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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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News & Updates

Submit Your Nomination
Deadline to submit your nomination is August 21.
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Earn PDUs Online
Recorded Conference Sessions, Live & Recorded Webinars, and Focus Articles
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Call for Papers
Submit your papers to The Journal of Child Life.
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New for CCLSs
Get your CCLS Digital Badge.
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Share Your Data
Compare your data with other child life programs.
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Special Summer Issue
Read the ethics-themed summer issue.
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Program Spotlight

Katie Glass 

Katie Glass
EdD, CCLS, Child Life Program Director

 

Katie and her team are doing outstanding work at Edgewood College.


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Child Life Calendar

Aug
21

Deadline to Submit an Initial Nomination for the Mary Barkey Clinical Excellence Award

Aug
21

Deadline to Submit an Initial Nomination for the Distinguished Service Award

Aug
22

Deadline to Submit Transcripts and Other Documentation in Time to Apply for the 2020 Winter/Spring Internship

Aug
28

Webinar - Supporting Infants at Risk for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: A 2-Generation Care Model

Aug
30

Closing of the Child Life Professional Certification Exam Administration Testing Window

Sep
05

Deadline to Apply for the 2020 Winter/Spring Internship

Sep
06

Florida Association of Child Life Professionals Conference

Sep
14

Southeastern Association of Child Life Professionals Conference

Sep
16

Webinar - Helping Kids Succeed: Communication between Home and School when Children have a Chronic Illness

Sep
18

Webinar - Child Life and Qualitative Research: A Perfect Partnership

Sep
28

Deadline to Submit Supporting Documentation for the Distinguished Service Award

Sep
28

Deadline to Submit Supporting Documentation for the Mary Barkey Clinical Excellence Award

Oct
01

ACLP Bulletin - Deadline for Winter Submissions

Oct
11

Mountain West Child Life Association Conference

Oct
18

Deadline to Submit Coursework Documents for Review in Time to Register for the November Child Life Professional Certification Exam

Oct
26

Texas Association of Child Life Professionals Conference

Oct
27

Deadline to Register for the November Child Life Professional Certification Exam

Oct
31

Deadline to Submit International Scholarship Applications for 2020 Conference

Oct
31

Deadline to Apply to Recertify through PDUs

Nov
01

Opening of the Child Life Professional Certification Exam Administration Testing Window

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