Patient Resources
- Adolescent Program
The Adolescent Program brings teens of all ages and diagnoses together to facilitate friendships, provide support, answer questions, receive advice from long-term survivors, and, above all, have fun.
- Child Life Services
Talking to children about cancer can be difficult, especially if your child is scared or afraid of the doctors office. Our child life specialists know how to speak with kids with cancer so that the children know what to expect at an age-appropriate level.
- Psychosocial Support
Psychological and emotional support is provided for the challenges that families face when a child is diagnosed with cancer or a blood disorder.
- Social Workers
Learning that a loved one has cancer can be a difficult financial and emotional time. As a facility that focuses on family-centered medical care, our social workers assist patients and their families in adapting to a chronic illness or extended hospitalization.
- Camps
Camp Periwinkle, a weeklong summer camp experience is provided for children ages 7-15 with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses; Camp YOLO, a weekend camp is offered every fall and spring to teenagers with chronic illnesses. Our faculty, staff, and fellows are intimately involved in the camping opportunities for the patient population.
- End of Life Care
The death of a child is viewed as outside the natural order of life. Children represent hope, energy, and health. A dying child can challenge our understanding of life, faith, and certainty in the future. For health care providers and families of dying children, questions abound.