Children Of Bellevue Inc

Programs: See schedule ovideo interaction project: by 4th grade, nearly half of low income children read below grade level representing nothing short of a public health and education crisis. There are vast gaps in development, school-readiness, and long term educational achievement between children growing up in poverty and those raised in household with more resources. Decades of scientific research have proven that the origin of poverty-related disparities can be traced in large part of the period from birth to 5 years of age, during which low-income children have dramatically reduced exposure to the experiences necessary for optimal brain development. The video interaction project (vip) is a unique and innovative approach to lessening disparities through guided parent-child interactions during pediatric visits that foster optimal cognitive, linguistic, and social development. Vip takes place within the bellevue project for early language, literacy and education success (the belle project)poverty is strongly related to disparities in early child development, school readiness and educational achievement, and children from poorer homes are the greatest risk for entering school without the foundation necessary to succeed. At the bellevue hospital center, we have shown that pediatric primary care provides a significant opportunity for innovative, population-wide, low cost, early-childhood intervention because of the frequency and near universality of visits (due to school immunization requirements), the close relationship between parents and primary care providers, and the lack of need for additional travel vip sessions take place when the child is brought to the hospital for its check-up. The core component involves making videotapes of parents and children engaging in play, which the parent then reviews with a developmental specialist, that specialist works from a curriculum that helps them guide the parent to improve cognitive, language and social development. The curriculum includes understanding and anticipating the baby's developmental progress, understanding the baby's temperament, learning to read the baby's clues, and engaging the baby verbally through pretend play and shared reading. Vip begins at the first visit to the pediatrician at age 2 weeks, and ends with an exit session at 54 months (4 years old) vip coincides with pediatric well visits from birth until a child is 5 years old. These visits represent an exciting and underutilized opportunity to engage in preventive efforts with families, due to the 13-15 regularly scheduled "check-ups" that all must attend for their children to receive the immunizations and screening necessary to enter school. Vip builds on reach out and read (another cob core program) during visits to the pediatric clinic. An interventionist (an individual with a child life or related background) meets with families for approximately 25 minutes while they wait to see their pediatric health care provider. The core component of vip involves the interventionist making video recordings of parents and their children engaging in play and/or reading aloud. The parent then reviews this video with the interventionist, who guides the parent towards better understanding and improving interactions with their child learning materials, including toys for pretending together and books for reading aloud, are given to parents to take home. These materials have been specifically selected to promote parent-child engagement in activities that support child development. Because vip takes place in the healthcare setting, costs are dramatically reduced ($150/child/year) when compared to preventive programs taking place in other settings, such as home visitation or early education. This means more families can be reached at 1/100 to 1/10 of the cost, and demonstrates the potential for vip to be provided for at-risk children across the population.

see schedule ochild life and development: child life specialists are experts in child development, who promote effective coping through play, preparation, education and self-expression activities. The child life team provides innovative support services for parents and children related to parenting issues, mental health issues and adjustments to both acute and chronic disease. These services are provided throughout all pediatric service areas, including outpatient, emergency and intensive care areas. In addition, our professional staff is actively involved in research designed to prevent obesity and optimize child development and school readiness. Children of bellevue established the child life department at bellevue hospital in the early 1970s, and have a wider scope than most child life programs, including child psychiatry and child developmental programs not typically under the purview of child life. The american academy of pediatrics now calls child life services an essential component of pediatric care. Child life specialists provide emotional support for families, and encourage optimum development of children and adolescents facing a broad range of challenging experiences, particularly those related to health care and hospitalization. Understanding that a child's well-being depends on the support of the family, child life specialists provide information, support and guidance to parents, siblings, and other family members. The american academy of pediatrics calls child life services and essential component of pediatric care. In the early 1970s, children of bellevue established the child life department at bellevue hospital the second cld in the country. Today, special therapies include clown therapy, pet therapy, horticulture therapy, art therapy and music therapy programs. Inpatient pediatric ward child life professionals work with hospitalized children and adolescents to prepare them for medical or surgical procedures, facilitate positive coping strategies to manage pain and create an environment that duplicates the security and comfort of home as much as possible. Through the model of family-centered care, parents and other family members are encouraged to take an active role in their child's care and are offered support and counseling. Medical students and child life interns are trained in child development and understanding the special needs of pediatric patients pediatric emergency services, emergency room doctors and nurses, concentrating on many patients and on the medical crisis at hand, often cannot spare the time to help children and teens cope emotionally with what is going on. Children of bellevue's child life specialists provide preparation, psychological support and crisis intervention to children who need to cope with the stress and discomfort of emergency care. The specialists often act as a liaison and advocate between patients, families and health care providers to increase communication and cooperation during the urgent medical procedures that need to be performed. Specialty clinics in bellevue's outpatient clinics, child life specialists help children cope emotionally with pain and fear. Child life specialist provide preparation and psychological support for children and their families receiving medical procedures in the dental clinic. In addition to supporting children with procedures, specialists also help patients learn to cope and master chronic illnesses through individual and group activities in diabetic, cardiac, asthma and developmental clinics ambulatory surgery/pre-hospitalization. This program prepares children and their parents for a scheduled surgery. The child life specialist works with a variety of therapeutic mediums to help children and their parents overcome their fear and anxiety. Families are seen in a group playroom, giving the children opportunities to engage with medical play equipment and art materials so that they can express their emotions and concerns. This gives the child life specialists opportunity to assess their understanding and coping strategies and provide appropriate guidance and support. This helps to reduce a child's anxiety on the day of surgery. The pediatric clinic makes use of the patients waiting time. A playroom for children age 3 and up is provided every afternoon. Child life specialists support and expand children's play as they participate in a variety of activities games, blocks, pretend play and art. They make observations about the child's development and if they have concerns discuss them with the parents and the child's pediatrician. Child life specialists provide support to parents as they navigate the new york city school system. The early learning group is a weekly playgroup for parents and their pre-school aged children, who have been identified as "at-risk" for learning delays. The group provides children with a routine including free play, art, music and snack. The children internalize this routine which helps prepare them for school. While in the group, child life specialist offer support and guidance to parents regarding any concerns they may have with their child's development or behavior. They engage in play and play therapy with the children. Adolescent prenatal/parenting children of bellevue's child life specialists were among the first in the united states to recognize the special need of urban teenage parents and they have created special programming for them. From the first pre-natal visit, the young expectant mothers meet an interdisciplinary team of staff, including pediatricians, child life, social work and nurses. Adolescent parents remain in the program until they are 19 or their baby is a 6 months old. Our parenting groups are aimed at strengthening the parent-infant relationship and enhancing the child's overall growth and development. The groups also support the teen mother as she adjusts to her role as a parent, and encourages her continued development, education and career goals.

see schedule ochild protection and development: the child protection program at bellevue hospital center has been providing comprehensive medical and psychosocial intervention to child victims of abuse and neglect and their families for over 30 years. Margaret t mchugh, md mph, first developed and initiated the practices at bellevue that have become new york's statewide protocols for the identification and treatment of child abuse and neglect in hospital settings like all cob programs, the cpdc is a partnership between children of bellevue and belleveu hospital center. The frances l loeb center, located on the first floor of bellevue hospital, is the heart of all of cob's child protection programs. It is a safe haven for doctors, nurses, social workers, patients and their families to come and discuss issues. As seen on law and order svu, there are special interview rooms where a child can be interviewed by a trained expert while people from other agencies observe through one-way glass. This prevents a child from reliving an ordeal more times than necessary. In other child protection programs, there can be up to 15 professionals who speak with the child, at the loeb center there is just one.

the other program services include adolescent and child psychiatry reach out and read, and social work.