SC Portland Outcomes Report 2023

CARE MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL WORKERS The care management team at Shriners Children’s consists of registered nurses and social workers who understand the challenges that dealing with health conditions and medical procedures can cause. Their main goal is to be a resource for families throughout treatment and help them navigate the process so that the family can focus on the child and helping them recover. Licensed social workers assist families and children with personal issues, providing emotional support to the child and family, coordinating discharge arrangements and linking the family with resources in their community. PEDIATRIC PSYCHOLOGY Access to quality mental health services is an increasing need for the younger population. Child psychologist Catherine McClellan, PhD helps shepherd children through their healthcare journey. She works with patients pre-surgically, including children preparing for spine surgery and amputation, to help prepare for surgery and develop enhanced pain management skills. Given the well-established connection between physical and mental health outcomes, Dr. McClellan and her team work with patients to cultivate resiliency, support families, and provide targeted and timely care so that Shriners Children’s patients can feel their best. Dr. McClellan focuses her time on developing quality improvement programming to evaluate and improve care, provider and staff education surrounding pediatric behavioral health. Additionally, she delivers interventions for patients in the areas of pain management, medical phobia, sleep disruption, anxiety and depression.

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