A child life specialist is the health care professional dedicated to providing psychosocial interventions for adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients. The purpose of this exploratory study was to understand the role of the child life specialist in providing psychosocial interventions for AYA patients in Japanese hospitals. Participants (n = 5) consisted of Japanese child life specialists who were clinically trained in North America and work in Japan. Participants completed a 30-minute online survey created specifically for this study. Child life specialists most frequently reported providing developmentally appropriate play, emotional support, and family/sibling support for AYA patients in Japan. Child life specialists encountered several challenges to providing interventions for AYA patients in Japan, including the promotion of emotional expression, lack of developmentally appropriate resources, and low child life prioritization due to the limited number of child life specialists in Japan. Future research is needed to understand the full scope of psychosocial interventions provided for AYA patients in Japan by child life specialists.
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