{Child Life}

I have received emails lately asking about university affiliation and internships. So, I thought I would address that here in addition to the emails I have responded to. Some hospitals require a university affiliation to apply for the internships, but some do not. You just need to read over the application and make sure it is very clear who they accept. If it isn’t, you can call or email the internship supervisor, just to be sure before you put all that work into the application. If you are accepted as an independent student (meaning no university affiliation) you will need to find your own liability insurance and set that up. https://www.proliability.com/ and Marsh Insurance are a few I have seen mentioned and suggested before. It is up to you whether or not to do your internship while you are still in school, or after you have graduated. There are many differing opinions on this subject.

I’m wondering if any of you Child Life Specialists out there have ever written a brochure on how to explain a certain disease or disorder to different developmental levels. I am taking this project on myself and want to do this to help out parents of a small community who may be struggling with how to talk to their children about their disease. It is an incredibly rare disorder so there is not a lot of information readily available to parents who may want it. I am confident in my knowledge of the disease, but would like a little feedback and advice/tips nonetheless. Thank you so much in advance!