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enfants jouants à l^hôpital, aidés par des projets de la fondation

Therapeutic communication 
& clinical hypnosis
Switzerland

Therapeutic communication and clinical hypnosis are two valuable tools in the treatment of sick children. These approaches help young patients cope better with medical treatments, procedures, and hospital stays.

 

Since 2018, Children Action has been collaborating in the implementation of training programs in therapeutic communication and clinical hypnosis for caregivers at the Child and Adolescent  Department of the Geneva University Hospitals. These courses enable medical teams to acquire specific skills in the management of pain, stress, and anxiety caused by illness or care with a real benefit for young patients.

Turning a blood test into a snowball fight, inserting a gastric tube into a toboggan run, or severe pain into a trip to the end of the world...the challenge is ambitious, but the children and the trained professionals take it in their stride. 

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Sabrina

Switzerland

Within the pediatric onco-hematology Unit of the Geneva University Hospitals, the Sabrina project provides professional services to accompany sick children, relieve their parents, and meet the needs of the care teams.  The following interventions are proposed: 

Playful visits

Visits from medical students who come for two hours a day, five days a week, to play, entertain and discuss with the children.

Art therapy

Art therapist, who uses painting, drawing, music, and other forms of mediation to help patients express their emotions, connect with their creativity, and improve their mental and physical well-being

Storyteller

Stories told to young patients for a moment of distraction and comfort.

School tutors

Service of home tutors to facilitate the resumption of the school year after sometimes long and repeated hospital stays

Support 

Contribution to the Ronald McDonald
House for each night spent by the families of a child affected by cancer.

Family therapy

Family therapy and intergenerational psychological support program run by two medical therapists to help families cope with their child's illness

Wellbeing in hospital

Ensuring the wellbeing of sick children and making life easier for their families during sometimes long and repeated hospital stays.

Improving the wellbeing of hospitalized children

In numbers

since 1996

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