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Palliative Care ECHO #9.01 | Supporting Non-verbal Children Living with Serious Illness

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Session Details
Session: 9.01
Topic: Supporting Non-verbal Children Living with Serious Illness
Date: January 21, 2026
Speaker: LaToya Hillson, Child Life Specialist, SickKids

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the session, the participants will be able to:
  • Demonstrate increased understanding of how Child Life Specialists collaborate with the interdisciplinary palliative care team to apply evidence-informed, non-verbal communication strategies that empower and support meaningful connection throughout serious illness.
  • Recognize and articulate the role of ongoing therapeutic communication in pediatric palliative care, understanding the transition to non-verbal communication as a shift—not a loss—in how children express themselves, and affirming that opportunities for meaningful connection and emotional presence remain.
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2.Did you perceive any degree of bias in any part of the program? (The National Standard defines bias as “a predisposition that prevents impartiality or which promotes an unfair, limited, or prejudiced viewpoint”)
3.Please indicate which of the CanMEDS-FM/CanMEDS roles you felt were addressed during this session: (select all that apply)
4.What will you do differently in your practice/work as a result of this session?
5.Can you identify any barriers to incorporating what you learned today into your practice/work? (select one)
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7.We understand that engagement looks different to different people. Engagement can include talking, writing in the chat or just actively listening. Overall, how would you rate your engagement during the program?
8.What, if anything, contributed to your engagement?
9.What, if anything, was a barrier to your engagement?
10.What changes would you like to see to this didactic presentation?
11.Are there any topics that you would like to suggest for future sessions?
12.Are you currently working on any challenging cases in your practice or clinical setting?
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15.On a scale of 1-10, how likely are you to recommend Paediatric Project ECHO to your colleagues?(Required.)
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