Pony Clinic, child life, child mental health
Growing by Leaps and Bounds
Providing Health Care Play for Children and Siblings in a Pediatric Therapy Setting
child life, child mental health, counseling and family sciences
Child Life facilitates pediatric brain and spine tumor support group
The Pediatric Brain and Spine Tumor Support Group provides emotional support and functions as a bridge between the medical and emotional needs of the patients and their families. The group was initiated by Dr.
LLU Abroad, child life, child mental health, counseling and family sciences, global service
March is Child Life Month!
The Child Life Specialist program has a bunch of exciting activities planned in celebration of Child Life Month!
March 1
The program has been invited to attend Education Hour with the Child Life staff at Loma Linda University Children's Health. Allie's Helping Hands, a program that helps siblings of chronically ill children, will be presenting.
child mental health, faculty field notes, psychology
Faculty Field Notes: Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Disruptive behaviors are a common occurrence in children. While almost all children exhibit some level of rule breaking, defiance, or acting out, only a subset of children may need intervention to curb these behaviors.
Maya Boustani, PhD, clinical child psychologist and Assistant Professor at Loma Linda University’s School of Behavioral Health, Department of Psychology, answers some of the most common questions about Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD).