families every day. Thank you for all that you do!
Glenn Miñano is a media specialist in the Department of Radiology, providing graphic design, photography, printing, video services, and administration of the department’s online properties. His works have been published in several medical articles, such as the American Journal of Radiology and the American Institute of Ultrasound. He has been providing these services to the Radiology Department since 1996.
Meredith Towbin is a freelance copy editor and writer. She has copyedited the Department of Radiology’s blog since it launched. She also works as a copy editor for the home improvement website BobVila.com. Her writing has been featured on HuffPost as well as other writing sites.
