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Mental Health Providers: Who Does What?
23
May 2023
Mental Health Providers: Who Does What?
Mental health providers include psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, social workers, therapists and more. Learn more about these various titles and roles.
By: Ellen Diersing, MS, LPCC-S | 2
Patient Family Experience
Reuniting Hospitalized Kids and Their Pets: A ‘Bright Spot’ for Families
11
Apr 2023
Reuniting Hospitalized Kids and Their Pets: A ‘Bright Spot’ for Families
The Family Pet Center brings together pets and hospitalized patients at Cincinnati Children's. Read how one care team member uses the center with her patients.
By: Amy B. Klein, BS, CCLS II | 0
Patient Family Experience
Your Guide to Second Opinions
16
Feb 2023
Your Guide to Second Opinions
Second opinions can help if you're looking for additional insights about a diagnosis, information about another treatment option, or peace of mind as you move forward. Learn more about second opinions and how to get one.
By: Jesse Skoch, MD | 1
Patient Family Experience
Why Play Is Important in Therapy
07
Feb 2023
Why Play Is Important in Therapy
Play therapy involves much more than just playing with a child. Learn about how play therapists use play with specific goals in medical settings.
By: Tisha Gaynor, MSSA, LISW-S, RPT-S | 1
Patient Family Experience
A Day in the Life of a Facility Dog
25
Apr 2022
A Day in the Life of a Facility Dog
I’d like to introduce you to Trinity, one of three facility dogs working here at Cincinnati Children’s. My name is Emily and I’m a social worker as well as Trinity’s handler. That means Trinity works with me at the hospital, and she goes home with me at the end of each day. We work together
By: Emily Harman, MSW, LISW | 0
Patient Family Experience
Waterproof Casts For Kids
03
Aug 2021
Waterproof Casts For Kids
Waterproof casts offer all the benefits of traditional casting plus several other benefits. Learn about the benefits and how to take care of them properly.
By: Eric J. Wall, MD | 1
Patient Family Experience
Sleep Study for Kids: What’s It Like?
11
Jan 2019
Sleep Study for Kids: What’s It Like?
Preparation and accurate expectations are important for kids who need an overnight sleep study at the hospital. Learn how one family prepared their son for his study and what you can expect to happen if your child also needs to have one.
By: Patrick Jeffcott | 0
Patient Family Experience
Traveling for our Son’s Endoscopic Craniosynostosis Surgery: What We Learned
25
Oct 2018
Traveling for our Son’s Endoscopic Craniosynostosis Surgery: What We Learned
For parents who may be in the middle of a craniosynostosis journey with their child, here's what one mom learned about getting second opinions, traveling for care, and helmet therapy.
By: Caitlin Ashley-Lizarraga | 1
Patient Family Experience
New Animals Highlight Burnet Campus Concourse Updates
19
Feb 2018
New Animals Highlight Burnet Campus Concourse Updates
Newly completed updates in the concourse at Cincinnat Children's Burnet Campus focus on useful space, colors and animals to help families navigate campus.
By: Cincinnati Children's Social Media Team | 2
Patient Family Experience
Helpful Tips for When Your Child is Hospitalized
27
Jul 2017
Helpful Tips for When Your Child is Hospitalized
A mother shares a list of things she wished she had known when her daughter was inpatient. If your child is facing a hospitalization, her tips may help:
By: Lauren Lutton-Freeman | 0
Child Development and Behavior
Six Highlights of Child Life & Integrative Care
29
Mar 2017
Six Highlights of Child Life & Integrative Care
In honor of Child Life Month, Cincinnati Children's is highlight just a few of the many amazing things our Child Life & Integrative Care staff do every day.
By: Cincinnati Children's Social Media Team | 2
Patient Family Experience
Sedation and General Anesthesia: What’s the Difference?
29
Dec 2016
Sedation and General Anesthesia: What’s the Difference?
There are many similarities between sedation and anesthesia, but also distinct differences. Learn more about how they differ.
By: Eric Wittkugel MD | 0
Patient Family Experience
Celebrating Superheroes: ArtWorks Capes for 25 Patients and their Siblings
17
Aug 2016
Celebrating Superheroes: ArtWorks Capes for 25 Patients and their Siblings
25 Cincinnati Children's patients and siblings were presented customized superhero capes created by ArtWorks Hero Design Company apprentices.
By: Cincinnati Children's Social Media Team | 1
Patient Family Experience
Kidney Transplant: Angely Advocates for Organ Donation Through Art
26
May 2016
Kidney Transplant: Angely Advocates for Organ Donation Through Art
Just five days after her life-saving kidney transplant, Angely and her living organ donor walked out of the hospital together.
By: Christa Boske | 0
Patient Family Experience
I See You, Mama
05
May 2016
I See You, Mama
A beautiful depiction of the love, strength and courage a mama exhibits when her child is in the hospital.
By: Laura Kohus | 1
Patient Family Experience
Receiving Your Child’s Diagnosis: What to Do Next
18
Feb 2016
Receiving Your Child’s Diagnosis: What to Do Next
Parents often feel helpless following a definitive diagnosis for their child. One of our social workers offers potential next steps to take.
By: Suzan DeCicca, LSW | 0
Patient Family Experience
27
Jan 2016
Friendship, Sisterhood, and Laughter Through Tears
Best friends Anna and Grace had surgery for their scoliosis on the same day by the same surgeon. But their friendship goes much deeper than that.
By: Maddie Climer | 5
Patient Family Experience
IBD: 3 Lessons from an Experienced Parent
22
Jan 2016
IBD: 3 Lessons from an Experienced Parent
A mom reflects on her child's experiences with IBD and Crohn's disease, now that he has graduated college and is heading out on his own.
By: Linda Weaver | 11
Patient Family Experience
Patient Story Videos You Shouldn’t Miss
15
Jan 2016
Patient Story Videos You Shouldn’t Miss
Patients and families share their stories in eight not-to-be-missed videos posted over the course of 2015 on Cincinnati Children's YouTube channel.
By: Cincinnati Children's Social Media Team | 0
Child Development and Behavior
CBDI School Program Puts Hope Atop Syllabus
04
Jan 2016
CBDI School Program Puts Hope Atop Syllabus
The CBDI Hospital School Program offers individualized academic instruction and tutoring to inpatients of all ages on the hematology/oncology floor.
By: Cincinnati Children's Social Media Team | 0
Patient Family Experience
Champions Share New Year’s Wishes
31
Dec 2015
Champions Share New Year’s Wishes
Happy New Year from our Cincinnati Children's Champions families to yours! Six patients and their parents tell us what they're most excited about in 2016.
By: Cincinnati Children's Social Media Team | 1
Patient Family Experience
International Adoption: You Don’t Have to Do It Alone
09
Nov 2015
International Adoption: You Don’t Have to Do It Alone
The International Adoption Center (IAC) provides expertise, support and comprehensive services to kids and families throughout their adoption journey.
By: Nancy A. Crimmins, MD | 2
Learning and Growing
30
Oct 2015
Trick-or-Treating in the Perlman Center
Kids with cerebral palsy and physical disabilities trick-or-treat in the medical center at the Aaron W. Perlman Center with their care team every Halloween.
By: Cincinnati Children's Social Media Team | 0
Patient Family Experience
Portrait of a Soul – The Healing Power of Art
18
Jun 2015
Portrait of a Soul – The Healing Power of Art
Beautiful. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but “beautiful” is the best way to describe the paintings unveiled to families for the first time at the recently opened Portrait of a Soul exhibition. Portrait of a Soul is a project commissioned by philanthropists Lee and Sue Schaefer to help boost confidence and self-esteem
By: Cincinnati Children's Social Media Team | 1
Patient Family Experience
The Speech: Casmir’s Stamp on His Years as President
06
Jun 2015
The Speech: Casmir’s Stamp on His Years as President
Last Friday we had the great pleasure of watching Casmir Thornberry leave the hospital for just a few hours to give his long-awaited commencement speech as the senior class president at Dixie Heights High School. Three members of our Transport Team accompanied him to the graduation ceremony – which he thought he was going to
By: Cincinnati Children's Social Media Team | 0

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