Coping Connection

Coping Connection, LLC provides child life services and consultation to support children and families through healthcare experiences and other significant challenges. Based in Cooperstown, New York, the organization works with families, healthcare providers, and community organizations to reduce stress during routine care, hospitalization, chronic illness, and life-changing events. Its services include direct clinical support for children and families, healthcare consultation, professional partnerships, community collaboration, and practical resource development.

Coping Connection helps children make sense of medical experiences and express their feelings in age-appropriate ways. As one family’s experience illustrates, this may include using games to explain type 1 diabetes, insulin, and balancing blood sugar, while also supporting the emotions that come with a diagnosis. The organization also offers hands-on resources, including the children’s book I-Love-Yous!, which explores young children’s worries, challenges, and triumphs. Families and organizations can arrange a free 15-minute introductory call to discuss whether the services meet their needs. Coping Connection’s approach brings children, families, and care professionals together to make difficult experiences more manageable.