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What does a child life specialist do?
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Help: Helps a child with a serious illness through a scary time period in the hospital, a difficult procedure, or similar. These are specially trained people who use guided imagery, play therapy, etc to assist a child in handling the medical world around them.
Answered 6/17/2012
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