Peds Collab Preview | The power of integrating child life and creative arts in healthcare

Join us in Los Angeles, March 19-20, for the 2025 Pediatric Collaborative with Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Engage with your peers in pediatrics, embrace best practices, and collaborate on strategies to prioritize human-centered care.

This year's lineup includes many great presentations, including a session that will focus on the benefits of blending child life and creative arts with the clinical environment to build a comprehensive, patient-centered care model.

Attendees will learn how to implement integrated care models that include child-life specialists, art and music therapy, Seacrest Studios, family advisory coordinators, events and in-kind donations, school support services, medical library services, and volunteer services.

Join Kimberly Ortmayer, BSN, RN, Director of Child Life and Creative Arts, and Clay V. Locklear, MHA, FACHE, Assistant Vice President of Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital, to learnhow a unified approach can transform patient care and create a more supportive environment for both patients and healthcare professionals.

Please consider a gift of support for CHLA's Wildfire Recovery Fund which is providing crucial support to the hospital's team members, patients, and their families affected by the recent devastating fires in the Los Angeles area. Learn more and donate: https://chla.org/wildfire