Title
Certified Child Life Specialist III, Inpatient Supervisor

Email
sharon.granville@mountsinai.org

Phone
212.241.8639

Fax
212.427.3049

Bio
Sharon Granville MS, CCLS, CTRS, NCC is a certified child life specialist III at The Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital. Sharon has been working with children and their families for 15 years. Sharon joined the team at Kravis Children's Hospital after over 13 years at Schneider Children's Hospital at North Shore, in addition to starting her career at Westminster Children's Hospital in London, England.
As Inpatient Supervisor, Sharon supervises staff on the inpatient units of P4 and P5 in addition to the outpatient Hematology/Oncology clinic, General Pediatric clinic, Reach Out and Read, and Dialysis unit. She oversees clinical services and inpatient programming for patients and families in addition to interns, students and volunteers.
Sharon serves on the Pediatric Palliative Care, Bereavement, Project DOCC and Family Centered Care committees. She also leads educational seminars to pediatric medical students, residents, child life interns and others on various psychosocial topics.
Ms. Granville is an adjunct faculty instructor at the Bank Street College of Education in the Child Life masters program. She is also a certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist and a nationally certified counselor. She also serves as an active board member of Child Life of Greater New York, a networking group of local child life leaders. She is currently president elect and has also served as secretary. She was instrumental in creating the Child Life Social that enables child life staff to meet in an informal environment for learning and sharing.

Credentials
MS: School Counseling, Long Island University , Old Brookville NY Summa Cum Laude
BS: Therapeutic Recreation/Child Life, Springfield College , Springfield Massachusetts

Certification:
CCLS by the Child Life Certifying Committee since 1994
Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist since 1996
Nationally Board Certified Counselor 2007

Professional Organization Memberships
•  Child Life Council, professional member
•  Child Life of Greater New York
•  Association for Death Education and Counseling
•  American Counseling Association
•  National Board for Certified Counselors
•  Operation Smile

Special Interests
Pediatric Palliative Care
Bereavement services
Children of adult patients
Educational advocacy for children with special health care needs
International child welfare

Publications
Beyond the Walls of the Hospital- Child Life Council (to be published fall 2007). Co-authored chapter on adult hospitals, providing psychosocial services to the children of adult patients.

Presentations
Child Life of Greater New York, 2006: Pre-surgical tours for children with Chairi Malformation.

Association of Death Education and Counseling, 2006: Family Communicator Program

Nursing Grand Rounds , Schneider Children's Hospital at North Shore 2005: The Pediatric Patient with Chiari Malformation and Family Centered Care at the End of Life

Child Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Schneider Children's Hospital at North Shore 2004: Family Communicator Program and Collaboration with Child Life

Child Life Council International Conference, Orlando, Florida 2002: The Creation of a Pain Management Center

Child Life of Greater New York Professional Development Conference , 1998: Educational Advocacy and the Child Life Specialist 2000: The Coping Curriculum: A broad based Pain Management Initiative

Celebrating Pediatric Nursing Conference, Jericho, New York 2000: Non-Pharmacological Techniques for Helping Children Cope with Painful Procedures

Pediatric Grand Rounds, North Shore University Hospital 1998: The Life of a Child with a Chronic Illness at Home and School

Poster Presentation at End of Life Conference, Westbury, New York 2002: Child Life and Education Services- Bereavement Services for Families