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Child Life Calendar

Feb
01

One-Person Child Life Program Conference Scholarship Applications Open

Feb
09

NICU Affinity Group

Feb
13

Webinar: Integrating Lego, Robotics, and Other Hands-On Experiences Into the Hospital Setting

Feb
14

Initial Offer Date for Summer Internship 2023

Feb
15

One-Person Child Life Program Conference Scholarship Applications Due

Feb
15

Acceptance Date Summer Internship 2023

Feb
16

2nd Offer Date: Summer Internship 2023

Feb
22

LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group

Feb
23

Webinar: Urine this Together!: Practice Guidelines for Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Promote of Bowel and Bladder Self-Management

Mar
07

Webinar: The Stressed Out Brain

Mar
09

NICU Affinity Group

Mar
14

Certification Exam Window Opens

Mar
15

Application Deadline for Fall 2023 Internship

Mar
17

Summer 2023 Diversity Scholarship Applications Open

Mar
24

Webinar: More Than Just A Bad Day: How Child Life Specialists Can Maintain Professional Wellbeing And Create A Coping Plan For Burnout

Mar
29

LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group

Mar
29

Certification Exam Window Closes

Mar
31

CLPDC Annual Data Entry Opens

Apr
03

Summer 2023 Diversity Scholarship Applications Due

Apr
03

2023 Call for Volunteers

Apr
03

CLPDC 2023 Q1 Data Entry Opens

Apr
05

Webinar: Demystifying Research for the Clinical Child Life Specialist

Apr
13

NICU Affinity Group

Apr
17

Webinar: Bridging the Gap: Using Innovation and Technology to Provide Child Life Services Virtually

Apr
26

LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group

Apr
28

Webinar: Supporting the Child with Medical Complexity Following Non Accidental Trauma

May
02

Initial Offer Date for Fall 2023 Internship

May
02

Webinar: Sustainable Self-Care for Clinicians: Utilizing Wellness Champions to Promote Holistic Wellbeing

May
03

Acceptance Date for Fall Internship 2023

May
04

2nd Offer Date for Fall 2023 Internship

May
08

Fall 2023 Diversity Scholarship Applications Open

May
11

NICU Affinity Group

May
18

Webinar: Communication and Role Identification between Child Life Students and Nursing Students during Pediatric Simulations

May
23

Fall 2023 Diversity Scholarship Applications Closes

May
31

LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group

Jun
08

NICU Affinity Group

Jun
15

2023 Child Life Conference

Jun
28

LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group

Jun
30

Call for Abstracts: 2024 Professional Development (Submission Opens)

Jul
05

CLPDC 2023 Q2 Data Entry Opens

Jul
07

International Scholarship Application Opens

Jul
11

Webinar: Stitching the Quilt: Developing a Diversity, Equity (DEI) and Inclusion in a Child Life Academic Program

Jul
13

NICU Affinity Group

Jul
16

Mentorship Program Applications Open

Jul
21

Webinar: The Beauty and the Mess: Adolescent Group Programming

Jul
24

International Scholarship Application Closes

Jul
26

LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group

Jul
30

Call for Abstracts: 2024 Professional Development (Submission Closes)

Jul
31

Mentorship Program Applications Close

Aug
03

Webinar: Incorporation of A Developmental Screening Tool into Multidisciplinary Care Plans for Pediatric Burn Patients

Aug
10

NICU Affinity Group

Aug
14

Webinar: Making Every Interaction Count: Developing A Dedicated Interdisciplinary Volunteer Program for Patients with Congenital Heart Disease

Aug
14

Certification Exam Window Opens

Aug
15

Mary Barkey Award and Distinguished Service Award Applications Open

Aug
23

Webinar: Expanding Inter-Professional Collaboration: A Child Life Elective for 4th Year Medical Students

Aug
29

Certification Exam Window Closes

Aug
30

LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group

Aug
31

Mary Barkey Award and Distinguished Service Award Applications Close

Sep
07

Webinar: All hands on deck, but it's only your hands: Navigating the Ups and Downs of being a One Person Program

Sep
08

Applications open for 2024-2025 ACLP Board of Directors

Sep
14

NICU Affinity Group

Sep
17

Applications open for 2024 Research Fellows

Sep
20

Webinar: The Skin They Are In: Delivering Racially Conscious Pediatric Psychosocial Care

Sep
27

LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group

Oct
02

Applications close for 2024 Research Fellows

Oct
03

CLPDC 2023 Q3 Data Entry Opens

Oct
06

Webinar: The Other End of the Leash Incorporating Student Programing with a Facility Dog: Harnessing Learning Styles and Discovering the Right Fit

Oct
12

NICU Affinity Group

Oct
17

Webinar: No one had to lose for you to win: Psychological Safety for the Child Life Student

Oct
20

Winter/Spring 2023 Diversity Scholarship Applications Open

Oct
25

LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group

Oct
31

Applications Close for 2024-2025 ACLP Board of Directors

Oct
31

Certification Exam Window Opens

Nov
06

Webinar: Let’s Take A Trip!: Preparing Children for Hospital Transfer

Nov
09

NICU Affinity Group

Nov
10

Winter/Spring 2023 Diversity Scholarship Applications Closes

Nov
14

Certification Exam Window Closes

Nov
15

Webinar: Truth Telling Across Cultures: Is Veracity always a Best Practice

Nov
27

Giving Tuesday

Nov
29

LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group

Dec
14

NICU Affinity Group

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