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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 March 8th, 2009

Mar 08 2009

Children’s Hospital of Orange County Internship

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Children’s Hospital of Orange County offers a Child Life Internship in the Fall and Spring. They are not offering a Summer internship for 2009, but the deadline has already passed. Applications can be found here. The internship at CHOC is a 15 week, full time experience. CHOC is located about 5 miles from Disneyland! Your rotations might start as early as 4:30 in the morning and go as late as 12:30 am. Housing is not available. They do accept independent interns. You will have to submit transcripts, resume, letters of recommendation, documentation of 150 hours of volunteer work or 100 hour practicum, and also two essays; one about yourself and one about Child Life. The deadline for applying for the fall session is May 5th. Good luck!

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