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Child Life Specialists

Loud beeps. Masked faces. Needles. Visiting a physician’s office or the hospital can be scary. The uncertainty and fears related to health issues and hospital stays can be stressful on the whole family. That’s why we have child life specialists. They can provide age-appropriate psychosocial support to your child and family as you navigate your healthcare journey.

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Support for Your Child and Family

Child life specialists are available at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital. They can support babies, toddlers, children and teenagers, as well as parents.

A specialist can help your child:

  • Understand illnesses or injuries.
  • Feel more comfortable during hospital visits or treatments.
  • Learn coping skills.
  • Feel less stressed.

Your child life specialist will work with clinicians, social workers and other care team members. They will encourage your child and work to ensure the best possible healthcare experience.

Each child life specialist has special training in human growth and development, education, psychology or a related field.

Areas of Child Life Support

Northwestern Medicine Galter Pavilion

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Child life specialists provide support to our patients in the NICU, as well as children of adult patients at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

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Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital

Western Suburbs

Child life services are available for children in many areas at Central DuPage Hospital, including pediatrics, pediatric intensive care, pediatric outpatient clinics, pediatric emergency department, radiology and surgery as well as at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital and Northwestern Medicine Proton Center. Support in other clinical areas is available upon referral or request.

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