California Association for Child Life Professionals

Mission: California Association for Child Life Professionals is a community statewide forum serving child life professionals, to promote the child life profession and competencies, and to enhance the well-being of children and their families in hospital and healthcare settings and in the community.

Audience: Students & Professionals

Region: Southwest

Area Served: Arizona, California, Nevada

Annual Fee: No

Learn more: Caclp4@gmail.com

Chicagoland Association of Child Life Professionals

Mission: Our goal is to offer supportive relationships, educational resources, networking opportunities, and the ability to earn Professional Development Units (PDU) in a community of likeminded individuals. Together we can work to grow our profession, inform our communities of the important work that we do, and enhance each other’s work through collaborative practice.

Audience: Students & Professionals

Region: Midwest

Areas Served: Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Tennessee, Wisconsin

Annual Fee: $50

Contact: caclptreasurer@gmail.com

Website: https://www.chicagochildlife.com

Child Life of Greater New York

Mission: CLGNY supports the development and commitment of Child Life Professionals who provide psychosocial care, advance the profession, and better serve the children and families on a local, national, and global level based on research and evidence based practice.

Audience: Students & Professionals

Region: Northeast

Area Served:Connecticut, New Jersey, New York

Annual Fee: No

Learn more: https://clgny.com/join

Child Life Regional Networking Group of Southern California

Mission: The Child Life Regional Networking Group of Southern California is (a.k.a Child Life SoCal) an online, virtual and in person networking group for child life specialists and students: *Opportunities to network with other child life professionals. *Learn about professional development opportunities. *Prospective job opportunities and resources. *An opportunity to support each other through reflective practice. * A place to share information about clinical practices, ideas and ideas.

Audience: Students & Professionals

Region: West coast

Area Served: Arizona, California, Nevada, Washington

Annual Fee: No

Learn more: childlifesocal@gmail.com

Edgewood College Child Life Association

Mission: To represent the students at Edgewood College in the Child Life Program within our in-face and online cohorts of undergraduate and graduate child life students. Through our association, our students gain volunteer experience through organizational partnerships in Wisconsin and throughout the country, participate in networking and social events, and teach the community about child life.

Audience: Students

Region: Midwest

Area Served: Wisconsin

Annual Fee: $20

Learn more: skeyes@edgewood.edu

Ferris State Child Life RSO

Mission: Our mission is to prepare Child Life students with the resources and knowledge to help them succeed. We also want to grow as professionals by visiting various hospitals and other Child Life programs.

Audience: Students

Region: Midwest

Area Served: Michigan

Annual Fee: $25

Learn More: ferrischildlifestudents@outlook.com

Great Lakes Association of Child Life Professionals

Mission: Our mission is to provide child life professionals, students, and educators as well as interdisciplinary colleagues with opportunities for professional development, collaboration, and networking within the Great Lakes region. It is our goal to contribute to the advancement of the child life profession through education and advocacy, actively promoting the psychosocial care of children, teens, and families facing challenging life experiences.

Audience: Students & Professionals

Region: Midwest

Area Served: Indiana, Michigan, Ohio

Annual Fee: Professional, $47; Student & Associate, $27

Learn more: https://glaclp.com/membership-information/

Illinois State Child Life Club

Mission: Child Life Club is a group of undergraduate and graduate students that are exploring or actively pursuing a degree in Child Life. The purpose of the club is two-fold: 1) We hope to support and enrich our members’ journey to a Child Life Career as well as 2) offer activities and experiences to the ISU and Bloomington/Normal community that will enhance their understanding of what to expect at the doctor’s office, how to make healthcare experiences positive and successful, etc. An example of our outreach is Medical Play Day.

Audience: Students

Region: Midwest

Area Served: Illinois

Annual Fee: $15

Learn more: 

Mizzou Child Life Student Association

Mission: Promote a sense of support and community within the child life undergraduate student populations in the Department of HDFS. Further communication and fellowship between students and the child life faculty in the HDFS department. Foster the professional development of all its members through various educational and networking opportunities. Promote interaction between child life students and professional child life specialists including, but not limited to, the staff of MU Children’s Hospital. Provide opportunities for further involvement within the pediatric healthcare community. Further the professional standing of current students, providing opportunities to attend conferences as well as other child life affiliated programs/events

Audience: Students

Region: Midwest

Area Served: Missouri

Annual Fee:$10

Learn more: https://hdfs.missouri.edu/students/child-life-student-association/

Mountain West Child Life Association

Mission: The Mountain West Child Life Association (MWCLA) strives to enhance and promote the professional development of its members by providing educational and networking opportunities for child life professionals and programs. This group also exists to augment internship and practicum experiences in this region.

Audience: Students & Professionals

Region: Southwest

Area Served: Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah

Annual Fee: No

Learn more: www.mwclassociation.wordpress.com

New England Child Life Professionals, Inc. (NECLP)

New England Child Life Professionals, Inc. (NECLP)

Mission: New England Child Life Professionals, Inc. seeks to become a community of
professionals who promote and advance the psychosocial health and well being of
children and families by providing child life education, conferences, networking and information to the membership and general public.
Region: Northeast

Areas Served: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont

Annual Fee: Yes

Learn more: https://www.newenglandchildlife.org/membership

Southeastern Association of Child Life Professionals

Mission: Southeastern Association of Child Life Professionals (SEACLP) strives for excellence in the development of current professionals and training of future professionals through collaboration, connection, information sharing, and activities of inquiry.

Audience: Students & Professionals

Area Served: Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee)

Region: Southeast

Annual fee: No

Contact: seaclp@gmail.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seaclp/

Southern Association of Child Life Professionals

Mission: The Southern Association of Child Life Professionals (SACLP) strives to foster and promote the professional development of its members by providing education and networking opportunities. In doing this, SACLP will assist in the health and well-being of children and their families in health care settings. We continue to welcome members from surrounding states and look forward to the ideas shared and camaraderie within our region.

Audience: Students & Professionals

Region: Southeast

Area Served: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas

Annual Fee: $30

Learn more: https://www.saclp.org/

University of Alabama Child Life Organization

Mission: This student organization provides students at the University of Alabama with the opportunity to network with other child life students, child life academicians, and child life clinicians in order to expand their knowledge of child life scope of practice. The organization also spreads awareness of child life through community outreach.

Audience: Students

Region:Southeast

Area Served:Alabama

Annual Fee: No

Learn more: sburns@ches.ua.edu 

Hospital Play Specialist Association Aotearoa New Zealand

Mission: New Zealand based Hospital Play Specialists

Audience:Professionals

Region: International

Area Served:New Zealand

Annual Fee:$130

Learn more: https://www.hospitalplay.org.nz/membership-details.html

MENA Child Life

Mission: Uniting Child Life Specialists and Hospital Play Specialists throughout the Middle East and North African Region.

Audience:Professionals & students

Region: International

Area Served: Middle East & North African Region

Annual Fee: $0

Learn more:

menachildlife@gmail.com

Japanese Association of Certified Child Life Specialists

Mission: The JACCLS was founded in 2011 to maintain our professional level as Child Life Specialists and advance our professional knowledge and technique, provide peer support, and do research, in order to continue to provide better psychosocial support for children and their families in Japanese hospitals. We will provide high-quality child life services in health-care settings while maintaining the standard of child life practice in Japan at a level equivalent to that in North America, based on the principles of the Association of Child Life Professionals.

Audience: Students and professionals

Region: International

Annual Fee: $32.40

Learn More: https://jaccls.org 

Contact Information: admin@jaccls.org