New Raffle Giveaway

Congratulation Winners! Check here to see if you won!

If there’s one thing child life specialists (or any pediatric professional) knows about working in the hospital, it’s that our hands get super dry- quick!

Time & Again is sharing eighteen pocket-sized tubes of their Mini Glycerin Hand Cream  with our readers!

These incredibly soft and amazing smelling lotions were recently reviewed in our “Distraction Action/Survival Archival” section of Light Spinner Quarterly.

Enter the raffle by clicking here and choosing fun ways to participate. 18 winners will be determined!

We tip our hats to all the child life specialists, students, and educators rockin’ this Child Life Month! We are honored to be a part of your journey and believe in the work you are doing. “Child Life is here. GET EXCITED!”

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Raffle Winners Announced!

Need some ideas for child life distraction strategies? Our March issue of LSQ shares some new bedside activities that prove to be an automatic winner in every medical procedure.

A Child’s Dream Come True recognizes the importance of developing a trusting and open rapport with patients. Their finger puppets are perfect for creating a dialogue between child life specialist’s and their families. Reusable, wipe-able, and open to interpretation, these little guys are definitely worth a second glance.

We reviewed these finger puppets in our latest Child Life Month magazine issue, but want everyone to have a chance at getting their hands on a set themselves!

We’re giving away 3 sets of 5 finger puppets! Make them into child life specialists, doctors, nurses, or family members! Talk about feelings, surgery, or grief. Subscribe by this Friday 3/16/12 for a chance to win!

Did you enter our Child Life TShirt raffle yet? Better hurry, there’s only a few hours left to do so!

LSQ Founder Interview

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Curious about where LSQ originated and why it’s so passionate about child life? Want to know more about what inspires each issue?

We’re sharing our interview with LSQ’s child life-obsessed founder, Sarah Mendivel, from the December 2011 issue. Sarah shares her most memorable child life moments, experiences from a child life specialist perspective, and why it’s so important to create more child life specialist jobs. Enjoy!

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job I applied for! I had to move an hour from my home, but I truly was blessed with an
amazing Child Life team to work with and learn from. Since most of my Child Life team
was also teaching part time at various colleges, I looked into local opportunities and was
again lucky enough to get an offer to start teaching that fall, so within a few months of
one another, I was on the road to being in both of the careers that I knew I would love,
and was equally blessed when budget issues began to arise in my Child Life program and
I was able to pick up an extra class or two to cover expenses. I fell into each of these
opportunities fairly quickly and didn’t realize how blessed I really was until I made the
decision to move away.With my part time teaching career in full swing, I decided to work towards my PhD, and
moved away to the most beautiful