Sala Institute for Child & Family Centered Care

At Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone, we are committed to personalizing the healthcare experience of every child and family. Sala Institute for Child and Family Centered Care leads this mission through support services and resilience programs, family partnership programs, and safety and quality initiatives that advance the health and wellbeing of children and families.

Since its founding in 2013, Sala Institute has profoundly influenced and complemented excellence in clinical care across Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital and supports healthcare providers to deliver the best child- and family-centered care with the highest safety standards.

We work with parents to manage your child’s healthcare needs, and we welcome you as full partners in conversations and decisions about your child’s treatment. As a parent, you know your child best, and your perspectives and participation are vital to the wellbeing of your child.

Sala Institute Programs and Resources

Sala Institute designs, promotes, and funds vital services in child and family support, resilience, safety, quality, and family partnership through a proven process that includes the following:

• engaging with children and their families to understand their physical and emotional needs during times of complex or chronic illness
• partnering with children and families to create tools and strategies for addressing those needs
• sharing these resources and tools at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital and beyond

In collaboration with our frontline providers, our patients, and their families, Sala Institute leads the following programs and services:

• Sala Child and Family Support Services and Resilience Programs, including child life, creative arts therapies, integrative behavioral health, integrative medicine, nutrition, pain management, palliative care, social work, and spiritual support
• Sala Family Partnership Programs, which influence patient experience through our Family Advisory Council, Youth Advisory Council, and Patient and Family Faculty Program
• Sala Patient Safety and Quality Programs

Sala Institute Collaboration with Professionals

At Sala Institute for Child and Family Centered Care, we value collaboration with our professional colleagues who care for children across the nation and are equally committed to advancing the care of children. Our expertise is organized around four areas of focus: experience, child-family support services and resilience, quality and safety, and education and innovation.

As part of our commitment to innovation, we leverage expertise from schools across NYU and professional colleagues through various national and regional organizations.

For more information about our professional collaborations, please contact us at SalaInstitute@NYULangone.org.

Our Leadership

Sala Institute for Child and Family Centered Care is led by experts in child-family support services and resilience programming for children, quality improvement, patient safety and family partnerships.