Request a Child Life Specialist

Support for courageous kids

Child life specialists help patients and their families prepare for and cope with health care experiences. Our specialists customize support to each child’s unique needs and developmental level. They can help explain diagnoses, practice ways to make procedures more comfortable, work through feelings or just play. You can talk to a child life specialist before your visit or while you are here.

• Call Child Life at (816) 983-6870.
• Or ask a nurse or team member to connect you if you are at the hospital already.