Jessica Parise, MS, CCLS, CBIS

Jessica is the Senior Child Life Specialist and Child Life Internship and Volunteer Coordinator at Blythedale Children’s Hospital. She completed her undergraduate studies at Syracuse University and her Master’s in Child Life from Bank Street College of Education. Jessica became full-time at Blythedale on the Adolescent and Traumatic Brain Injury unit in 2012 and has since transitioned to assume the role of Primary Specialist on the Infant and Toddler Unit. She has unique experiences working within a palliative care approach in a pediatric rehabilitation setting after completing her Coordinator Role in the Resolve Through Sharing (RTS) Bereavement Training in Neonatal and Pediatric Death in 2016, in addition to having advanced brain injury training as a Certified Brain Injury Specialist.