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Assessment

Lessening the Trauma: A Sensory Approach to Promoting Emotional Safety

Saturday, June 17, 2023
2:15 PM – 3:45 PM CST
Location: High Plains 2-3
PDUs 1.5 PDUs
Infants and children utilize eight senses to learn about the world around them. When children perceive danger, their ability to think effectively in the moment is compromised. By assessing regulation needs and using sensory-specific strategies, child life professionals support patients in calming their nervous systems, restoring baseline arousal levels and achieving emotional regulation. System-wide implementation of these practices supports emotional safety in medical care settings.

DOMAIN: Assessment

Objectives:

  • Participants will be able to identify the eight senses and how they impact self-regulation and emotional safety.
  • Participants will be able to identify at least two ways to informally assess sensory needs of patients.
  • Participants will demonstrate working knowledge of how a sensory based approach to support emotional safety of pediatric patients is implemented at the individual child life professional, multi-disciplinary unit, systemwide, and community levels.