Title
Certified Child Life Specialist III

Email
lesley.phillips@msnyuhealth.org

Phone
212.241.2940

Fax
212.241.8959

Bio
Lesley Phillips has worked as a Child Life Specialist since 1998. She graduated cum laude from SUNY Oswego, with a Bachelor's in Psychology. She graduated with a Master's of Education degree from the Erikson Institute in Chicago , IL . Lesley worked as a CCLS at the University of Chicago Children 's Hospital for over three years. Currently Lesley is a CCLS III at The Kravis Children's Hospital at Mount Sinai in NY, and has worked here for over five years. As a CCLS, Lesley has worked in many areas of the hospital including: an outpatient pediatric clinic, with the infant/toddler inpatient population, NICU, Family Resource Center , Pediatric Cardiology, and currently is the CLS for the PICU and PCICU.

Credentials
BA: Psychology, SUNY Oswego , Oswego , NY , 1995.

M.Ed.: Masters of Education in Early Childhood Development with a Certification as an Infant Specialist for the State of Illinois , Erikson Institute at Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago , IL , 1999.

Certification:
CCLS by the Child Life Certifying Committee since 1999

Publications, Most Recent
Helping Infants and Toddlers Cope with Hospitalization/Procedures
Brochure printed for the University of Chicago Children 's Hospital, 2001

Including Siblings in Hospitalization, a Guide for Parents
Brochure printed for the University of Chicago Children 's Hospital, 2001

I'm the Big Brother, I'm the Big Sister, Explaining the NICU to Siblings
Booklet made for the NICU of the University of Chicago Children 's Hospital, 1999

Professional Organization Memberships
Child Life Council, professional member, 1999 to present

Special Interests
Infant Development

Presentations
Baby Don't Cry - Pain Management Through Touch
Lecture that was presented at the National Child Life Conference in Nashville , TN , June 2005.

Books and Bubbles - Incorporating a Family Resource Center into a Child Life Program
Lecture that was presented at the Child Life Conference of Greater New York, November 2004

Meet Me at Mount Sinai
Lecture that was presented at Pediatric Grand Rounds, Mount Sinai Medical Center , January 2003

Infant and Toddler Development and Hospitalization
In-service given to nursing staff several times throughout employment at the University of Chicago Children's Hospital, 2000-2001