{"id":1930,"date":"2015-09-01T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/?p=1930"},"modified":"2019-06-19T10:30:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T14:30:22","slug":"child-life-corner-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/child-life-corner-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Life Corner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UVA Children\u2019s Hospital is expanding the Child Life program. With the addition of three new employees, the Child Life team is now spread out among the Children\u2019s Hospital helping children, teens, and families cope with the stress of hospitalization. Meet the Child Life team:<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/files\/2015\/08\/amanda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1931 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/files\/2015\/08\/amanda-e1440071141850-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"amanda\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/files\/2015\/08\/amanda-e1440071141850-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/files\/2015\/08\/amanda-e1440071141850.jpg 491w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAmanda Simas, MS, CCLS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nLead Child Life Specialist<br \/>\n7 Acute, PICU &amp; NICU by consult<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/files\/2015\/08\/jess.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1932 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/files\/2015\/08\/jess-e1440071122909-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"jess\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/files\/2015\/08\/jess-e1440071122909-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/files\/2015\/08\/jess-e1440071122909-70x105.jpg 70w, https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/files\/2015\/08\/jess-e1440071122909.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><strong><br \/>\nJess VanHorn, MS, CCLS<\/strong><br \/>\nChild Life Specialist<br \/>\nMain OR &amp; Outpatient Surgery<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/files\/2015\/08\/tina.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1934 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/files\/2015\/08\/tina-e1440071076577-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"tina\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/files\/2015\/08\/tina-e1440071076577-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/files\/2015\/08\/tina-e1440071076577.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><strong><br \/>\nTina Berg, CCLS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nChild Life Specialist<br \/>\nHematology\/Oncology<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/files\/2015\/08\/laura.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1933 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/files\/2015\/08\/laura-e1440071099966-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"laura\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/files\/2015\/08\/laura-e1440071099966-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/files\/2015\/08\/laura-e1440071099966-150x220.jpg 150w, https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/files\/2015\/08\/laura-e1440071099966.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><strong><br \/>\nLaura Stanley, MS, CCLS<\/strong><br \/>\nChild Life Specialist<br \/>\n7 Acute &amp; Neurology<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UVA Children\u2019s Hospital is expanding the Child Life program. With the addition of three new employees, the Child Life team is now spread out among the Children\u2019s Hospital helping children, teens, and families cope with the stress of hospitalization. Meet the Child Life team: Amanda Simas, MS, CCLS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lead Child Life Specialist 7 Acute, PICU [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":338,"featured_media":1958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[213,214,220,215],"class_list":["post-1930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-ajs3cs","tag-jv5n","tag-klb5fn","tag-las3jb"],"acf":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Child Life Corner - Monthly Matters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/kidsmatter\/child-life-corner-2015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Child Life Corner - Monthly Matters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UVA Children\u2019s Hospital is expanding the Child Life program. 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