Sharon M. McLeod, MS, CCLS, CTRS
Title
Senior Clinical Director
Email
sharon.mcleod@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-8759
Fax
513-636-7373
Bio
Sharon M. McLeod, MS, CCLS, CTRS, is an experienced child life specialist and administrator. Since 1992, she has been clinical director of the Division of Child Life and Recreational Therapy at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
Sharon has been successful in programming therapeutic activities for hospitalized children, including preoperative teaching, preadmission visitation, in-depth medical play and creative self-expression opportunities. She is also competent in Healing Touch interventions.
Sharon has supervisory responsibilities for Child Life and Recreational Therapy staff, volunteers and students. She conducts inservice training on a medical center-wide basis and serves as external liaison with
community organizations and agencies.
Credentials
BA: Early Childhood Education, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1974.
MS: Recreation Administration with emphasis in Therapeutic Recreation, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1976.
Certification: CCLS by the Child Life Certifying Committee since 1986; CTRS by the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation since 1976; registered Recreation Therapy Consultant by the Ohio Recreational Therapy Registration Board since 1993; Senior Management Certificate in 2002 from Xavier University.
Publications, Most Recent
McLeod SM: Communicating with Children and Families. Chapter 32 of Maternal-Child Nursing, 2005, Elsevier Saunders, St. Louis, MO.
McLeod SM: Communicating With Children. Chapter 3 of Nursing Care of Children: Principles and Practice, 2002, W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA.
Professional Organization Memberships
- Child Life Council, life member, 1982 to present; Child Life Certifying Committee Chair, 2005-2008; president, 1998 to 2000; president-elect, 1996 to 1998; secretary, 1986 to 1988; Nominating Committee Chair, 2000-2002; Conference Planning Committee, 2000-2003.
- American Therapeutic Recreation Association, 1993 to present.
- National Association for the Education of Young Children, 1993 to present.
Special Interests
Serving as adjunct faculty in Behavioral Sciences at the College of Mount St. Joseph.
Presentations
Evidence-Based Practice: Priorities for Child Life. Child Life Directors Retreat and Conference, 2005, Phoenix.
Love 'em or Lose 'em: The ABCs of Staff Retention. Child Life Council Meeting on Professional Issues, 2005, Nashville.
Hard Hats and Blueprints: Child Life Role in Creation and Design of Family-Centered Environment. Child Life Council Meeting on Professional Issues, 2003, Montreal.
Climbing The Ladder: Clinical Advancement in Child Life Practice. Child Life Council Meeting on Professional Issues, 2001, Salt Lake City.
Related Areas
This person works in these other areas at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center:
