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Child & Family Life

Child & Family Life Specialists provide age-appropriate programs for children and teens that are educational, therapeutic and recreational, including:

• Medical play and education to help young people understand and prepare for treatment related experiences
• School re-entry visits to assist young people with academic concerns after diagnosis
• Academic support by certified teachers during inpatient and outpatient care
• Developmental play, arts and crafts
• Educational and diversional computer activities
• Music and art therapy sessions
• Special celebrations and events
• Social, supportive and informational gatherings for parents as well as access to the Patient Education Resource Center (PERC) and information on support groups
• Periodic Sibling Day programs to examine the feelings associated with having an ill child in the family and to recognize siblings
• Information on camp opportunities

The Cancer Center's Child & Family Life Staff can be reached at 734-647-6418. You can read more about this program here.

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• UMCCC Clinical Trials

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University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
1500 East Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

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