{Child Life}

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Out of curiosity sparked by recent events, I would like to pose a question mainly to internship coordinators or those who has successfully been accepted into an internship program. In your opinion and/or experience what is the importance of the presentation of the application for child life internships? In my (very limited) Child Life journey, it has been my experience that some programs prefer applications that are not presented in folders or any sort of binder, and do not like applications to be stapled. I’m just wondering why there seems to be such a huge difference in preference and no clear cut way of doing things. It makes it somewhat difficult to guess what certain programs want when they don’t clearly state their preferred method either way. In my opinion, if programs are using this as a cut off criteria for who is actually accepted into the internship program, the desired way should be detailed on their website or through other contact with the applicant. I am wondering what your experiences are? Any comments or suggestions are much appreciated.

I can’t believe it’s been so long since my last update. I really miss updating this, however things have been incredibly crazy busy with me lately. I started a new job, that’s my biggest excuse. I applied to a few internships as well. I’ve also been spending time entertaining out of town guests and just hanging with family. I started another blog, this time just a place for me to babble about music, movies and books. http://equeen.today.com

It’s been a weird adjustment for me that it is fall and I am not in school. I have been a “student” for so long. To distract myself from the no homework blues (haha) I have been reading quite a bit. I’ve heard many great things about a book called “Trauma Through A Child’s Eyes” and a few weeks ago I saw it at a Border’s and decided to buy it and see what it has to offer. I’m not very far into it yet, but so far it is much more helpful than I realized it was going to be. I particularly enjoy how the authors stress that a child can be traumatized by little, everyday things that not many people (adults) would think twice about. Putting this into the Child Life field perspective and it’s easy to see why some medical staff may view a simple blood draw or xray as routine and non-threatening when in reality, the child has the potential to be incredibly stressed out by such procedures. I recommend this book to anyone in the Child Life field, no matter what stage you are at in your journey.