Hospital Play Service
Aims to promote normalcy and well-being of children, youths and caregivers through the provision of social, recreational and supervised activities and programmes.
Child Life Services
CCF’s Child Life Specialists accompany the patient through the hospitalisation and treatment journey to help the child make sense of the stressful experiences, develop effective coping strategies to manage these difficulties and find mastery and inner healing.
The CLS programme consists of direct patient-work and interventions provided by a team of Child Life Specialists who are supported by Child Life Associates.
To provide psycho-education and psychosocial support to both patients and parents, the CLS team developed tools such as radiotherapy e-books, foreign language communication charts as well as consolidated resources for CAR T-cell therapy to improve client care. Radiotherapy care packs were also given out to patients at KKH and Singapore General Hospital to help them better cope with treatments.
Types of Therapeutic Play
Medical Play
Actual medical equipment or toy representations hospital apparatus are used to help children cope with intimidating medical procedures and hospital experiences.
Expressive Play
Provides healthy outlets to help the children gain control of their feelings and behavior.
Developmental-Supportive Play
Helps support a child’s holistic development through exploration, fine motor practice, general cognitive and social development.
