Child Life On Call: Parents of children with an illness or medical condition share their stories with a child life specialist artwork

Episode 103 | A Talk with an Expert: Kat Harrison on Living with Medical Challenges, Disability, Mental Health, and Chronic Illness

Child Life On Call: Parents of children with an illness or medical condition share their stories with a child life specialist

English - January 19, 2022 07:00 - 14 minutes - 26.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 78 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 102 | Betsy’s Story: Hope for HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy)
Next Episode: Episode 104 | Maureen’s Story: A Daughter with Bilateral Clubfoot

For today’s 12 minute talk, I’m speaking with Kat Harrison. At the end of 2021, I shared Kat’s episode (episode 99) in which she talked about what it was like being a teenager with chronic illness.  During that episode, we touched on what helped her the most when she was a teenager in the hospital and how to support adolescents coping with different medical or mental challenges.  I’m so excited to share this talk with you today so you can be more prepared when you’re talking to your own teenager or working in the field with adolescents.  

In this episode, we talk about…

[2:46] Kat’s background

[3:19] How parents can empower their teens living with medical and mental health challenges

[5:26] Planning for appointments

[8:17] Preventing a diagnosis from becoming an identity

[10:02] Mental health

[11:41] Asking your teen how they want to be supported

[13:04] Kat’s books

 

Surgery on Sunday

Migraine and Mia

 

Connect with Kat:

Website

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Child Life On Call is a community of parents and professionals that share ideas, stories and resources to help YOU navigate your child’s unique experiences. We give you strategies to support yourself and your family through life’s challenges.  We are so glad you are here.

 

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