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Our New Portal Is Here!

We’re excited to announce the launch of the new ACLP/CLCC Portal. Getting started is easy—your account is already set up for you; however, you will need to reset your password to login.

To log in, follow these two steps:

  1. Use the “Forgot Username” feature to identify your current username.
  2. Use the “Forgot Password” feature to reset your password.

Please follow the steps outlined in our Step-by-Step Guide to help get you logged into the new portal.

While the portal is live, enhancements and upgrades will continue in the coming weeks to further improve functionality and support your needs. We encourage you to get started today and check back regularly as new features and improvements become available. 

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New PDUs

Hear the latest evidence-based practices and earn PDUs through upcoming webinars, courses, and independent learning opportunities.

Visit the Online Learning Center to view over 200 educational offerings!

NEW WEBINAR SERIES: The Intersection of Practice, Purpose, and Professional Identity

This NEW webinar series explores these key aspects of child life practice  with expert presentations and a Q&A panel.

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ACLP WEBINAR: Ensuring Comfort and Cooperation: Strategies for Supporting Autistic Children in a Pediatric Ophthalmology Clinic

This webinar will explore the importance of eye exams for autistic children, the challenges they face during exams, and evidence-based strategies for child life specialists.

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ACLP WEBINAR: Empowering Diversity: The Strength of a Multicultural Team in a Serving a Varied Community

This session will examine a collaborative effort that serves children and families from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds.

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ACLP WEBINAR: Adjustment to Illness in Pediatric Palliative care: A Case for the "Poorly Behaved" Child

This webinar explores adjustment to illness in pediatric palliative care, highlighting assessment challenges, coping strategies, and the impact of missed concerns.

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ACLP WEBINAR: Have YOU Played Today? Embracing Play In Adulthood As Self-care

This session explores play in adulthood as a self-care strategy, beginning with a review of research on play as a coping technique and the stress, compassion fatigue, and burnout child life specialists face. 

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Certification

Certification Resources

Whether you are preparing to take the Child Life Exam, maintaining certification, or recertifying, ACLP has a variety of tools and resources available to help support you.

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Research and Publications

Read the latest in child life research and publications

ACLP Bulletin Winter 2025

Read 10 articles in the latest issue of ACLP Bulletin!

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10 Tips for Engaging with Research as Child Life Professionals

If you’re interested in research but feeling intimidated or unsure where to begin, these 10 tips can help you to ease in gradually to build your knowledge, engagement, comfort and confidence. 

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Journal of Child Life Vol. 5, Issue 1

Explore the latest research published in the spring issue of the Journal of Child Life.

Journal of Child Life
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Career Opportunities

Browse or post an open child life position in the ACLP Child Life Career Center.

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Join the ACLP community

As a member of the ACLP community, you'll gain access to free PDUs, receive discounts on certification fees, expand your professional network, and more.

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Calendar of Events

Community Based Interest Group

9/8/2025

Members of Color Interest Group

9/9/2025

ACLP Webinar: Pill Swallowing: A Tool for Pharmaco-Equity in the Emergency Department

9/9/2025

LGBTQIA+ Interest Group

9/10/2025

Disability Interest Group

9/11/2025

ACLP Webinar: Understanding the Educational Experiences of Pediatric Cancer Patients In Hospital Schools

9/17/2025

ACLP Webinar: Not Just Sick Kids: Providing Care to Children in Hospitals with Complex Social Needs

10/14/2025

ACLP Webinar: Supporting Youth in Juvenile Detention

10/22/2025

ACLP Webinar: Breaking Taboos: Helping Students Explore Death Education Through Therapeutic Art Activities

11/4/2025

Community Based Interest Group

11/10/2025

Members of Color Interest Group

11/11/2025

LGBTQIA+ Interest Group

11/12/2025

Disability Interest Group

11/13/2025

ACLP Webinar: Boundary Blurring: When Long-Term Relationships and Grief Cause Moral Distress

11/18/2025