Therapeutic Clowns and the Effects They Have on Hospitalized ...

by Saba Ashraf

 Considering such facts, it becomes clear that the children, at a time in their life where they shouldn’t face such anxiety, need some sort of outlet to decrease the anxiety they are feeling and this is where the therapeutic clowns come in.       ...  Even when certain children seem to be frightened of these clowns, they still find a way to cheer the child up.  In fact there was an instance in a New York hospital where a girl in the waiting room was hiding behind her mother because of her fear...  Once the clowns arrive in a hospital room, therapeutic clowns will do anything from making clown noises out of respirator tubing, blowing bubbles for babies, and joking around with teenagers (3).  The job of these therapeutic clowns includes entertaining children and their families in outpatient clinic waiting rooms, distracting families in emergency rooms, comforting parents of children in intensive care units, and distracting small...  In fact, once a child has shown a change in attitude......

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