241 - How to talk to kids about death with Child Life Specialist, Ali Waltien

Voices of Your Village

English - July 20, 2023 09:00 - 43 minutes - ★★★★★ - 195 ratings
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Welcome back villagers, today get to hang out with an old friend of mine. Ali Waltien, a licensed clinical psychologist and a certified child life specialist. Ali started her career in 2008 as a certified child life specialist here at UVM, our children's hospital. I reached out to Ali when I was writing Tiny Humans, Big Emotions, because I really wanted to talk about the emotional aspect, about how to help kids process death and the do's and don'ts, about talking about sickness and death. And it's one of those things that I think all of us grew up with different experiences around it, and it can come with a lot of feelings for us as the adult. So I turned to Ali. This episode is full of real life scripts and tips that anyone can implement.

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Website: aliwaltien.com
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Connect with Ali

Website: aliwaltien.com

Book Recommendations

Connect with us on:

Instagram: Tiny Humans, Big Emotions (@seed.and.sew)

Podcast page: Voices of Your Village

Music by: Bensound

Seed and Sew's Regulation Quiz: Take the Quiz

Preorder Tiny Humans, Big Emotions now!

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