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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 February 17th, 2009

Feb 17 2009

Texas Children’s Hospital Child Life Internship

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Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas offers a Child Life internship that consists of a full time, 15 week 600 hour session. Their deadlines follow the CLC guidelines. For the internship starting in the fall, the deadline is May 5th. They accept last semester seniors as well as graduates and graduate students. Requirements to apply for this internship include, must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher and finished your degree in Child Life or a related field, or be in a program working towards that. They also require you to have 150 hours of supervised experience with “healthy” kids and 150 to 200 hours of supervised experience with hospitalized children. Here is a link to download the 7 page application packet you will need in order to apply. Along with the application you will also need to include an essay, a resume, official transcript, course work review done by the Child Life Council, 3 letters of recommendation as well as verification of your hours working with well and hospitalized kids. They want at least 50% of your hours to be completed by the time the application is due. A wonderful thing about Texas Children’s is that their Child Life Program was established in 1975! For more information, call 832-824-1754.

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