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Child Life Calendar

Feb

One-Person Child Life Program Conference Scholarship Applications Open

Feb

NICU Affinity Group

Feb

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

Feb

Initial Offer Date for Summer Internship 2023

Feb

One-Person Child Life Program Conference Scholarship Applications Due

Feb

Acceptance Date Summer Internship 2023

Feb

2nd Offer Date: Summer Internship 2023

Feb

Member of Color Affinity Group Meet UP

Feb

LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group

Feb

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

Mar

Webinar: The Stressed Out Brain

Mar

NICU Affinity Group

Mar

Community Based Affinity Group

Mar

Application Deadline for Fall 2023 Internship

Mar

Certification Exam Window Opens

Mar

Member of Color Affinity Group Meet UP

Mar

Summer 2023 Diversity Scholarship Applications Open

Mar

LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group

Mar

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

Mar

Certification Exam Window Closes

Apr

CLPDC Annual Data Entry Opens

Apr

Summer 2023 Diversity Scholarship Applications Due

Apr

2023 Call for Volunteers

Apr

CLPDC 2023 Q1 Data Entry Opens

Apr

Webinar: Demystifying Research for the Clinical Child Life Specialist

Apr

NICU Affinity Group

Apr

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

Apr

LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group

Apr

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

May

Initial Offer Date for Fall 2023 Internship

May

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

May

Acceptance Date for Fall Internship 2023

May

2nd Offer Date for Fall 2023 Internship

May

Fall 2023 Diversity Scholarship Applications Open

May

Member of Color Affinity Group Meet UP

May

NICU Affinity Group

May

Community Based Affinity Group

May

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

May

Fall 2023 Diversity Scholarship Applications Closes

May

LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group

Jun

NICU Affinity Group

Jun

2023 Child Life Conference

Jun

LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group

Jul

Call for Abstracts: 2024 Professional Development (Submission Opens)

Jul

CLPDC 2023 Q2 Data Entry Opens

Jul

International Scholarship Application Opens

Jul

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

Jul

NICU Affinity Group

Jul

Community Based Affinity Group

Jul

Mentorship Program Applications Open

Jul

Webinar: The Beauty and the Mess: Adolescent Group Programming

Jul

International Scholarship Application Closes

Jul

LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group

Jul

Mentorship Program Applications Close

Jul

Call for Abstracts: 2024 Professional Development (Submission Closes)

Aug

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

Aug

NICU Affinity Group

Aug

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

Aug

Certification Exam Window Opens

Aug

Member of Color Affinity Group Meet UP

Aug

Mary Barkey Award and Distinguished Service Award Applications Open

Aug

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

Aug

LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group

Aug

Certification Exam Window Closes

Aug

Mary Barkey Award and Distinguished Service Award Applications Close

Sep

Applications open for 2024-2025 ACLP Board of Directors

Sep

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

Sep

NICU Affinity Group

Sep

Applications open for 2024 Research Fellows

Sep

Community Based Affinity Group

Sep

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

Sep

LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group

Oct

Applications close for 2024 Research Fellows

Oct

CLPDC 2023 Q3 Data Entry Opens

Oct

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

Oct

NICU Affinity Group

Oct

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

Oct

Member of Color Affinity Group Meet UP

Oct

Winter/Spring 2023 Diversity Scholarship Applications Open

Oct

LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group

Oct

Applications Close for 2024-2025 ACLP Board of Directors

Nov

Certification Exam Window Opens

Nov

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

Nov

NICU Affinity Group

Nov

Winter/Spring 2023 Diversity Scholarship Applications Closes

Nov

Community Based Affinity Group

Nov

Certification Exam Window Closes

Nov

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

Nov

Giving Tuesday

Nov

LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group

Dec

Member of Color Affinity Group Meet UP

Dec