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Child Life Specialists help to make the hospital experience less stressful on children and their families

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    I love the field of Child Life and enjoy having this blog to network, learn, and share information with other people who are already in the field, or interested in pursuing a career in it. I post anything and everything from internships, to tips for parents, and Child Life in the news. I graduated from the University of Utah last year with my BS in Human Development and Family Studies with a Child Life Emphasis. I am currently planning on applying for the Child Life Internship at Primary Children's Medical Center in the fall. For readers who are new to the field, Child Life Specialists help to make the hospital experience a less scary one for children and the entire family. They aim to do this by providing step by step procedural preparations including informing the child (in an age appropriate detail) about what they will hear, smell, touch, taste, and see during a test or surgery. Child Life Specialists also provide developmentally appropriate play, distraction during tests, emotional support to the patient as well as the entire family, sibling education and support, and bereavement support if necessary. If you have any questions, comments, or information you would like to see here, I would love to hear from you! Feel free to contact me at sweetblueair[at]gmail.com

Archive for September 18th, 2008

Sep 18 2008

Question about internship applications

Published by wordsforeverything under Uncategorized Edit This

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.

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