Child Life Services

Child life professionals at Shriners Children’s take pride in focusing on the "above and beyond" aspects of medical care for our patients. From procedure support to camps, they are ready to advocate for your family.

Cleft Nose

Cleft Nose is a difference in the nose's appearance and structure due to a craniofacial difference like cleft lip and palate. Plastic surgeons can repair the nose to help a child breathe and speak normally.

Vertebral Body Tethering Leads to Patient Doing Backflips

Speech Therapy

Speech pathologists from Shriners Children's Chicago discuss why children need speech therapy and what to expect.

Shriners Children's Boys Town Clinic

The Shriners Children's Boys Town Clinic is an extension of Shriners Children's Twin Cities, convenient for families in the Omaha area.

Facial Cleft

Facial clefts occur when the palate (roof of mouth) and/or lip does not form properly as a baby develops. Children typically require multiple surgeries and therapies as they grow. Shriners Children's offers multidisciplinary team care.

Shriners Children's Doylestown Clinic

Shriners Children's Philadelphia has a clinic in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, where patients can be seen for new patient appointments, follow-up appointments and fractures.

Abie's Story

When Abraham, lovingly called “Abie” or “Abe” by his family, was born with a soft cleft palate, his parents were completely taken off-guard and had no idea where to turn.

Frankie's story

A boy from Nigeria travels to the Cincinnati Shriners Hospital for cleft palate surgery, and finds benefit in getting stranded in the U.S. during COVID-19. The delay allows him time to also receive speech therapy.

Shriners Children's Rapid City Clinic

The Rapid City Clinic of Shriners Children's Twin Cities is convenient for those who live in the Rapid City, South Dakota area.