Danielle FleckensteinDanielle Fleckenstein, MA, CCLS, is a Certified Child Life Specialist in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. She works with siblings of neonatal intensive care patients to help them understand and process their baby silings' medical situations. She also facilitates therapeutic interventions with children to promote self-expression and development of coping skills. In a previous role, she prepared children and adolescents for medical procedures and treatment by using age-appropriate language and medical play and promoting effective coping strategies to help reduce anxiety associated with hospitalization and crisis situations.
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