How can child life specialists use The Dot Method with their patients
Certified Child Life Specialists are the ultimate resource users. Whether working in a hospital setting, a clinic, or a private practice - it’s common practice to bring resources into the patient and family’s space to enhance your work with them and The Dot Method can help.
Introducing the topic of cancer with young kids
What if the child doesn’t yet know about the cancer. How do you begin? How do you incorporate The Dot Method?
What to say if I don’t want to use the word cancer with my kids
There are a lot of reasons why using the word cancer with kids can be helpful and the workbook itself, does use the word. However, The Dot Method is meant to be a guide; parents and caregivers should feel comfortable exchanging the word cancer for sick, bad, or broken cells if preferred.
What to say to kids when cancer treatment isn’t working
The purpose of using The Dot Method tool is to establish a baseline understanding and language for talking with kids about the cancer. That means that if you find yourself in a situation where treatment is not working, you can build on the conversation you already started. Find out how here.