Patient gaming in the Family Resource Center

The Healing Power of Play

For children, play isn’t just fun—it’s an essential part of life. When a hospital stay pulls them away from their favorite games, toys, and friends, it makes an already stressful experience even harder. Enter Annie Goldsnider, who has one of the coolest jobs at Connecticut Children’s. Annie is the Gaming & Technology Specialist in Child Life Services, and she brings the healing power of play to...
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Tom Golisano, a smiling man wearing a gray-collared sweater stands against a stone wall with his arms crossed.

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Joel and Wendy Johnson

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Child life specialists helps child patient drive his toy car down to surgery

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Patient gaming in the Family Resource Center

The Healing Power of Play

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