Carol,
Most Children's hospitals have programs through our child life departments. At Children's of Alabama it falls under their mission statement of patient education for child life and it is a part of our volunteers who round and make sure the patients are doing their school work as well as reading and having some fun. We, like many Children's Hospitals, have a fully accredited school as a part of our campus.
For outpatients, I can tell you that program is dying a slow death due to technology. Go through our waiting area and if a child is old enough to hold a cell phone or ipad, the child is on it playing a game.
Frank
