Child Life support from the comfort of your home
We are a team of Chicago-based child life specialists offering services to help support parents and children navigating challenging moments.
At Colorful Hearts, we understand that every family and child is unique, and that's why we offer personalized support to help your family overcome medical challenges. We believe that every parent has the ability to support their child when given the right tools, guidance, and caring professionals by your side.
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Help kids cope with medical experiences, stresses and changes
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Providing education for new diagnosis, challenging medical conversations and new life changes.
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Helping parents navigate difficult conversations, with special expertise on topics related to medical experiences.
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Caregivers
Coaching and education given through individual sessions to set you up with the language, tools and resources to help you feel confident in supporting and advocating for your child.
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Kids
One-to-one sessions to address coping through routine medical experiences, new diagnosis, loss of a loved one or pet, education related to new illness, injury or treatment.
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Teens
One-to-one sessions to address coping through routine medical experiences, new diagnosis, loss of a loved one or pet, education related to new illness, injury or treatment.
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Child Life Students
We offer a variety of services to support aspiring child life students, including resume/application reviews and mock interviews. Please reach out for possible internship opportunities.
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Professionals
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Check out our social story section to purchase templates for your place of work or for a specific patient need!
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Social Stories
Create your own social story to prepare your child for whatever change or concern you are working through.
Testimonials
“As a pediatric nurse practitioner, you would think that I have a good idea of how to appropriately prepare someone for procedures. The answer turns out to be that I know the basics, but when it comes to my own family, I absolutely could not do it properly!
Stephanie helped me prepare my nephew before surgery. Not only did she help prepare him, she helped ease our own anxieties as a family. My nephew conquered the day like a champion, and this concerned aunt could not be more thankful for the services provided before we even stepped foot into the hospital! Stephanie gave us recommendations for books to read, so he knew what to expect in the hospital environment, helped my family know which age appropriate words to use, and how much information to provide to him that he would understand (as a school aged child). It’s incredible how much kids are able to handle; they just need the right tools to process their world! Beyond thankful for all the child life specialists in my life.”
- Jenna G., NP
“Katie gave us comprehensive information that allowed us to be prepared for my son’s eye surgery. The information was age-appropriate for my son and easy for him to understand the process. The information not only helped my son, but also helped put me at ease and allowed me to be in a good headspace before his surgery.”
- Mindi (parent)