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Certified Child Life Specialists provide evidence-based, developmentally appropriate interventions including therapeutic play, preparation and education that reduce fear, anxiety, and pain for children and youth.

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From ACLP’s President
For the 2019 conference, we have some exciting new features. We have time dedicated to interactive learning sessions...
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CLPDC Success Story
Read how Rene Guilbeau, CCLS, used the CLPDC data to gain additional FTEs.
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Apply: Diversity Scholarship
Applications available now. Apply today!
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Child Life in Cardiology
Leslie Scott, CCLS, uses a customized cardiac teaching doll to help children understand what they may look and feel like after surgery.
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Strategic Planning Summit
Read about the 2018 ACLP Strategic Planning Summit.
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Listen to the Latest Episode
Hear the latest news from the ACLP CEO & COO.
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Watch Video
Learn how to complete an Eligibility Assessment for CCLS certification
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2019 Opening Keynote
Jason A. Wolf, President of The Beryl Institute, will discuss patient experience at the 2019 Child Life Annual Conference.
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Communication Differences
Read about complications children with developmental disabilities face in medical settings.
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Visit Child Life Career Center
View latest job opportunities. Post jobs.
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Read Summary
Learn about the ACLP Job Analysis Process
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Buy New Second Edition
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Member Spotlight

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Heather Eppelheimer, CCLS

ACLP member Heather Eppelheimer, CCLS, is a child life specialist at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas. For the past eight years, Heather has worked at the Pavilion for Women, a women's hospital attached to a pediatric hospital at Texas Children's in Houston where she provides bereavement support across the pregnancy spectrum.

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Child Life Calendar

Oct
24

ACLP Webinar: Understanding and Honoring Emotion Work in the Child Life Profession: Voices from the Trenches

Oct
27

Great Lakes Association of Child Life Professionals (GLACLP) Conference

Nov
10

California Association for Child Life Professionals (CALCP) Annual Conference

Nov
10

2018 Midwest Conference

Nov
12

Child Life of Greater New York (CLGNY) 25th Annual Professional Development Conference

Nov
14

ACLP Webinar: Creating a Sharing Place: Grief Support Both In and Out of the Hospital

Mar
27

Virtual Medicine 2019 Conference

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