Therapy Six child life specialists and creative arts therapists help children and adolescents cope with and adjust to all of the stresses involved with their illnesses. All interventions are conducted with sensitivity to unique individual, family, and cultural features. The team's focus is on normal development across emotional, social, and psychological areas, highlighting the child's understanding of their illness and its treatments. The team also collaborates on research projects and works closely with the psychosocial staff on clinical and therapeutic treatment goals. Return to top Social Work Services Click here to meet our staff.
Social workers assess and address the needs of every family.
An initial assessment includes, but is not limited to, determining the structure of the family, coping styles, and patterns of communications with other family members, the medical staff, and the community. Throughout the duration of treatment, a social worker tracks the family and provides a variety of services, including crisis intervention, problem solving, supportive counseling, and insight-oriented psychotherapy. Social workers also provide referrals to a variety of community resources to help the family meet the financial burden placed upon them. Psychological Services Three full-time pediatric psychologists provide a wide range of mental health services for patients and family members. These include evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of various psychological syndromes related either directly or indirectly to the disease and its treatment.