CLC Volunteer Groups
Committees
Awards Committee
Co-Chairs: Tom Collins, MA, CCLS and Melissa Hicks, MS, CCLS, LPC, RPT-S
Board Liaison: Kimberly Allen, MS, CCLS
CLC Staff Advisor: Genevieve Finn, Manager of Communications & Marketing
Mission & Goals: The Awards Committee is responsible each year for preparing and presenting to the CLC Board of Directors a select list of 3 to 5 qualified candidates for each of two CLC awards: the Distinguished Service Award, and the Mary Barkey Clinical Excellence Award. Following the Board’s selection of the award recipients, the Committee will recruit individuals to take the lead, working with CLC staff, to prepare presentations for each award.
Certifying Committee
Senior Chair and Board Liaison: Kathleen O’Brien, MA, CCLS
Chair-Elect: Quinn M. Franklin, MS, CCLS
CLC Staff Advisor: Ame Enright, Manager of Certification
Mission and Goals: The mission of the Certifying Committee is to maintain a quality certification program for the child life profession.
- Work with CLC staff and testing agency to oversee the certification process
- Review and recommend updates to policies
- Develop and revise certification examination through practice analysis studies and the management of item development and exam assembly work groups
Certification Subcommittees:
- Role Delineation: To define the profession of child life by delineating the domain, tasks, knowledge and skills necessary for competent practice as a child life specialist. This information is the foundation for the child life certification examination and used in conjunction with a nationwide survey to define the characteristics of the child life certification examination.
- Item Development: To write items/questions suitable for the Child Life Professional Certification Examination.
- Exam Assembly: To validate and assemble the Child Life Professional Certification Examination under the direction of a representative of the testing administration agency.
Conference Program Committee
Chair: Amy Heron, CCLS
Chair-Elect: Chantal LeBlanc, BPs, CCLS
Board Liaison: Carla Oliver, MSW, CCLS
CLC Staff Advisor: Ramona Spencer, CMP, Manager of Conference & Professional Development
Mission and Goals: The mission of the Conference Program Committee is to select presentations for the conference program and assist the CLC staff in planning, organizing and conducting the CLC Annual Conference.
- Develop conference program content and recommend major speakers for Board approval
- Assist with on-site logistics
- Assist in securing exhibitors and sponsorships
- Review evaluation results for each conference and suggest improvements for future programs
Conference Host Committee
Chairs: Alison Chrisler, MA, CCLS and Kelly Scaggs, CCLS
Board Liaison: Carla Oliver, MSW, CCLS
CLC Staff Advisor: Ramona Spencer, CMP, Manager of Conference & Professional Development
Mission and Goals: The mission of the Conference Host Committee is to utilize local resources, local members and non-member volunteers to assist the CLC staff on-site in planning, organizing and conducting the CLC Annual Conference.
- Work with CLC staff to produce a volunteer schedule for on-site assistance
- Recommend local speakers/presenters/talent to the Conference Program Committee Leadership
- Assist with on-site logistics
- Secure local exhibitors and sponsorships
Education & Training Committee
Chairs: Susan Marchant, MA, CCLS and Jill Petro, CCLS
Board Liaison: Trish Haneman Cox, MS Ed, MSW, CCLS
CLC Staff Advisor: Melissa Nicely, MS, CCLS, Resource Development Coordinator
Mission and Goals: The mission of the Education & Training Committee is to promote quality and consistency of academic and clinical preparation programs.
- Provide linkages between academic and clinical programs and CLC
- Review and update best practices for child life training experiences
- Update and maintain academic and internship program information on the website
Evidence-Based Practice Committee
Chairs: Kate Shamszad, MS, CCLS and Jennifer Staab, MS, CCLS
Board Liaison: Lisa Ciarrocca, CCLS
CLC Staff Advisor: Melissa Nicely, MS, CCLS, Resource Development Coordinator
Mission and Goals: The mission of the Evidence-Based Practice Committee is to incorporate and promote evidence-based practice in the field of child life.
- Encourage the integration of the best current evidence, clinical expertise, and patient and family values to provide high-quality child life services.
- Provide child life staff at all levels with information, tools and direction to stimulate evidence-based practice.
Leadership Development Committee
Co-Chairs: Amy Bullock, MS Ed, CCLS and Thomas Hobson, MMEd, MHA, MT-BC, CCLS
Board Liaison: Kristin Maier, CCLS
CLC Staff Advisor: Dennis Reynolds, MA, CAE, Executive Director
Mission and Goals: The mission of the Leadership Development Committee is to make recommendations regarding the design and implementation of a Leadership Initiative to identify, involve, and develop future leaders of the child life profession and CLC.
- Create leadership orientation and leadership development training for Board candidates, committee chairs, committee members, and other CLC volunteers
- Create a leadership development plan connected to all CLC initiatives and committees
- Recruit and engage past presidents and former Board members as mentors and to assist in the leadership development process
- Identify and develop strategies for leadership recruitment and development through regional and other groups of child life specialists
Nominating Committee
Chair and Board Liaison: Eugene Johnson, MA, CCLS, RN, CPEN
CLC Staff Advisor: Dennis Reynolds, MA, CAE, Executive Director
Mission and Goals: The mission of the Nominating Committee is to facilitate the succession of CLC leadership.
- Provide a slate of qualified candidates for CLC Board of Directors positions
- Administer the election process with CLC staff
- Recommend members for committees and other leadership positions
Partnership Review Committee
Chair: Renee Hunte, MA, CCLS and Sara Barnett, CCLS
Board Liaison: Kimberly Allen, MS, CCLS
CLC Staff Advisor: Dennis Reynolds, MA, CAE, Executive Director
Mission and Goals: The mission of the Partnership Review Committee is to develop criteria to assess major CLC partnership opportunities with other organizations and corporations, and to develop guidelines that will help frame other types of CLC relationships.
- Develop and maintain criteria for evaluating prospective CLC partnerships and for regularly reviewing CLC partnerships
- Evaluate proposals for new partnerships and recommend affirmatively evaluated proposals to the Board of Directors
- Annually review existing CLC partnerships and recommend continuation or suspension of each to the Board of Directors
- Develop and maintain an “Ethics and Values Policy on CLC Relationships”
- For entities in other types of relationships with CLC – which may include but not be exclusive to sponsors, supporters, donors, advertisers, marketplace participants, exhibitors, and mailing list purchasers – review individual cases for compliance with the “Ethics and Values Policy on CLC Relationships” upon special request by the CLC office, and approve compliance or advise the Board of Directors when a prospective sponsor entity of any of these types does not comply with the CLC “Ethics and Values Policy on CLC Relationships.”
Professional Resources Committee
Chairs: Jennifer Smith, MS, CIMI, CCLS and Nicole Rossol, MS, CCLS
Board Liaison: Lisa Ciarrocca, CCLS
CLC Staff Advisor: Melissa Nicely, MS, CCLS, Resource Development Coordinator
Mission and Goals: The mission of the Professional Resources Committee is to ensure that CLC is the undisputed resource for the child life profession.
- Monitor and expand CLC Web listings on child life resources
- Recommend development of publications, guidelines, position papers or documents
- Review and evaluate external child life-related publications/resources
Web and Online Networking Advisory Committee
Chair: Robyn Snyder, MSEd, CCLS and Therese Weisbrot, MS, CCLS, ATR-BC, LCAT
Board Liaison: Michelle Wilband, CCLS
CLC Staff Advisor: Genevieve Finn, Manager of Communications & Marketing
Mission and Goals: The mission of the Web and Online Networking Advisory Committee is to coordinate with the CLC office on ways for CLC to engage in existing and emerging social networking sites, and evaluates the applicability of Web functionality not yet in use on the CLC website.
- Identify and evaluate the potential applications of existing and emerging online networking technologies for providing products, services, or programs to CLC members.
- Monitor the evolution of CLC Community and suggest ways to increase its effectiveness and member participation.
- Keep the CLC membership informed about major developments, trends, and issues in online networking technology of potential relevance to CLC members.
- Support the CLC office in monitoring and encouraging activity on CLC Community and other external networking sites, and report any questionable conduct on these sites as appropriate.
Work Groups
Archives Management Group
Chairs: Civita Brown, MS, CCLS and Lois Pearson, MEd, CCLS
Board Liaison: Carla Oliver, MSW, CCLS
CLC Staff Advisor: Genevieve Finn, Manager of Communications & Marketing
Mission and Goals: The mission of the Archives Management Group is to maintain and catalog documents, photos and footage related to the history of the organization and the profession.
- Collect and organize historical documents, video clips and materials, including academic and clinical child life program histories
- Make recommendations for promotion and member access to the CLC Archives
- Work with the Past Presidents Advisory Group as needed
Bulletin Editorial Panel and Focus Review Board
Executive Editor: Anne Mohl, CCLS, PhD
Associate Editor: Jaime Bruce Holliman, MA, CCLS
Board Liaison: Diane Hart, BA, MA, CCLS, EDAC
Managing Editor: Melissa Nicely, MS, CCLS, Resource Development Coordinator
Mission and Goals: The mission of the Bulletin Editorial Panel and Focus Review Board is to produce Child Life Council's Bulletin/ Child Life Focus, and develop the publication to become the foremost professional resource focusing on the unique knowledge and skills of the child life community.
- Produce quarterly newsletter with staff
- Solicit and develop ideas for Bulletin and Focus content
- Acquire meaningful articles for the newsletter
- Keep members and prospects abreast of the organization's activities
Past Presidents Advisory Group
Chair/Board Liaison: Toni Millar, MS, CCLS
CLC Staff Advisor: Dennis Reynolds, MA, CAE, Executive Director
Mission and Goals: The mission of the Past Presidents Advisory Group is to serve as a resource to the association, as requested by the current president, and work with the Archives Management Group as needed.
Task Forces
Patient Ratio Study Task Force
Co-Chairs: Patrice Brylske, MPA, CCLS and Sharon McLeod, MS, CCLS, CTRS
Board Liaison: Sharon Granville, MS, CCLS, CTRS, NCC
CLC Staff Advisor: Dennis Reynolds, MA, CAE, Executive Director
Mission & Goals: The mission of the Patient Ratio Study Task Force is to identify and develop appropriate needs assessment and data collection tools, and to develop procedural guidelines for a pilot study on patient ratios in child life.