October 15, 2011
8 am to 5 pm

Texas Children's Hospital 2011 Child Life Conference

Marriott Houston at the Texas Medical Center
6850 Fannin Street
Houston, TX 77030

Texas Children's Hospital presents its biennial Child Life Conference this October 2011. This event welcomes all child life professionals and students interested in pursuing a career in child life and anyone else interested in furthering their knowledge of child life-related topics. Attendees will increase their awareness of current trends and issues affecting hospitalized children and enhance their knowledge of a variety of child life practices in order to provide more comprehensive child life care and promote continual growth.

Conference Prices
$125 for early registration before Aug 1
$150 for registration between Aug 1–Sep 15
$175 for registration after Sep 15

Student Rates
$70 for registration before Oct. 1
$85 for registration after Oct. 1

Note: A special student session will be held on Friday, Oct. 14 from 4:30-8:30 pm. Registration is $25 (includes dinner).

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October 26-28, 2011

Texas Children's Hospital 2011 Spirituality in Pediatrics Conference

Marriott Houston at the Texas Medical Center
6850 Fannin Street
Houston, TX 77030

The Auxiliary to Texas Children's Hospital presents the 2011 Conference on Spirituality in Pediatrics, a dynamic conference which explores the impact that pediatric care providers can have on the spiritual needs and concerns of children and their families during illness.

This year's three day conference focuses on the role of spirituality within a pediatrics healthcare setting. Key leaders in the fields of both spirituality and pediatrics bring the latest in research and share best practice information with healthcare professionals and spiritual leaders.

In an interdisciplinary setting, attendees will learn aspects of spirituality in medicine, models of children's spiritual development and methods for meeting spiritual needs of families, children and caregivers.

At the 2011 conference, attendees will:

• Learn about how a child can make meaning from the pain and how he/she can square up his/her beliefs with his/her experiences.
• Find out about the brain’s mirror neuron system and why we feel the pain of others
• Learn about how to use your heart and hands to heal the little ones in a dynamic presentation on Healing Touch
• Listen to a performance by patients who have participated in Purple Songs can Fly, and hear about this amazing Musical Arts in Medicine Program.
• Explore the role of hope, imagination and spirituality in the healing process

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*Texas Children's Hospital is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. If indicated, activities listed here meet Type I criteria for mandatory continuing education requirements toward relicensure as established by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas.

For more information about pediatric training at Baylor College of Medicine, visit http://cme.bcm.tmc.edu