Cancer (Oncology) & Hematology - Pediatrics

Support Services

Overview

Recognizing that children with cancer need more than medical care, the Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Program supports patients and their families by helping them meet their social, emotional, educational, and behavioral needs.

Partnering with Yale Child Study Center, the Pediatric Hematology and Oncology team includes three psychologists, a psychiatrist, and three social workers who offer an array of psychosocial services to children receiving cancer care at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital, the Smilow Cancer Hospital pediatric hematology-oncology clinic, and our site in Guilford. Services are available to patients and their families.

Routine psychological and social evaluations for newly diagnosed patients and their families
Home visits for children and families enrolled in the pediatric palliative care program
A school integration program that includes counseling for families and children about their rights to have special services, and working with school districts to make the appropriate accommodations for students returning to school, including providing special education services if necessary
Psycho-educational and neuropsychological testing for patients who are at risk for neurocognitive problems such as short-term memory loss, inability to focus or trouble walking and balancing
Support groups for siblings
Support groups for parents with trauma symptoms
End-of-life support team for children who are terminally ill
Child Life
The HEROS Clinic at Smilow Cancer Hospital offers children, adolescents and adults a survivor clinic focused on wellness issues after treatment for childhood cancer
Services such as child life, clown visitation, and music and massage therapists, to help both children and families to cope with illness and treatment
Nutrition
Ronald McDonald House
Spiritual care

Patient Resources

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